Act 3 Scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Act 3 Scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

The play begins when we find out that Romeo is madly in love with

Rosaline however the love is unrequited. Also Juliet’s father decides

to hold a masquerade ball in which Romeo and Benevolio attend .This is

where Romeo and Juliet first meet and have their first kiss

forgetting about Rosaline . In there second meeting Romeo and Juliet

decide to marry. Once married in Act 3 Mercutio is killed by Tybalt

,Juliet’s cousin and so Romeo kills Tybalt.Romeo is banished from

Verona never to be able to see Juliet again. After this Juliet is

being forced to marry Paris a nobles man by her father where he is

very forceful.

Shakespeare shows depth and commitment of the lovers and their worries

for the future by first introducing the concept of time and how little

there is for them as Juliet says “It was the nightingale not the lark”

.She says this because she want Romeo to stay with her for longer as

the nightingale represents the night. Romeo replies “It was the lark,

the herald the morn”.

As the lark is the representation of the day. Romeo also so says that

“Come death, and welcome Juliet wills it so” . This explains to

Juliet that if he stay any longer he will die even though death

would be a perfect prize to spend a few moments with his fair Juliet.

However Juliet’s finally acknowledges the fact that it is day and the

departing is speeded up by the stage directions Enter Nurse hastily.

So Romeo is hurried out, he quickly says “Farewell ,farewell, one

kiss ,and I’ll descend”. Making everything continue in haste.

Juliet replies” Art thou gone so, love , lord ay husband fri...

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...nd dramatic irony

and alliteration.

I think that Shakespeare is successful in conveying and outlining the

couples problems effectively, because he manages to gain our sympathy

for the couple ,but also Juliet as an individual as this scene is

mainly based around her. Therefore I think this scene was a good

chance to study her characteristics.

I think that this scene can be relevant to modern day life because

many children are put under pressure by there parents ,and therefore

this upset the child making them rebel, can be a mirror image of what

happens and how someone can react if forced to do something against

their will. I also think that when Shakespeare first wrote about this

scene he to may have based his decisions on real life . Therefore I

assume that similar situations must occur in modern day life.