Mask Vs. True Identity In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Another scene where we can see the theme of mask vs true identity is in Act 3 Scene 5 when Romeo and Juliet spend their last night together, Lady Capulet enters Juliet's room and notices that she has been crying all night and assumes it is by virtue of her dearest cousin Tybalt’s death. She says “ Evermore weeping for your cousin’s death? “ and Juliet responds by saying “ Yet let me weep for such a feeling loss.” Juliet masks the true cause of her sorrow by implying that she is crying over Tybalt’s death and is clearly shown by Lady Capulet who can not see through Juliet’s visor of mourning over for not Tybalt but the “villain” himself, Romeo. Juliet’s cunning use of word play in this scene helps keep her private thoughts safe from the public