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sacred inconsistent pledge infinite go for confession * nurse : a woman who is paid to take care of a young child, usually in the child’s home * cell : a small room that a monk or a nun lives in * Friar Lawrence : a monk in the Catholic religion Romeo Lady, I swear by the sacred moon above, the moon that paints the tops of the fruit trees with silver⸺ Juliet Don’t swear by the moon. The moon is always changing. Every month its position in the sky shifts. I don’t want you to turn out to be that inconsistent too. Romeo What should I swear by? Juliet Don’t swear at all. But if you have to swear, swear by your wonderful self, which is the god I worship like an idol, and then I’ll believe you. Juliet I pledged my love to you before you asked me to. Yet I wish I could take that promise back, so I had it to give again. Romeo You would take it back? Why would you do that, my love? Juliet Only to be generous and give it to you once more. But I’m wishing for something I already have. My generosity to you is as limitless as the sea, and my love is as deep. The more love I give you, the more I have. Both loves are infinite. With the help of Juliet’s nurse*, the lovers arrange to marry when Juliet goes for confession at the cell* of Friar* Lawrence. There, they are secretly married. 5 10 15 20 137