William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

In this essay I am going to write about Act 4 scene 3 of William

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. In particular I am going to explore

the various ways in which in which Shakespeare makes the scene

dramatic.

One way in which Shakespeare makes this scene dramatic is through the

range of emotions which are shown. In the beginning of the scene she

seems happy and she looks as though she will go ahead with the

wedding. Juliet also seems to have a happy relationship with her

mother as we rarely see her mother communicating with her. We also see

that Lady Capulet believes that Juliet will marry County Paris the

next day. Also lady Capulet offers to help Juliet "what are you busy.

Ho? Need you my help?" this quote is taken from act scene 3 line 6.

This is the normally job of the nurse as we have seen before.

Following this the nurse and Lady Capulet leave as Juliet had

requested.

This is where Juliet's soliloquy begins as she is left alone in her

room and is about to she is left alone in her room and is about to

drink poison. There is drama in this because more tension and suspense

takes place because it becomes a won't she or will she situation. The

language Shakespeare uses also makes the scene extra dramatic. For

example in line 15 "I have a faint cold fear thrills through my

veins", this makes us see that she is taking a big risk in trusting

the Friar. These words also set the mood for the scene because the

potion she takes could be life threatening. As the soliloquy goes

further on we see that she is confused. She has to be able to trust

the friar as he has a reason for wanting to kill her "what if it be a

poison, which the friar subtly hath minister'd to have me dead". This

quote is taken from act 4 scene 3 lines 24-25.

Juliet feels desperate because she is left to do this to be with Romeo