How does Shakespere present the development of Romeo’s language between 1(i), 2(ii), 3(iii) and 5(iii)
How does Shakespere present the development of Romeo’s language between 1(i), 2(ii), 3(iii) and 5(iii)
In the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’, written by Sir William Shakespere, Romeo’s language develops and varies quite a lot throughout. At the opening of the play, you discover that 17-year-old Romeo Montague is in ‘love’ with a woman names Rosaline, but sandy his love is unrequieted. Later on, he meets a 12/13-year-old girl called Juliet Capulet. The each loves eachother greatly although their love is not accepted with their families. The reasons being that their families are rival enemies. If a Capulet was to even fancy a Montague, they would be punishes, and vice-versa. The day after meeting, Romeo proposes to Juliet and they marry that day in secret. Soon after getting married, Juliet’s cousin Tybalt, meaning that Romeo becomes exiled from Verona. Juliet now has to marry Paris, who she does not like. So she takes sleeping potion to make people think she’s dead, but Romeo believes it, resulting in him finding her and killing himself. Juliet then wakes and see’s Romeo dead so she kills herself.
In act 1 scene 1, we see Romeo is talking about the unrequited love he holds for Rosaline. We see the fact that Romeo’s ‘sad hours seem long’, meaning he’s lost track of time. By saying this, Shakespeare is making Romeo seem melodramatic and he also seems to be very depressed when he says ‘Ay me’, pitying himself about the situation.
Romeo makes another gesture pointing towards his love and the depression he has when he explains that ’tut, I have lost myself, I am not here’. In this line, Romeo seems to be quite juvenile in the way he’s speaking. Also, the message I get from this is that perhaps Romeo is feeling that he doesn’t really know where he is in life: tuck loving someone who will never love him back.
In act 2 scene 2, which occurs on the second day of the story, Romeo has changed the style in which he’s writing, the reason being
In the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’, written by Sir William Shakespere, Romeo’s language develops and varies quite a lot throughout. At the opening of the play, you discover that 17-year-old Romeo Montague is in ‘love’ with a woman names Rosaline, but sandy his love is unrequieted. Later on, he meets a 12/13-year-old girl called Juliet Capulet. The each loves eachother greatly although their love is not accepted with their families. The reasons being that their families are rival enemies. If a Capulet was to even fancy a Montague, they would be punishes, and vice-versa. The day after meeting, Romeo proposes to Juliet and they marry that day in secret. Soon after getting married, Juliet’s cousin Tybalt, meaning that Romeo becomes exiled from Verona. Juliet now has to marry Paris, who she does not like. So she takes sleeping potion to make people think she’s dead, but Romeo believes it, resulting in him finding her and killing himself. Juliet then wakes and see’s Romeo dead so she kills herself.
In act 1 scene 1, we see Romeo is talking about the unrequited love he holds for Rosaline. We see the fact that Romeo’s ‘sad hours seem long’, meaning he’s lost track of time. By saying this, Shakespeare is making Romeo seem melodramatic and he also seems to be very depressed when he says ‘Ay me’, pitying himself about the situation.
Romeo makes another gesture pointing towards his love and the depression he has when he explains that ’tut, I have lost myself, I am not here’. In this line, Romeo seems to be quite juvenile in the way he’s speaking. Also, the message I get from this is that perhaps Romeo is feeling that he doesn’t really know where he is in life: tuck loving someone who will never love him back.
In act 2 scene 2, which occurs on the second day of the story, Romeo has changed the style in which he’s writing, the reason being