Romeo and Juliet (MOOD) The balcony seen where Juliet confesses her love for Romeo had a romantic mood in it. The actors (Johnny and Amelia) used the space very well since there was very limited space. In the scene Romeo is leaving the party where he comes across Juliet on the balcony admitting her love for him. In this scene Romeo (Johnny Balbuziente) used a very high pitched voice and a happy tone since he can see his love talking about her. His facial expressions and his body language indicated that he was flattered and in love. Juliet (Amelia) in this scene had a medium to high pitched voice which was slow paced (especially when she said Romeo, Romeo where art though) and had a sad (but also in one line she was excited) tone in her voice.
Love, what a small word for being one of the most powerful and complicated emotion someone can receive. Love grants people an experience of other emotions such as, sadness, happiness, jealousy, hatred and many more. It is because of those characteristics that love creates that make it so difficult to define the emotion in a few words. In the play, “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, defy their parents in hopes of being able to be together and live a happy life. The characters in “Romeo and Juliet” show the characteristics of love through their words and actions throughout the play. The attributes the characters illustrate throughout the play are rage, loyalty, and sorrow.
In an attempt to push away from medieval love conventions and her father's authority, Shakespeare's Juliet asserts sovereignty over her sexuality. She removes it from her father's domain and uses it to capture Romeo's love. Critic Mary Bly argues that sexual puns color Juliet's language. These innuendoes were common in Renaissance literature and would have been recognized by an Elizabethan audience. Arguably, Juliet uses sexual terms when speaking to Romeo in order to make him aware of her sexuality. When he comes to her balcony, she asks him, "What satisfaction canst thou have tonight?" (2.1.167). Bly asserts that "satisfaction in her hands, becomes a demure play on the sating of desire" (108). Following this pun, Juliet proposes marriage. She teases Romeo with sexual thoughts and then stipulates that marriage must precede the consummation of their love. Juliet uses "death" in a similar sense. She asks night to "Give me my Romeo, and when I shall die / Take him and cut him out in little stars" (3.2.21-22). Death holds a double meaning in these lines. It connotes both "ceasing to be and erotic ecstasy" (Bly 98). Based upon this double meaning, one can infer that "she sweetly asks 'civil night' to teach her how to lose the game of love she is about to play for her virginity" (Wells 921). She tells her nurse, "I'll to my wedding bed, / And death, not Romeo, take my maidenhead!" (3.2.136-137). Placing death opposite Romeo highlights the irony of the situation; both death and Romeo should claim her maidenhead together. These sexual puns reveal Juliet's awareness of her sexuality. She entices Romeo, forcing her sexuality to act as emotional currency.
William Shakespeare’s diverse use of rhetorical and figurative language enhances and develops the moods he conveys, thus creating vast and various atmospheres throughout his works. An example of one his works that uses many of these devices is Shakespeare’s renowned Romeo and Juliet. In the famous play, the two lovebirds (Romeo and Juliet), fall in a forbidden love as the long-lasting rivalry between their two families continues its onslaught. The couple later on tragically commit suicide, which ultimately ends the feud. During the journey of the two lovers, Shakespeare expresses clearly the mood of each scene using figurative language.
All hopeless romantics get dreamy-eyed and sigh whenever the balcony scene from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet comes up in conversation. Juliet stands on her balcony, innocently murmuring about her meeting with Romeo while the very subject of her musings eagerly climbs the garden wall and trellis leading up to the object of his love, Juliet. Anyone viewing Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet will be sadly disappointed at first to see that the movie doesn't follow the traditional balcony scene. Instead the clandestine meeting and swearing of mutual love takes place in a swimming pool at the Capulet's mansion. For all that the setting differs, Romeo + Juliet does use traditional Shakespearean themes and ideas even if they appear in a somewhat untraditional fashion.
The Way Juliet Feels in Act 3 Scene 2 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Who would be willing to die for their loved ones? Romeo and Juliet would and did. Romeo and Juliet’s love and death brought two families together who could not even remember the origin of their hate. When the parents saw what their children's love for each other, they realized that their fighting had only led to suffering and insoluble conflict. Romeo and Juliet loved each other to an extent that they killed themselves rather than live apart. They did it with no hiatus. Juliet says before she kills herself, “O happy dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die.”( 5, 3, 182-183) demonstrating how she would rather die than not be with him.
How Shakespeare Creates a Variety of Dramatic Moods in Act 1 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet
that he wants the sun to kill him, as the grief of waiting is too
Baz Luhrmann's Production of Romeo and Juliet Romeo seems like a passionate, romantic and excitable young man. He seems to like the idea of being in love, although I would suggest the feelings he has for Juliet begin only as infatuation and grow throughout the balcony scene. In the beginning of the scene Romeo is portrayed as determined, wary and possibly a little frightened as he knocks over furniture and scrambles up the trellis. His eyes are continuously darting around and you get a sense of desperation because he is panting.
One of the most significant reasons why Shakespeare’s all-time great plays of the Elizabethan Era became so widely recognizable is because of the way it was written. Shakespeare gave the world a beautifully-blended mix of poetry and language to go along with a captivating story. The effect of that combination masterfully created some of the most highly-regarded plays in history. The story of Romeo and Juliet turned into one of those. It is said to be one of the most cleverly written plays ever because of all of the poetic devices, use of figurative language, and the speech being spoken in 16th Century English, which is what was being utilized during Shakespeare's time. In one of the more famous scenes from Romeo and Juliet, the balcony conversation,
Paris was at the chapel to tell Friar Lawrence that he and Juliet were getting married on Thursday. Juliet tells Paris “I need to confess your ill-smelling breath! Why don’t you find yourself a breath mint?” I used glitter on the outside of the mask to represent Juliet being a beautiful young girl. In Act 1 Scene 3 the Nurse tells Juliet “You were the prettiest baby I ever nursed. Now you are already 13.” Also, Romeo spots Juliet for the first time at her father’s party and his first words about her are “Yo, she’s bangin’!” I wrapped pearls around the stick to give others the feeling that she has her daddy wrapped around her finger doing everything for her. Juliet is a spoiled brat who can’t do anything for herself and everyone else works hard to make her happy. In Act 3 Scene 5 Capulet is shouting at Lady Capulet because he is mad at Juliet for not wanting to marry Paris. He says “I have worked hard to provide Juliet with everything she needs to be happy. But, the only response I get from her is thanks, but no thanks.” The big heart eyes serve as Juliet having an enormous amount of affection for
In the famous balcony scene Romeo and Juliet find themselves speaking in poetry and using a lot of similes and metaphors. Also the speech of Romeo and Juliet is very love orientated yet very innocent unlike some of the speech used by Mercutio. "O speak again bright angel for thou art as glorious to this night, being o'er my head, as a winged messenger from heaven. " Romeo is a very honest character that falls in and out of love easily and because of that Mercutio teases him, but in ... ... middle of paper ... ...
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.
When Romeo meets Juliet, he claimed to be immediately in love. Although he has been sulking over Rosaline, when he met Juliet, he states, “Did my heart love till now? forswear it sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (Act 1.5 Lines 51-52). The entire time as he envisions love with Rosaline, it was all incoherent. Romeo’s impulsive attitude causes him to fall head over heels with Juliet, which begins the drama in this play.
The balcony scene is a key part in Romeo and Juliet as it shows there