“To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter” (Euripides). In Act Three, Scene Five of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet, the father of Juliet, learns that Juliet did not want to get married to Paris. In this monologue, he insults Juliet for thinking about turning down the offer and gives reasons on why she should accept the marriage. Lord Capulet uses diction to emphasize how Juliet does not have the power to turn down this proposal. For example, as he is describing Juliet, he exclaims, “And then to have a wretched puling fool, /
I very much enjoyed what has been occurring in Acts I and II of Romeo and Juliet. These two acts really emphasize what will happen in the rest of the story. To begin with , Act I starts of with the two guys of the Montague home who seem to be discussing how they are going to get their problems situated with the Capulet family. I don't feel that it was right to start the story off with this. However , when the two gentlemen are arguing , they do introduce some of the story's conflict like for example; the fact that the Montague and Capulet families are in a feud.
In scene 2, act 5 Juliet has been waiting for news from her nurse if she will be married to her true love Romeo and grows very impatient while waiting. When her nurse returns, she taunts Juliet not telling her anything Romeo said about the Marriage. Of course Juliet grows very impatient wanting to know right away if she will be a bride. The nurse finally tells her the good news that Juliet will be a bride to Romeo and Juliet runs to go marry her true love. The five significant points i chose were, Juliet growing very impatient with the nurse, the nurse coming back with news, Juliet following the nurse, The nurse telling Juliet she will be a bride,and Juliet going to the church to marry Romeo.
Act 1 Passage Quiz This passage has the structure of a sonnet since it is written in iambic pentameter, has the same rhyming scheme and the correct number of lines. For starter, the passage is written in iambic pentameter, which means that one syllable is unstressed, while the other is stressed. An example of this is in line 4, the word to, is unstressed, while smooth is stressed, and the pattern continues... In addition, the passage includes the correct rhyming pattern of a sonnet.
Ellie Moss West English 8A 19 April 2023 Act 5 Scene 3 Rewrite [Paris is taking flowers to Juliet's grave alone] Paris Juliet, how dare you leave me so soon. We had so many plans together! Oh curse you stars. You took away my true love.
on the Verona street, Bevnolio and Murcutio wait around for Romeo to meet them. Tybalt and Petruccio see them first, and start a quarrel. Tybalt makes it clear that he is looking for Romeo, whom he wants to punish for sneaking into the Capulets' masked party the previous day. When Romeo arrives, overjoyed with his recent marriage, he is deferential to Tybalt, insisting he harbors no hatred for the Capulet house. Tybalt is unsure how to deal with Romeo.
Juliet 's apparent death reveals the reactions and true emotions that her parents, The nurse and Paris felt towards her. Act 4 scene 5 starts with a humorous and eager tone but suddenly switches to a more sorrowful and sad tone as soon as the nurse discovers Juliet’s pale dead body. They were shocked and upset because it meant to be juliet 's wedding night. Their attitude and reaction shows us the importance of Juliet in their lives. Their relationships with Juliet in the past have an impact on the way they reacted.
This shows that Capulet was to disown Juliet and she knew she had to do something to get out of it. This is why she had to even go to Friar Lawrence. While Juliet is with Friar Lawrence she says, “I want to die if what you say isn’t another solution” (4,1,68) This is showing that Juliet is going to kill herself if she is forced to marry Paris.
AS ANOTHER YEAR PASSES BY, ANOTHER OF CAPULET’S FAMILY FEASTS DRAWS TO A CLOSE AND SOME BIT OFF MORE THAN THEY COULD CHEW. Capulet’s daughter, Juliet Capulet, had been spotted by an eye witness mingling with Romeo Montague towards the end of the masquerade Sunday evening. It was said that Romeo and Juliet had briefly talked and then exchanging a kiss before Juliet had been swiftly taken away by the Nurse of the house. Many other witnesses we had asked, including the Nurse, come forward and said “Romeo was quite distraught after finding out that Juliet was a Capulet.
Romeo was a Montague and Juliet was a Capulet. Their family was rivals a fight had broken out between a member from the Montague and a member from the Capulet family. The king had come and told them that if any other fights was to come about that the Lord Montague and the Lord Capulets would be killed. To begin, two households that are rivals and Romeo is the son of Montague. Romeo was deeply in love with Roseline but took it very hard when she didn’t love him back.
He steps towards the blaring lights; purples, greens, and blues. He barely notices the music as he gains his bearings in the unfamiliar ballroom. Of course it is unfamiliar to him, being a Capulet feast. His eyes search for Rosaline, the only thing on his mind. Mercutio shouts something unhearable and makes his way to the table of luxurious wines and liquors.
The classic story of forbidden love is a perfect description of Romeo and Juliet. However, Shakespeare puts a deadly twist on a story of romance. Two lovers from two warring families, Romeo and Juliet, meet and fall for each other. Romeo decides to sneak into the Capulet orchard in order to talk to Juliet under her balcony in Act 2, Scene 2. At the balcony, Romeo and Juliet both profess their love for each other, albeit in different ways.
Capulet contends that Juliet is excessively youthful, however he says that, if Paris can win Juliet's affections at the meal he will give his assent. He gives a Servant a rundown of visitors with guidelines to convey solicitations, and he and Paris leave. Romeo and Benvolio walk by, and the Servant looks for their help, because he’s illiterate. Romeo reads the list of visitors, which incorporates the name of his adored, Rosaline. He and Benvolio choose to go to the meal in masks, Romeo wishing to see Rosaline and Benvolio trusting that seeing numerous excellent ladies will cure his companion's adoration
The Reality of Romeo Romeo a kind, noble sir. Romeo is a character that is more realistic to today's audience. Romeo shows heroism and compassion all through the play. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, is supposed to be a tragedy it shows how love was won, but by hurt and sadness that was done. Romeo shows his love for Juliet in many special and heroic ways throughout the story.
How does Shakespeare’s Portrayal of Romeo and Juliet’s relationship become so captivating for the audience? Act 2 scene 2 is one of the most important and well known scenes in Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’. In this scene, Romeo and Juliet openly declare their love for each other for the first time in the play, which is done partially in soliloquy and partially in dialogue. The atmosphere that Shakespeare creates in Act 2 Scene ii is one of excitement, expectation and a little fear on the part of the audience. In this scene the audience is aware that Romeo is trespassing not only onto the private property of another family, but also onto one of his mortal enemies’, and if he were to get caught he would immediately be murdered by the Capulet
