Act 1 Scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Act 1 Scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Introduction

Firstly I am going to discuss how Shakespeare's theatre differs from

modern day theatre. From my point of view the most surprising

difference between the two is that in Shakespearean times the female

parts in his plays were performed by young males who's voiced most

probably had not broke, were as in modern day theatre females are

played by. Also the appearance of the two theatres are different, the

Shakespearean theatre was open roofed and the stage area protrudes

into the crowd, this area where the stage was, was where the poorest

people would stand because that area was the cheapest to be in, and

the richer people would sit higher up in the theatre which is covered.

In modern day theatre all of the theatre is roofed and the seats are

mostly the same priced . Lastly I want to talk about the popularity of

the theatres, in modern theatre, people who go to the theatre are

usually upper class, were as the Shakespearean theatre was visited by

practically every person, it was very popular to higher and lower

classes of the population.

This scene at the ball is so important in the play because this is the

point were Shakespeare decided to have the lovers meet for the first

time. Lord Capulet (Juliet's Father) has arranged this big beautiful

bal so that his daughter Juliet will meet Paris the man who her

farther is arranging to marry her to . Lord Capulet has invited

Mercutio (Romeo's Friend) to the ball and Romeo decides to go there

with Mercutio and his Cousin Benvolio. Of coarse it is unwise of Romeo

to go to the ball because the house of Capulet is his family's foe but

he decides to anyway because he wants to see the woman who thinks he

loves Rosaline. Little does he know how he will feel when he sees

Juliet.

This scene begins with the servants rushing about in the kitchen

trying to get everything in order for the big ball , after that the