No Fear Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
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Act 1, Scene 1, Page 10
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BENVOLIO
No, coz, I rather
weep.
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BENVOLIO
No, cousin, I’m crying.
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ROMEO
Good heart, at what?
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ROMEO
Good man, why are you crying?
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BENVOLIO
At thy good heart’s oppression.
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BENVOLIO
I’m crying because of how sad you are.
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ROMEO
Why, such is love’s transgression.
Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast,
Which thou wilt propagate, to have it pressed
With more of thine. This love that thou hast shown
Doth add more grief to too much of mine own.
Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs;
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes;
Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears.
What is it else? A madness most discreet,
A choking gall, and a preserving sweet.
Farewell, my coz.
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ROMEO
Yes, this is what love does. My sadness sits heavy in my chest,
and you want to add your own sadness to mine so there’s
even more. I have too much sadness already, and now you’re
going to make me sadder by feeling sorry for you. Here’s
what love is: a smoke made out of lovers' sighs. When the
smoke clears, love is a fire burning in your lover’s eyes.
If you frustrate love, you get an ocean made out of lovers'
tears. What else is love? It’s a wise form of madness.
It’s a sweet lozenge that you choke on. Goodbye,
cousin.
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BENVOLIO
Soft! I will go along.
And if you leave me so, you do me wrong.
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BENVOLIO
Wait. I’ll come with you. If you leave me like this,
you’re doing me wrong.
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ROMEO
Tut, I have lost myself. I am not here.
This is not Romeo. He’s some other where.
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ROMEO
I’m not myself. I’m not here. This
isn’t Romeo—he’s somewhere
else.
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BENVOLIO
Tell me in sadness, who is that you love.
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BENVOLIO
Tell me seriously, who is the one you love?
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ROMEO
What, shall I groan and tell thee?
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ROMEO
Seriously? You mean I should groan and tell you?
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BENVOLIO
Groan! Why, no. But sadly, tell me who.
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BENVOLIO
Groan? No. But tell me seriously who it is.
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