Place: Capulet Household
Time: Night
Characters: Juliet, Nurse
Juliet is anxiously waiting for Romeo to return. Nurse sees Juliet and tells her of a tragic death. Juliet thinks its Romeo until Nurse eventually explains it’s Tybalt who has died and Romeo has killed him. She then explains he has been exiled from Verona (a fate worse than death). Juliet is first furious with him but after reflection that Tybalt would have killed Romeo and it was either Tybalt or Romeo to die.
Quote: “There’s no trust, no faith, no honesty in men, all perjur’d, all forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.”