In this scene juliet convinces the nurse and lady capulet to leave her alone so that she can then take the potion that friar gave her. Juliet at first before she drank it had doubts about taking the potion she thought she would wake up in the tomb of capulets and then get attacked by the ghost of tybalt. she mans up and takes the potion taking a dagger and keeping it next to her in case the potion doesn’t work.