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The Way Juliet Feels in Act 3 Scene 2 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet In Act 3 Scene 2, Juliet experiences many different & strong emotions. This essay is to explain the reasons why she experiences these feelings. From excitement & joy to anger & resentment, from complete despair, she finds hope & towards the end she is strongly thinking about committing suicide. It goes from one extreme emotion to another. This scene explores her thoughts & feelings about Romeo & what he really is like. This scene is one of the most dramatic & exciting scenes in the play Romeo & Juliet. At the beginning of the scene, she feels excitement. Since that Romeo & Juliet have gotten married secretly, she wants Romeo to hurry up, so that they consummate their marriage. We know that Juliet wants to Romeo to hurry because she said, 'Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds'. She wants Romeo to come at night because it is the only time that they can consummate their marriage because no one can see Romeo enter the Capulet mansion, the darkness hides Romeo. Darkness is one of the main themes in this scene. She said, 'and bring in cloudy night immediately. Spread thy close curtain, love performing night', this shows us that she wants night to come. It also says that this is the night that they perform their love. 'So tedious is this day', she is impatient for the day to be over. She is looking forward to the their time together, 'Though I an sold, Not yet enjoy'd'. 'And learn me how to lose a winning match, Play'd for a pair of stainless maidenhoods', this show us that they she is frankly sexual. Next, Juliet feels adoration towards Romeo. She makes this obvious to audience by using beautiful language to show that he is special to her. 'Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night', Romeo is day & he stands out in the night. In this quote, Shakespeare used darkness to show how much Juliet adores Romeo, one of the main themes in this play is darkness.
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Act 3 Scene I of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Before Act 3 scene i we know that there are two feuding families, the Capulets and the Montagues. The audience has been told at the start that to resolve this dispute their children, two innocent lovers, must die. The Prince had explicitly told the family that if there is another brawl their ‘lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace’. Romeo a Montague went unwelcome to the Capulets’ ball. Tybalt, a nephew of old Capulet noticed Romeo.
Fear and Tension in Act IV Scene 3 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet "Romeo and Juliet" was first performed around 1595 on a bare stage without any sets, with only a trap door and discovery room. The fact that there were no sets meant that Shakespeare had to create fear and tension in what the characters would say, not through decorative sets. The audience would stand in front of the uncovered stage. The play is set in Verona in Italy, where two families of equal class lived: the Capulets and the Montagues. These two families were strong
At the start of Act 1 Scene 1 Sampson and Gregory start the scene off
Juliet's Feelings in Act 3 Scene 2 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet The act and scene we are analysing is a very important one. This is because of the way Juliet reacts towards the events that face her in this part of the story. This scene is the ultimate example to tell us how Juliet thinks, feels and reacts towards Romeo. Not only is it one of the most interesting parts of the story but it is the most exciting scene, truly we can explore how and why Juliet reacts in the ways she does.
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Act 3 Scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Prior to Act 3 Scene 1 we witness the happiest moment in the play. the marriage between Romeo and Juliet. This occurs in secret because Juliet is a Capulet and Romeo is a Montague, there is an on-going feud.
The balcony scene in Act 2 Scene 2 has a message that Shakespeare wants us to understand about what decisions the people that fall in love take. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare in the 1300’s. In Act 2 Scene 2, Romeo is under the balcony where Juliet is standing, and Juliet notices him, therefore they start discussing about their love life. When people fall in love they think about each other, they don’t think about life decisions, then they go insane about each other, and they think that people might hate them for their decisions. At the beginning of this scene, Juliet is talking about how being with Romeo is bad because he’s part of the Montague family,”Tis but thy name that is my enemy.Thou art thyself,though
In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, Romeo’s first encounter with Juliet occurred while he was listening to his favorite song, The Way You Look Tonight, by Frank Sinatra. This song’s theme is reflected in the title, describing the way she looks and the way she makes him feel. Just by looking at her and holding hands, his stress leaves him and he feels warm inside. Even the instrumentals can refer to how his heart beats strong and fast when seeing her for the first time. The song relates back to the themes of love and emotions by describing how he feels about her and how he loves her just the way she is.
In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, about two love struck teenagers whom aren’t able to be together due to their families feud/ social situation. There are two key themes that of love and hate. Before Romeo and Juliet meet, the audience is only aware that he is a Montague and that she is a Capulet. This adds to the scene being so dramatically effective as do other happenings throughout the length of the scene. These include the speech of Capulet and the happy and joyous mood of the party, The romantic speech of Romeo, The hatred and harshness of Tybalt’s speech, a direct contrast with that of Romeo’s and the drama when the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet first meet.
“Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” - Madeleine L’Engle. Throughout William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, countless trying situations are forced upon Romeo and Juliet. These characters are forced to do unwanted tasks and deal with the unending feud taking place between their two families. But overall they find their happiness in undying love for each other. While Romeo and Juliet are both forced to deal with many dark times they find light and happiness in each other, but in their case the light they find is overpowered.
This scene is the turning point, as it affects many things later on in the play, i.e. Juliet kills herself as she cannot see Romeo any more. I will be, in my essay explaining the dramatic effects of language, themes, characters and their actions, historical and social context, dramatic devices and finally audience response in Act 3 Scene 1. This play isn't an original idea, Shakespeare actually took this from Arthur Brooks poem, it was originally called 'Romeus and Juliet' written in 1562. Shakespeare cleverly rewrote the poem and made it much more of a success than Brooke's poem, because Brooks poem was extremely boring. Shakespeare was a genius, and made it powerfully vivid.
Juliet cries a lot when she finds out about her husbands fate. Her parents think that she is grieving about the death of her cousin, but instead Juliet is crying for the murderer of her deceased cousin. The nurse brings Juliet the bad news about Romeo (Juliet’s husband) and Tybalt (Juliet’s cousin). She tells Juliet that Romeo has been banished form Verona for murdering Tybalt, who killed Mercutio. Juliet is devastated by this news and starts to mourn about her banished husband (Romeo). Later that day, Paris comes over to the Capulet residence to talk abou...
Upon consideration of Act 2 Scene 2 of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the balcony scene, Shakespeare delivers a message about the decisions people make with the world against them. William Shakespeare wrote the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. In Scene 2 Act 2 of this play, Romeo hears Juliet confess that she will become a Montague in order to be with Romeo. Romeo, upon hearing this, reveals himself to Juliet and states that he will become a Capulet in order to be with her. Being in love with the world against them forces a couple to abandon the world they live in to be together. Romeo overhears Juliet confess, “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name;... ‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy.” (The
Romeo and Juliet Act Two Scene Two Essay by: Raghu Chinta The balcony scene of William Shakespeare’s play “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” can be argued as one of the most famous scenes in all of dramatic literature. The scene takes place in Capulet’s Orchard where the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, confess their love for one another. Romeo and Juliet go back and forth without using straightforward prose for one hundred ninety lines, confessing their love for one another. Juliet bids Romeo “goodnight” and goes back into her chamber with the plan of sending an emissary for Romeo the next day at nine o’clock to have them married.