Shakespeare · Romeo and Juliet · Act 2, Scene 5
The clock struck nine
Monologue
Female
Under 2 min
Love
Desire
Coming of age
Juliet impatiently waits for the Nurse to return with news from Romeo, lamenting the slow pace of older people compared to youthful lovers.
JULIET
The clock struck nine when I did send the Nurse, In half an hour she promised to return. Perchance she cannot meet him. That’s not so. O, she is lame. Love’s heralds should be thoughts, Which ten times faster glides than the sun’s beams, Driving back shadows over lowering hills: Therefore do nimble-pinion’d doves draw love, And therefore hath the…
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