“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, /
In act 1 scene 5 a hall in Capulet's house, I acted as Romeo. In my opinion, my acting company had a great overall performance. The day before our performance, we had a dressed rehearsal and we were told that we needed to fix our blocking and visual delivery and overnight our group got together and worked together. Playing Romeo, I had to play as a young man falling in love with a girl at first sight, for the first time seeing Juliet, Romeo was amazed at how beautiful this young girl was. At the beginning of the scene Romeo spoke to himself about what he thought of Juliet.
When Romeo secretly attends the party, he acts irresponsibly, putting himself into a dangerous situation with his enemies, the Capulets. Juliet notices how dangerous of a feat this is by asking the nurse for his name, when given the answer Juliet says “ My only love, sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me. That I must love a loathed enemy” (1.5.138-142).
he fact that Romeo is in Juliet 's room, his families rival, and he is a wanted fugitive for killing her cousin, also makes this dangerous for him. However, she wants him to stay longer, but Romeo understands the danger, because "more light and light" brings the possibility of capture and death (Act 3, Scene 5). During, Act 3, Scene 5, Romeo seems like he uses rational thought and maturity, by pointing this out to Juliet. Also, in the final scene of Act 3, Juliet forshadows, when she saw Romeo defending her window, by asking Romeo, "Thou art so low," and, "thou looks 't pale," (Act 3, Scene 5).
In this particular part of act two scene two of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is sitting on her balcony, thinking aloud about Romeo as he listens quietly in the bushes. Once he speaks to her, they begin to talk about the risks of what they are doing in the moment and Romeo’s love for her. In this scene, Juliet is contemplating what this love would mean between a Montague and a Capulet and wants to be able to love Romeo without having to worry about the name that defines them. Before she hears Romeo speak, she says to herself, “’Tis but thy name is my enemy. / Though art thyself, though not a Montague. /… /
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.
Are you trying to get vengeance on the Capulets beyond death? You villian! I will arrest you. Now go with me and you will die. Romeo I must indeed, and that’s what I came here to do.
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.
My life were better ended by their hate than death prorogued, wanting of thy love.” (II, ii, 75-78) This headlong statement perfectly depicts the way in which Romeo hastily intensifies their relationship without reason, signifying the beginning of the end. If Romeo had only decided not to be with Juliet and marry her the next day because of the incredibly high risk involved, neither of them would have died. They rushed into love, forbidden by their feuding families, disobeying their parents and hastily getting married.
"Romeo, wait here," Friar Lawrence said to me as he turned to face Lord Capulet, "hello Mr. Capulet. How are you today?" Lord Capulet gave Friar a glare and then shouted, "you know
Romeo and Juliet´s love was cursed from the beginning. Both lovers struggled with their timing in this play and could never seem to get it right. There was even times if they were just one minute later they could have survived. The main moments where the clock did not work in their favor was during the Capulet grave scene, Romeo and Tybalt fight and Juliet's planned marriage to Paris. Juliet's cousin Tybalt was a hothead and was never afraid to pull out his sword and fight till the death.
“There was something about his attitude that reminded me of someone I know, maybe a Montague!” yelled Juliet. “You are being too loud, everyone is looking over here now.” the Nurse said, “He might remind you of a Montague because he is one.” “There is no way I would ever even thing about talking to a Montague!
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
We were asked to translate Act 3 Scene 5 in Romeo and Juliet, into modern day English. Our group decided to modify Shakespeare’s words to give our peers a better understanding on what was happening in the scene. The scene begins when Romeo leaves Juliet to avoid being caught by the Capulet. After Romeo departs, Juliet is encountered by Lady Capulet, who tells Juliet that she must marry Paris. Juliet shocked by the news, refuses, which leads to a fight with her parents.
