William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet are destined lovers, unfortunately there is a

predicament. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. The

Montagues and the Capulets are rivals. This causes untold problems for

the two lovers and fate takes over.

At the beginning of act3 scene 5, Romeo and Juliet have just spent the

night together. Juliet is not sure if she will see Romeo again. She

talks to Romeo. ‘Othin`st thou we shall ever meet again’. Romeo

replies. ‘I doubt it not, and all these woes shall serve foe sweet

discourses in our times to come’. Romeo does not want to go because he

will do anything for Juliet. He is even ready to be killed for his

love. This is ironic because at the end of the play Romeo and Juliet

both die. The audience don’t know what will happen yet although the

prologue tells us that Juliet speaks of a vision where Romeo is dead

in the bottom of a tomb. ’O God, I have an ill divining soul! Methinks

I see thee, now thou art so low, as are dead in the bottom of a

tomb…’. This gives an idea that Juliet has seen into the future and is

worried about what will happen. This is very important because

Shakespeare is hinting at what happens next. Romeo’s time is running

out. Shakespeare uses dramatic devices to build up tension in the

play. For example, lady Capulet calls for Juliet, this makes the

audience think that Romeo might get caught because Lady Capulet is on

her way to Juliet’s room. As this is going on the tension and climax

is building up.

lady Capulet uses language to illustrate her heartlessness towards

Romeo and her indifference towards her daughter. Juliet manipulates

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dipraise my lord with that same tongue which she hath praised him with

compare so many thousand times? Go, counsellor. Thou and my bosom

henceforth shall be twain. I’ll to the friar to know his remedy. If

all else fail, myself have power to die’. Juliet pretends to accept

the nurses advice but after the nurse leaves Juliet decides she will

go to Friar Laurence for his advice. If he can’t help her, she will

kill herself is she cannot be with Romeo. After this situation Juliet

fells that she cannot trust the nurse anymore. Juliet sees Romeo as

her ‘love, lord, husband and friend’ and she will do anything to be

with him.

Lord Capulet is a man who likes people to follow his orders,

especially people he has power over. Capulet compare Juliet tomany

things. ‘…In one little body thou counterfeits a bank, a sea, wind’.