Shakespeare · Romeo and Juliet · Act 4, Scene 3
Potion speech (Come, vial)
Monologue
Female
2–4 min
Death
Madness
Love
Imagination
Juliet prepares to drink the Friar's potion, contemplating the possibility it is poison, or that she will wake too early in the tomb and go mad among her ancestors' bones, even imagining Tybalt's ghost.
JULIET
Farewell. God knows when we shall meet again. I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins That almost freezes up the heat of life. I’ll call them back again to comfort me. Nurse!—What should she do here? My dismal scene I needs must act alone. Come, vial. What if this mixture do not work at all? Shall I…
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