Sympathy for Juliet in Act 3, Scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Sympathy for Juliet in Act 3, Scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare uses many techniques of sympathy for Juliet. Romeo

and Juliet are from two different families, Romeo is a Montague and

Juliet is a Capulet, The Capulet family and Montague family are worst

enemies but Romeo and Juliet mistakenly fall in love at first sight at

a fancy dress party held by the Capulet family which Romeo and a few

friends secretly walked into whilst in costume to hide there identity.

Juliet’s cousin Tybalt saw them at the party and set out to punish

Romeo. Tybalt was later murdered in a brawl between the Capulet’s and

Montague’s. Tybalt killed Romeo’s best friend Racutio and Romeo set

out for revenge on him, Romeo killed Tybalt in a bloody rage. For this

Romeo was banished to Mantua and if he ever was caught back he would

suffer the same fate as Tybalt therefore this made it difficult for

Romeo and Juliet to be together.

In Jacobean times which was the time of William Shakespeare, there

were very few ways that two lovers with family’s that disapprove of

each other could be together as in Jacobean times your parents would

find a suitable man for there daughter and it be very similar to an

arranged marriage whereas today if you were to get married your

parents would have no say in it and if they didn’t like it you would

be able to run away together but in Shakespeare’s time that was

unheard of and people would respect there elders decisions over their

own.

In act 3 scene 5 Romeo and Juliet speak to each other in the language

of love for example when Romeo says “I have more care to stay than

will to go” this means that...

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... the end. Lady Capulet said to Juliet that she had some good news for

her; a man called Paris wants to marry her but Juliet is disappointed

with the news as she loves Romeo.

Lord Capulet went to Juliet’s room to hear her reply and is very angry

with it as she tells him she didn’t want to marry him. This made

Capulet aggressive and brutal towards her as he said “hang thee, young

baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get to church on

Thursday or never after look me in the face:” Capulet became from a

very calm character to a very stormy minded one. The nurse is the

final disappointment of Juliet’s choice and tell her what she really

thinks of Romeo she says “Romeos a dishclout to him: an eagle” this

means that she must have lied to Juliet earlier in the play. She

thinks that Paris is the better man for her.