Balcony Scene in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Balcony Scene in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Romeo appears beneath Juliet's Balcony, he needs to act cautiously

because he is in his arch-rivals (Capulets) territory. As he opens his

dialogue to Juliet he should speak quietly but with meaningful

affection towards her.

"But soft, what light through the yonder window breaks?"

As he continues to describe Juliet and her features he becomes

entranced in her beauty and her inner beauty, Romeo's speech praises

Juliet as he describes her in relation to the light of the sun and the

other stars.

"The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars"

Romeo is intoxicated with his passion for Juliet which must be shown

by the way he speaks and looks at her whilst they are on stage. The

scene closes as the dawn rises so he hurries with his determination to

see the friar to arrange the marriage so therefore act as though you

are in a hurry.

Romeo is young, immature and impulsive. He quickly falls into (and out

of) love with Rosaline, and then falls into love with Juliet witch

shows how short minded and immature he is. He also gets himself into

trouble all the time.

Juliet

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Juliet is unaware that Romeo is hiding below in the garden so talks

freely about her feelings towards Romeo. When she says that she does

not care that he is a Montague.

"Tis but thy name that is my enemy: thou art thyself, thou not a

Montague…...

What's in a name?"

When she realises that Romeo is in the garden she should act as though

she is worried that he risks death if he was to be discovered.

"And the place of death, considering who thou art, if any of my

kinsmen find the here."

Juliet is feeling afraid of being quickly won so she acts nervously

and doesn't show her true affection. Juliet comes and goes twice from

the balcony this conveys the excitement she is feeling, the character

should show this in movement and speech.