Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow
In this poignant scene the doomed lovers have just exchanged their vows of undying love and devotion. This dialogue is one of the richest and best known in literature. They hope to devise a plan to meet again and be married, but their conversation is interrupted by Juliet's nurse, who has been searching for her. The two lovers try to say goodnight but run back to each other again and again, until finally Juliet speaks the famous line, ".....that I shall say good night till it be morrow." The simultaneous pain of parting and pleasurable anticipation of their next meeting drives the lovers towards their fate.
William Shakespeare
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