“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, /
Romeo sees what he thinks is Juliet lifless and cold. He professes his love for her and kisses her. Romeo says, "Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavory guide!/ Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on/ The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark! Here's to my love (drinking)/ Oh true apothecary/
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.
forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.” (?????) Despite the fact that Romeo and Juliet
Young Juliet acts with a sense of loyalty, respect, and intelligence in the first four scenes of the play, before she meets Romeo, as she displays high education and respect for herself and parents. Juliet belongs to the esteemed house of the Capulets, who are highly regarded in Verona; therefore, she acts respectable and honorable. The young Capulet regards the rules and her family with great precedence, “Madam [...] what is your will?” (1.3.7). Immediately upon being called by the nurse and her mom, Juliet asks her mom what she desires.
Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 The scene is set at the capulet party. Romeo ended up there because him and Bevolio learned from Peter that Rosaline was going to be there. Benvolio wanted Romeo to go so that he could see that there are women that are more beautiful than her. Fate was already taking part because Romeo found out about this party and without this party, he never would have med Juliet, the love of his life.
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.
Lord Capulet enters furious calling Juliet “young baggage” and demands that her marriage will take place. The nurse betrays Juliet speaking of how Paris would make a fine husband. Juliet orders her to leave as she prepares to leave to find Friar Laurence. As the nurse leaves Juliet calls out to her calling her an “ancient damnation!” In this act it shows Juliet’s loyalty to Romeo and how deep her love has gone for him.
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.
During Juliet’s conversation with Lady Capulet regarding the death of Tybalt, Capulet walks in to share news of Juliet's suitor, Paris. While Juliet appreciates the gesture of her father find a potential husband, she politely declines due to her relationship with Romeo. Capulet is outraged and disowns Juliet for apparent stubbornness, but Juliet attempts to justify her decision: “Proud can I never be of what I hate, but thankful even for hate that is meant love” (3.5.152-153). Juliet explains that she dreads the idea of Capulet arranging for Paris to marry her, secretly due to her complications with Romeo, but loves that same idea because she understands that her father’s intentions were only of care. Juliet is able to be empathetic to her father’s temporary anger since she knew it is only a result of his deep love and support.
Even the Nurse who previously encouraged the romance between Juliet and Romeo, changes her mind and says she should marry Paris. Juliet's rebellion has serious repercussions which leads her to commit suicde over her
Juliet faces a challenge when she wants to know the name of the man whom she fell in love with and without Nurse discovering it. To find out the name of the individual, she misleads her Nurse, “In order to find out, she devises a cleverly indirect ploy, first inquiring from the Nurse about the identities of two other young men in whom she actually has no interest. Only after she has learned their names, and thus diverted the Nurse’s curiosity, does she ask about Romeo. ”(Garber,47). Juliet starts showing signs of independence by asking questions after falling in love with Romeo.
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
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare has toyed with the emotions of its audience members for centuries. The play’s main characters, Romeo and Juliet, love one another in spite of the feud between their families and later on, in the wallows of grief, each take their own life. While the characters both meet their end tragically, it was their choices that realistically led them down that path. The cause of the two “star-crossed lovers” final end is not due to fate or destiny, but by their own foolish hands.
