Act 1 Scene1 When Benvolio‚ Montague and Lady Montague have a conversation about Romeo they portray him as being very shy. ‘So early did I see your son‚ towards him I made but he was aware of me‚ and stole into the covert of the wood’. This implies that Romeo has been seen early in the morning upset and on his own. When he is aware of Benvolio he runs off into the wood which is stating that he is distracted by something or someone. To running away is an odd thing to do to anyone‚ but this was someone
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What do we learn about Juliet’s relationship with her father from Act 3 Scene 5? Within this essay I will be analysing the relationship between Juliet and Capulet. In the Elizabethan era women were treated less than men because it was the patriarchal society and this means that men are in charge. This is relevant to the question because an Elizabethan audience will be expecting a relationship like this from Juliet and Capulet because it’s the patriarchal society. An Elizabethan
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Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a romantic tragedy. We first learn this in the Prologue‚ as the audience is told: “Doth with their death…Their death marked love”. The Prologue tells the audience key events in the play and is a good source of dramatic irony‚ as the audience knows that the characters will die at the end‚ although the characters themselves don’t. The story of Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona‚ Italy‚ and tells of two star-crossed lovers‚ Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet‚ who
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#6. Act 2‚ Scenes 1 and 2. Cite specific textual evidence to support your answers to each of the following: A) Romeo and Juliet fall in love and he want to talk with Juliet. So he climbs over the wall. Mercutio and Benvolio think his love is blind. Line 32 and line 33. B) It describes that Julie walk to the window. For example‚ her eyes are shinning like the stars. C) Because Juliet is the sun and she is out shining the moon. D) "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" that mean a name doesn’t
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‘Romeo and Juliet’ is the story of two "star-crossed lovers who take their life". Their families‚ Capulet and Montague‚ are at a great‚ ancient feud; however Romeo and Juliet fall passionately in love ignoring the fact that they are‚ by household‚ enemies. The play was written in 1595‚ for an Elizabethan audience‚ and was performed at the Globe Theatre. Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona‚ Italy; Italy being a common setting for plays around the time for the great interest in Italian culture and an
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How does Shakespeare present love and hate in Act 1 scene 1 and Act 1 scene 5? Shakespeare wrote the play of two lovers’‚ Romeo and Juliet. Thought to be‚ one of the greatest‚ tragic love stories of all time‚ however‚ throughout the play‚ Shakespeare contrasts love with hate at every possible moment. The two themes‚ love and hate‚ are like twins separated at birth‚ brought up in different backgrounds‚ a totally different society. Combining these two themes‚ creates curiosity into how ’a pair of
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Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare‚ the play is based on forbidden love and deathly consequences. The beginning of the play starts with a prologue‚ the main point of this is to get the audience’s attention and set the scene but to also explain the whole outline of the play. By doing this Shakespeare is also acknowledging one of the main themes of the play‚ which is fate. In the prologue Shakespeare chooses to use a lot of violent language- “Their death...Civil blood makes civil
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Cantrell 3rd Hr Pre-Ap English 1B Romeo and Juliet Scene 1 Act 1‚ Scene 1: Sampson and Gregory‚ the servants for the house of Capulet‚ are walking through the streets of Verona. They both are venting to each other about how they despise the house of Monague‚ they both wish to have a brawl with the other house. They then see other see two servants from the other house and decide to “bite there thumb” at them in order to start a fight. The two houses have a fight‚ and the prince decides that the fighting
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Romeo and Juliet Acts of Hastiness in Act 1 At the VERY beginning‚ Romeo drops Rosaline like a hot rock because she left off to become a nun. Romeo and Benvolio decide last minute to go to their enemy’s party in hopes of getting Romeo over Rosaline. Romeo and Juliet at the party fall in love in a matter of minutes Juliet doesn’t even know Romeo and she kisses him Juliet doesn’t know that Romeo is her arch enemy but "falls in love" anyway When Romeo sneaks out to Juliet’s "tower"
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Act 2‚ Scene 3 Romeo travels to the cell of Friar Laurence‚ who has been out in the fields all morning gathering herbs.. Cheerful and excited‚ Romeo greets the Friar and tells him of his new love and plans for marriage. Friar Laurence‚ who has been Romeo’s friend and confessor for some time‚ is confused and concerned about Romeo’s sudden change of heart. He exclaims "Holy Saint Francis‚ what a change is here!/Is Rosaline‚ that thou didst love so dear/So soon forsaken?" (II.iii.65-8). But Romeo
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