Line 32: "What early tongue".
Line 39: "thy earliness doth ensure me".
The Nurse warns Romeo that he better not be toying with Juliet because Paris genuinely wants to marry her.
Lines 191-194: Romeo says that Juliet should come to Friar Laurence "this afternoon".
Lines 200-203: Romeo says that "within this hour" a servant will deliver a rope ladder so that he can get into Juliet's room when night falls.
The Nurse delivers Romeo's message.
Line 10: "Of this day's journey, and from nine till twelve is three long hours."
(It's not clear why Romeo didn't just stay with Juliet after the wedding.)
The Nurse tells her about Tybalt's death and Romeo's banishment.
There is much poetic imagery about the sun and night.
Line 148: It is not yet dark. Friar Laurence tells Romeo to go to Juliet now but to leave for Mantua before the night watchmen (police) go on duty ("stay not till the watch be set").
Line 167: He repeats this warning and suggests that, if Romeo misses the deadline, he should wait until the watch goes off duty at daybreak.
Line 164: The Nurse says, "it grows very late." Friar Laurence says, "good night" twice (166 and 173).
Lines 5-7: "'Tis very late . I would have been abed an hour ago."
Line 34: "it is so very very late."
Line 17: Lord Capulet suggests that the wedding should be on Wednesday, but, in lines 19-21, he changes his mind: "Wednesday is too soon. O' Thursday let it be. O' Thursday, tell her, she shall be married to this noble Earl."
Juliet is told that she must marry Paris on Thursday morning - or else.
Line 13: Lady Capulet says, "Marry, my child, early next Thursday morn."
Lines 154-155: Lord Capulet says, "Thursday next, to go with Paris to Saint Peter's Church."
Line 162: "Get thee to church o' Thursday."
Line 192: "Thursday is near."
Juliet goes to Friar Laurence, and he suggests a plan that she take a drug that will make her look dead so that she can sneak away with Romeo.
Friar Laurence sends Friar John to Mantua with a message for Romeo.
Line 1: Responding to what Paris has just told him, Friar Laurence says, "On Thursday, sir? The time is very short."
Line 20: Paris says, ". on Thursday next."
Line 42: Paris says, "Juliet, on Thursday early will I rouse ye."
Lines 48-49: Friar Laurence says, "I hear thou must . on Thursday next be married."
Line 90: Friar Laurence says that "Wednesday is tomorrow" and that Juliet should take the drug "tomorrow night".
Line 105: Friar Laurence says that the drug will make her sleep for "two and forty hours" (almost two days). Shakespeare probably added this extra time so that Romeo would have a believable amount of time to get the message and come back from Mantua. Most productions make it seem shorter.
Juliet returns from seeing Friar Laurence and pretends to be cooperating.
There is a bit of confusion about the day in this scene. Both Lord Capulet and Juliet say that the wedding is tomorrow (Wednesday). Lady Capulet corrects them and says that it is on Thursday, but Lord Capulet continues to say "tomorrow" (lines 24, 35, 36, 37, 46). This might be intended to be a bit of comedy about Lord Capulet continually getting the day wrong in his rush to prepare the wedding, but Juliet makes the mistake too (line 35).
Some people explain the discrepancy by suggesting that Lord Capulet has suddenly decided to move the wedding up a day so that Juliet won't have time to change her mind again. Thus Lady Capulet is arguing with him about the decision, not correcting him. Let's assume it's that (otherwise, you can push the following scenes back a day).
Juliet is taking the drug a day early which means that the information in Friar Laurence's letter to Romeo is now wrong. Uh oh!
Romeo buys poison from the Apothecary.
Enough time has passed since the last scene for Balthasar to have arrived from Verona after having visited Juliet's tomb. The distance between the cities is 25 miles (40 km). A horse can comfortably travel at 6 miles per hour, although racehorses can reach 30 mph for short distances. So the trip might take fewer than 5 hours.
Line 26: Romeo tells Balthasar that "I will hence tonight."
Line 34: Romeo says, "Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight", which also indicates that the trip must take less than a day. He probably plans to leave early in the evening and expects to arrive very late at night.
Friar Laurence writes another letter to Romeo and leaves for the crypt to meet Juliet when she wakes.
Line 25: Friar Laurence says, "Within this three hours will fair Juliet wake." If Juliet took the drug late Tuesday night, and it lasts for forty-two hours, it must now be early Thursday evening.
Romeo and Balthasar arrive. Romeo gives Balthasar a letter (his suicide note) and sends him away.
Paris confronts Romeo, and Romeo kills him. The servant goes to summon the watchmen. Romeo kills himself.
Friar Laurence arrives and meets Balthasar. Friar Laurence finds the bodies.
Juliet wakes up, and Friar Laurence tries to get her to leave. She refuses, and he flees when he hears the watchmen coming. Juliet kills herself.
The watchmen arrive, find the bodies, and send for the Prince, the Capulets, and the Montagues. Balthasar and Friar Laurence are apprehended.
The Prince, Capulets, Montagues, and others arrive. News of these events is spreading through the streets. We learn that Lady Montague died of grief earlier this evening because of Romeo's banishment.
Friar Laurence, Balthasar, and the servant explain what happened. The Prince scolds Lord Capulet and Lord Montague, who finally end their feud.
There are many references to night and torches.
Lines 14-17: Paris says twice that he will visit Juliet's tomb "nightly".
Line 130: Balthasar tells Friar Laurence that Romeo has been inside the tomb for "Full half an hour."
Line 176: the Watchman says that Juliet has been lying here for "two days". This would be true if it is now very early on Friday morning.
Line 189: Prince Escalus says, "What misadventure is so early up that calls our person from our early rest?", also implying that it is now morning.
Lines 305-306: the Prince says, "A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for sorrow will not show his head."
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