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Has anyone ever considered what would have happened if not Romeo had gotten Mercutio and Tybalt, but Juliet, who on her way back from church saw the fight and rushed by to stop it? Seeing Mercutio and her cousin attacking each other she tries to get between them.The two men, so focused on each other,only notice her when it is too late.
It is impossible to tell whose rapier got her, both already covered with blood due to some scratching, but the next moment the young girl goes to her knees, bleeding. She is immediately caught by her panicking cousin who, horror struck cradles her in his arms, while calling for someone to fetch a doctor. Romeo, after being petrified for a moment, rushes to Juliet’s side, grabs her hand and wants to take her in his arms, which makes Tybalt at the same time confused and furious. He would like to slab Romeo, but won’t let go of Juliet and when Juliet suddenly takes Romeo’s hand, smiling through her pain saying “Tybalt, it’s fine, we’re married”. The young man is dumbfounded, but let’s Romeo hold her now.
Juliet dies, holding her husband’s and cousin’s hand before Mercutio and Benvolio return with the doctor. For a moment a strange silence hovers over the place. No sound, not even a rustling of leaves can be heard. It is as if the whole world has died with the young girl, and for some people it has.It is the nurse’s sobbing that breaks the deathly spell eventually, and activity returns. Friar Lawrence is called to break the news to her parents. Tybalt insists on carrying her home, Romeo tagging along, still holding her hand, Mercutio and Benvolio, unable to understand what has happened and unwilling to leave their friend alone, following at a distance.So it comes that in the end Capulets and Montagues alike stand grieving around the corpse, all of them escort her to her grave.
The following weeks are like an evil dream for Romeo and Tybalt, and nothing seems real. Benvolio is commuting between Romeo and Mercuto, trying to comfort both and not having much success (Mercutio is still haunted by the possibilty that it was him who killed the girl) while the nurse is ceaselessly watching Tybalt, fearing he might do someting stupid.
One night however, Tybalt escapes his kindly meant prison, he leaps over the wall and runs through the streets when suddenly he crashes into another man. He mumbles a half hearted apology and wants to run along, when suddenly the other man holds him back “Tybalt, stop I was on the way to talk to you!”. He stops abruptly and turns around, now facing Romeo. “And I was on the way to talk to you” Tybalt really had been on the way to the Montagues. He wanted to see Romeo, secretly hoping that he might kill him for what he has done, or if not that at least getting the man his Juliet loved a bit better to know. Romeo’s motives were similar. His love for Juliet was as strong as ever, her death could not change this. The few happy memories of their short time together were treasured in his heart, yet it was painful for him that there was so much about her he would never be able to ask her, never know about her. He had tried speaking to the nurse, but though she had loved Juliet he realised quickly that she loved the child she had once nursed and never really known the woman that she had grown to be. Talking to her parents was out of question, they had made clear that they did not want anything to do with their unwanted son in law and he could not disrespect their wishes. Tybalt therefore was his last hope.
For a moment the young men stare at each other, Tybalt half expecting being pierced by a knife any moment, when Romeo beckons him to follow him to a bench and sitting down says
“Please, tell me about Juliet”
It was the first of many talks.