GACS - lclab - English 9 - Romeo & Juliet Timeline
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Sunday morning | Montagues and Capulets fight in the streets and it's broken up by Prince Escalus. |
| Sunday morning | Romeo is pining for Rosaline who has rejected him. |
| Sunday afternoon | Lord Capulet and Paris talk about arranging marriage between Paris and Juliet |
| Sunday afternoon | Romeo & Benvolio learn Rosaline has been invited to a party at the Capulet house. Benvolio suggests crashing the party so Romeo can see Rosaline and other women. |
| Sunday evening | Lady Capulet tells Juliet that Paris wants to marry her |
| Sunday evening | Romeo and friends arrive outside the Capulet house |
| Sunday evening & later evening | Romeo and Juliet meer at the party and fall in love |
| Sunday evening and later evening | Tybalt is angry that Romeo came to the party |
| Sunday later evening | Romeo looks for Juliet |
| Sunday later evening | Benvolio & Mercutio look for Romeo |
| Sunday late evening | The famous balcony scene: Romeo and Juliet decide that they will get married the next morning |
| Monday early morning | Romeo goes to Friar Laurence to arrange the wedding |
| Monday Noon | Benvolio and Mercutio are still looking for Romeo because Tybalt is planning to challenge Romeo to a dual. Romeo find them. The Nurse arrives (Juliet;s messenger). Benvolio and Mercutio leave. |
| Monday Noon | The Nurse warns Romeo that he better not be toying with Juliet because Paris genuinely wants to marry her. CLUE: Line 191 Romeo says Juliet should come to Friar Laurence "this afternoon", Line 200 Romeo says "within this hour" a rope ladder will be delivered |
| Monday afternoon | Juliet is upset that the Nurse is taking so long |
| Monday afternoon | The Nurse delivers Romeo's message to Juliet |
| Monday afternoon | Romeo and Juliet meet at Friar Laurence's cell and get married. |
| Monday afternoon | Benvolio and Mercutio encounter Tybalt. Romeo arrives, and Tybalt challenges him. Romeo refuses, so Mercutio fights Tybalt. Tybalt kills Mercutio, so Romeo kills Tybalt. The Prince orders that Romeo be banished. |
| Monday late afternoon | Juliet yearns for night to fall so that Romeo will be able to come. |
| Monday late afternoon | The Nurse tells Juliet about Tybalt's death and Romeo's banishment. |
| Monday early evening | Friar Laurence tells Romeo that he has been banished. The Nurse comes to bring Romeo to Juliet. |
| Monday late evening | Lord Capulet decides that Juliet shall marry Paris on Thursday. |
| Tuesday early morning | Romeo leaves for Mantua after spending the night with Juliet. |
| Tuesday early morning | Juliet is told that she must marry Paris on Thursday morning, or else! |
| Tuesday late morning or afternoon | Paris talks to Friar Laurence about the upcoming wedding. |
| Tuesday late morning or afternoon | 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. |
| Tuesday late morning or afternoon | Friar Laurence sends Friar John to Mantua with a message for Romeo. |
| Tuesday early evening | Lord Capulet is arranging a big wedding celebration. |
| Tuesday early evening | Juliet returns from seeing Friar Laurence and pretends to be cooperating. |
| Tuesday evening | Juliet drinks the drug that will make her look dead |
| Tuesday late evening through early Wednesday morning | Lord Capulet supervises the wedding preparations throughout the night. Paris arrives very early in the morning, which was the custom at the time. |
| Wednesday morning | The Capulets and the others discover Juliet's "dead" body. |
| Thursday afternoon | In Mantua, Romeo learns from Balthasar that Juliet is dead. |
| Thursday afternoon | Romeo buys poison from the Apothecary. |
| Thursday evening | Friar Laurence learns that Friar John was unable to deliver the message to Romeo. |
| Thursday evening | Friar Laurence writes another letter to Romeo and leaves for the crypt to meet Juliet when she wakes. |
| Thursday late evening through Friday early morning | Paris and a servant arrive at Juliet's tomb |
| Thursday late evening through Friday early morning | Romeo and Balthasar arrive at the crypt. Romeo gives Balthasar his suicide note/letter and sends him away. |
| Thursday late evening through Friday early morning | Paris confronts Romeo, and Romeo kills him. The servant goes to summon the watchmen. Romeo KILLS HIMSELF with the poison. |
| Thursday late evening through Friday early morning | Friar Laurence arrives and meets Balthasar. Friar Laurence finds the bodies of Romeo and Paris. |
| Thursday late evening through Friday early morning | 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. |
| Thursday late evening through Friday early morning | The watchmen arrive, find the bodies, and send for the Prince, the Capulets, and the Montagues. Balthasar and Friar Laurence are apprehended. |
| Thursday late evening through Friday early morning | The Prince, Capulets, Montagues, and others arrive. News of these events is spreading through the streets. We learn that Lady Montague dies of grief earlier that evening because of Romeo's banishment. |
| Thursday late evening through Friday early morning | Friar Laurence, Balthasar, and the servant explain what happened. The Prince scolds Lord Capulet and Lord Montague, who finally end the feud. |
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