Monologue

Juliet Monologue from Romeo and Juliet

From Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

female · anguished · 1:12 min

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Tell me not, Friar, that thou hear’st of this, Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it. If in thy wisdom, thou canst give no help, Do thou but call my resolution wise, And with this knife I’ll help it presently. God join’d my heart and Romeo’s, thou our hands; And ere this hand, by thee to Romeo’s seal’d, Shall be the label to another deed, Or my true heart with treacherous revolt Turn to another, this shall slay them both. Therefore, out of thy long-experienc’d time, Give me some present counsel, or behold ’Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knife Shall play the empire, arbitrating that Which the commission of thy years and art Could to no issue of true honour bring. Be not so long to speak. I long to die, If what thou speak’st speak not of remedy.

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Juliet is in a state of desperation as she seeks the Friar's counsel to avoid a fate without Romeo, contemplating drastic measures to prevent separation from him.

teens · despair · love · death · fate

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