![]() When she rises again, he has crept up closely behind her. Juliet begins her "Rome, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo." soliloquy, wandering toward the edge of the pool and crouching down, as Romeo breathlessly watches from behind her, still clinging tightly to the lattice-work. As he swings back into a concealed position, the first-floor elevator dings and Juliet steps out into the open air in her nightgown, striding past where Romeo is hiding. ![]() Romeo climbs the vines toward the second story window and waxes poetic about Juliet's beauty, hoping his words will cause her to appear, but The Nurse pops out instead, causing Romeo to recoil in surprised disgust. Romeo stumbles and breaks a lamp, causing a dog to bark and a security officer's attention to perk up he pushes himself flat up against a wall covered with a lattice-work of vines.Ī light suddenly goes on inside the room above. A long staircase connects the upper landing to the courtyard floor. When he comes down on the other side, he finds himself in an ornate courtyard, its architectural features replete with statuesque carvings of human figures, in the middle of which is a lighted pool. Concerned but now holding up the motorcade of guests leaving the Capulet party, Mercutio and the other Montague boys drive away, leaving Romeo to scale the walls surrounding the mansion. Mercutio desperately calls after him, thinking he is still lamenting Rosaline, when in fact Romeo is setting back out to find Juliet. Sensing that he cannot leave yet, Romeo leaps out of the Montague convertible.
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