Where the hell is Romeo? Didn’t he come home last night?
Not to his father’s house. I talked to his servant.
Ah, it’s that hard-hearted Rosaline, who’s tormenting him so much he’ll surely go mad.
Tybalt, old Lord Capulet's nephew, sent over a letter for Romeo this morning to his father’s house.
I’ll bet my life it’s a challenge to a duel.
The gray-eyed morning is spreading streaks of sunlight on the gloomy night, and darkness is stumbling out of the path of the sun’s chariot like a drunk. Now I have to fill this basket with medicinal plants before the sun dries up the morning dew and gets too high in the sky. Earth is both life’s mother and life’s tomb, and thus many different plants are born from nature.
Mercutio’s mocking my love and he’s never been in love himself.
How can I go with my friends when my heart is still here at the Capulet’s house? I should turn around and go back to Juliet, that’s where I’m drawn.
Romeo! My cousin Romeo!
He’s smart, and I bet my life that he snuck home and went to bed.
Welcome, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. I really wanted to see you while you’re here at Elsinore, but I also need your help. That’s why I’ve sent for you. You’ve heard of Hamlet’s “transformation” – let’s call it that. He doesn’t look or act like he used to. I can’t imagine what’s caused this change, other than his father’s death.
Since you know him so well, having grown up with him, I would prefer if you two would stay here a little longer and hang out with him. Find out if anything is bothering him that, if I knew about it, I could fix.
Reynaldo, when you get to Paris, give this money and these letters to Laertes. [He gives some money and papers to Reynaldo.]
I will, my lord.
It would be a good idea if, before you visit my son, you ask around about his behavior.
My lord, that’s what I intended to do.
Please, boy, go to the senate. Don't stay here to give me a reply, just get going. Why are you hanging around?
To hear what my errand is, madam.
'Caesar, beware of Brutus. Be careful of Cassius. Don't go near Casca. Look out for Cinna. Don't trust Trebonius. Watch out for Metellus Cimber. Decius Brutus is not a friend to you. You have wronged Caius Ligarius. All these men are of one mind, and it is turned against you. If you're not immortal, watch out. Overconfidence leads the way to conspiracy. May the mighty gods defend you!
With love,
Artemidorus'
Neither heaven nor earth have been quiet tonight. Calpurnia cried out three times in her sleep "Oh no, they're murdering Caesar!"—Who's there?
My lord?
Go tell the priests to perform an animal sacrifice immediately, read the signs in its internal organs, and report to me whether or not this bodes success for my endeavors.
I will, my lord.
