William Shakespeare wrote the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet around 1591 and included many monologues and soliloquies to add emotions and create drama. One of these soliloquies is of Juliet talking about her sorrow towards Romeo’s punishment. This soliloquy adds strong emotions and creates a depressed mood. Before this speech in Act one we learn the Capulets and the Montagues are fighting and Romeo and Juliet fall in love. But Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. In Act two Romeo and Juliet get married. In act three Tybalt slays Mercutio and then Romeo slaughters Tybalt. Because of this Romeo get banished from Verona. Juliet now goes into her speech. In Act four Paris plans on marrying Juliet and the Friar and Juliet create a plan and Juliet drinks a potion that will make her “die” but awaken in two days. Her body is found in the morning. In Act five Romeo kills paris and then kills himself in Juliet’s arms. Juliet then awakens and stabs herself. Their bodies are found and there is peace among the Capulets and Montagues. Within Juliet's speech she uses repetition, similes, and repetition again to show emotion and to create a depressed mood.
Juliet uses repetition in her soliloquy to present her emotions about Romeo's banishment and Tybalt’s death. At the beginning of Juliet’s speech she doesn't believe that Romeo is a bad person because he killed Tybalt. She then says that Romeo had to slay Tybalt or “That villain cousin would have kill’d my husband:” (3.2.101). This line explains that Romeo had no choice. It was he either killed Tybalt or Tybalt would kill him. Juliet then goes on and says almost the same thing “My husband lives, that Tybalt would have slain:” (3.2.105). This time Juliet says it in a joyful way and does not...
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...o be a happy night but suddenly Romeo is now banished and they can’t see each other. Juliet continues to question banishment and every time she says it, it gets worse and worse until she thinks its worse than death “ All slain, all dead. ‘Romeo is banished!’” (3.2.124). Juliet now thinks Banishment is worse than death and is now extremely sad because she realized she can’t be with Romeo. Repetition is used in this speech to show emotion and create sadness.
In order to create emotion and set a mood shakespeare uses repetition and a simile in Juliet’s speech. These devices match the theme of the play, young love, because they show the love of Juliet towards Romeo. This speech adds to the play because it adds emotions and drama. The speech also emphasizes the young love of Romeo and Juliet and how young love is a fragile thing and can easily be broken.
These two different approaches on how to handle the event of Romeo’s banishment showcase the maturity in Juliet and immaturity in Romeo. Shakespeare displays Juliet’s maturity by having her tackle tragic news wisely when she says, “ Therefore, out of thy long experienced time, / Give me some present counsel, or behold. (Rom. IIII. 1. 60-61.)” Juliet aches for wisdom in this situation, whereas Romeo acts immaturely. Shakespeare articulates Romeo’s dramatic words when he says, “ Tell me, that I may sack / The hateful mansion. [He draws his dagger] (Rom. III. 3. 107-108.)” Romeo sees death as a way out of his difficult situation and even prepares for action by drawing his dagger. Faced with the same news of banishment, Juliet reacts and handles the situation more maturely and
She is caught between her love and loyalty for Romeo and her family. The feud between the Montague’s and Capulet’s has caused disruption in the relationship between her mother and father. Juliet wonders if Romeo is a ‘Wolfish-ravening lamb’ or in fact a ‘dove-feathered raven. Good and evil contradict each other, as both have traits of one another according to Juliet. Romeo is ‘Just opposite to what though justly seem’st, a raven is a bird of prey and a symbol of evil where-as a dove is a symbol of peace and goodness. An oxymoron has been used to symbolise Juliet’s emotion about Romeo being banished. Although both Romeo and Juliet are married, Shakespeare has used this literary feature to signify that Juliet is still loyal to her family although she has married an enemy. Repetition is used as an emotional indicator, when words are repeated the reader gains a sense of the emotion conveyed and the emphasise it has on the scene. Juliet questions if Romeo would actually kill Tybalt and in reply the nurse signifies ‘It did, it did; alas the day, it did’. Alas has been used to emphasise that Romeo indeed killed Tybalt and it also expresses the nurse’s
Romeo senses tensions are high with Tybalt, so he states, “I do protest I never injured thee but love thee better than thou canst devise.” (Lines 65-66 Act Three, Scene One). Romeo is trying to diffuse the situation because he realizes that Tybalt is his love's cousin. Mercutio is surprised by Romeo’s behavior, so he decides to fight Tybalt himself. Mercutio’s decision to fight Tybalt leads to his own death. Romeo is angered by the death of Mercutio and states, “Now, Tybalt, take the “villain" back again/ That late thou gavest me; for Mercutio’s soul.” (Lines 123-124 of Act Three, Scene One). Romeo is indicating that Tybalt is the villain now, because he slayed Mercutio. Romeo forgets about his attempt to befriend the Capulets and slays Tybalt. Romeo, murderer of Tybalt, solely focuses on Juliet and states “Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say “death"/For exile hath more terror in his look.” (Lines 12-13 of Act Three, Scene Three). Romeo does not care about Tybalt’s life, but only cares for the way it affects his relationship with Juliet. Romeo’s mother dies out of grief because of his banishment. Romeo’s recklessness in loving Juliet has led to the death of three
This rhetorical feature is only one of a large arsenal that Shakespeare utilizes to convey his story. Romeo begins his ritualistic display of affection in a grand manner, his language resplendent with beautiful imagery. At the open, there is little dialogue; Romeo must first woo his intended. This being achieved through antithetical couplets to highlight the differences between Juliet and everything inferior around her; 'Juliet is the sun...Kill the envious moon ', 'She speaks yet she says nothing ', are prime examples of this technique. This is also often assisted by; 'godly ' references that of 'heaven ' and that of the 'angel, ' to emphasize his rhetoric. Indeed, the rhyming verse adds a pleasant sound to the ear, to heighten the effect of Romeo 's words, a technique very much commonplace in that era of
The play, Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is about a tragedy of two star crossed lovers who want nothing more than to be together forever. “…Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” (2.2.35-36) Romeo, a Montague, who is young and passionate, meets Juliet at a Capulet party. When they meet, it’s love at first sight. Juliet, a Capulet, is a beautiful young lady tired of being controlled by her father, Lord Capulet. The two families are in a never ending feud that comes between Romeo and Juliet’s love. In the course of four and a half days, Romeo and Juliet plan their marriage with the help of Priest Friar Laurence and Juliet’s Nurse. After the couple is married, Romeo is banished from the city of Verona, causing an issue for their ideal fate together. Lord Capulet forced Juliet to marry Count Paris after she married Romeo, leaving Friar to structure a plan to avoid a second marriage for Juliet. Juliet takes a sleeping potion that makes her believably dead for forty-two hours – during this time, Romeo was to be told that she is still alive; however he was not, so he purchased illegal poison so that he did not have to live without Juliet. Juliet wakes up only to find her true love lying dead next to her, thinking it necessary to stab herself with a dagger. After the couple dies, there leaves one question; Who should be pardoned, and who should be punished? The Nurse should be pardoned, while Friar Laurence and Count Paris should be punished.
Romeo repeats the word 'love' during a conversation with Benvolio in Act 1 Scene 1. This love I feel, that I feel no love in this. Then, in her famous gallop apace speech of Act 3 Scene 2, Juliet. repeats the words 'come' and 'night'.
When her mother comes in she assumes that Juliet is in mourning for Tybalt, ?Evermore weeping for your cousin?s death.? So Juliet just goes along with it ?feeling so loss, I cannot choose but ever weep the friend.?
In the fair city of Verona, two rival families, the Montagues and Capulets were involved in a nasty family feud that goes back years before any of the members were born. Even the townspeople were involved in the dispute, because the families were always fighting in the streets and causing disturbances. They disrupted the streets of Verona and even Prince Escalus tried to break up the fighting. They were given a warning, by him that another public fight would result in death. While this was occurring, Romeo, (a Montague) the main character, was getting over his last love, Rosaline, and was very upset. Juliet of the Capulet household had just been introduced to a wealthy young man, Paris, whom her parents wished her to marry. Yet she did not love him. Romeo goes to a party in an effort to forget about Rosaline. At this party he met Juliet, and immediately fell in love with her. He later finds out that she is a Capulet, the rival family of the Montagues. He decides that he loves her anyway and they confess their love for each other during the very famous "balcony scene" in which they agreed to secretly marry the next day. Friar Lawrence agreed to marry them in an effort to end the feuding between the families. Unfortunately, the fighting gets worse and Mercutio (Montague) a good friend of Romeo ends up in a fight with Tybalt (Capulet), Juliet's cousin. Tybalt killed Mercutio, which caused Romeo to kill Tybalt in an angry rage. For this, Romeo is banished from Verona. At the same time, the Capulet's were planning Juliet's marriage to Paris. Juliet didn't want to marry this man so she arranges with Friar Lawrence to fake her own death with a sleeping potion that would make everyone think that she was dead. Friar Lawrence promised to send word to Romeo to meet her when the potion wears off and to rescue her to Mantua, where Romeo was currently staying. There they would live happily ever after. Unfortunately, Romeo didn't receive the message on time and upon hearing of her "death" went to Juliet's tomb where he drinks poison and dies. When Juliet's potion wears off, she wakes to find her lover's dead corpse. She then proceeds to stab herself with Romeo's dagger. The two families find the bodies and with their shared sorrow, finally make peace with each other.
She also uses sayings such as "cut out in little stars" and "unmann" blood, which makes us think of conflict and blood. When you bring together all these negative words and phrases, you think that Something bad is going on but Juliet is actually talking about her love for Romeo, making her whole speech completely contrasting. Characters are another thing Shakespeare likes to contrast. For example, Mercutio and Benvolio. You would not expect these two.
It compares to other passages such as when Juliet has to make the critical decision to marry Paris or be disowned. These lines compare because in both situations Juliet is having to make a critical decision. These decisions have bad consequences on both sides. We know the consequences that will come of her marriage decision, but the consequences of the mixture are different. If Juliet drinks the mixture, there is no guarantee it will work and if she does not drink the mixture, she would have to marry Paris or kill herself. As the reader can see, both sides of the decision have horrendous consequences. The lines also contrast with other passages. In these lines, Juliet is having a conflict inside herself. In other passages the conflict is spoken aloud and the decision is made publicly. This is not the first time Juliet has feared living without Romeo. In act 3, Juliet weeped on her knees because of Romeo’s banishment. These lines in scene four suggest that these idea’s are coming up again. Juliet's soliloquy in scene four connects to other passages and is normal to the Shakespearean form of
Acts 3 scene 1 of the play is a turning point. How important are the
Juliet’s weakness to be controlled by love leads her to make unadvised and irresponsible decisions that contribute to her choice of ending her life. Characterized as a young and rash teenager, with no interest in love and marriage at first, Juliet wants to be independent. However, after she first lays eyes on Romeo, Juliet’s perception of love is quick to change. Their strong love easily manipulates and clouds her judgment. Even if she is cautious and realizes their love is too fast, the rush of feelings from having a first love overcomes her. Her soft-spoken words symbolically foreshadow the journey of Romeo and Juliet’s love. “Well, do not swear. Although I joy in thee, / I have no joy of this contract tonight. / It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;…/ This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath, / May prove to be a beauteous flower when next we meet” (2.2. 117-123). The blooming flower is indicative of their growing love, especially Juliet. Being her first experience of true love, her actions become more rash the deeper she falls in, even ...
Fate or choice? Choice or fate? How does one separate these ideals? Can one? Shakespeare could not. Nor can we. Fate and choice are so intertwined that our choices determine our fate, and our fate determines our choices. William Shakespeare trusts the audience to scrutinize whether it is fate or choice that rules our human life. Shakespeare aptly conveys this oxymoron (with which people have been dealing for ages) through the evidence and structure of his play, Romeo and Juliet.
In each speech in the play of Romeo and Juliet there is a very odd
“Juliet’s Soliloquy” was written by William Shakespeare around 1595. William Shakespeare, the Great Stratford Bard, was an English poet and playwright. Shakespeare’s legendary works were the product of his life experiences that reveals why he chose this career. Although Shakespeare is known for many of his poems, “Juliet’s Soliloquy” from Romeo and Juliet, has many illustrative characteristics such as love, fear, passion, and hate. This poem allows readers to visualize a picture of his passionate and spiritual beliefs in life. For a person to have such beliefs tells a lot about their family background and the way that they were raised. In addition, if a person will do anything in their will power for their other half, there must be such strong feelings between the two. Therefore, his hard work and determination to become better pushed him into world of all kinds of literature as he realized in the poetic figures of the English period.