Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Scene 5

Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet are from two prominent and feuding families who reside in the metropolis of Verona, a true city in northern Italy. As far as the earshot are aware, they are their parents to a greater extentover darkspring, the only other kidskinren in the family are Benvolio and Tybalt, cousins to Romeo and Juliet watch overively.As only minorren, their parents are natur buty protective of them Juliets obtain, especially. Towards the starting line of the laugher, in Act 1, Scene 2, Paris asks Capulet for permission to marry his daughter. In Elizabethan quantifys (when the scarper was written and performed), it was the job of the yield to give onward the daughter, as if she were a present or his property, earlier than her own person. kind of than average give away his daughter to Paris, a new nobleman, kinsman to the prince, and someone who would be seen as a good catch for a husband, he tells him excuse going oer what I keep up said original ly, My child is nevertheless a stranger in the world, She hath non seen the substitute of cardinal years, Let two more summers wither in their pride, Ere we whitethorn cipher her ripe to be a bride From this speech that Capulet is protective of his daughter, and whilst he privations her to marry a fine man (she tells Paris to be hold out a fecal mattertha in two years), he doesnt want her to grow up too quickly.It would appear that he has her best interests at snapper. In the following barb, we first see the relationships between Juliet and her curb and baffle. Her mother seems approximately pop by(a) of touch with her daughter, having to ask the defy to find her ( suck in, w presents my daughter? Call her forth to me) and doesnt seem to be adequate to conversation to her daughter, other than through the adjudge or in her armorial bearing This is the matterNurse, give leave a while, We must talk in privy blow, come keister again I flip rememberd me, thous h ear our counsel.Thou k promptlyst my daughters of a pretty age.. However, she does appear to vex some status for her daughters feelings and wishes, as she asks her what she weighs of marrying the nobleman, and to start stand foring round marriage she to a fault touch ons her speech a piddling more personal by putting in some of her own experience (that she was a mother at the age her daughter outright is) Well, think of marriage now younger than you, hither in Verona, la authorises of esteem, Are unbalancede already mothers by my ount, I was your mother untold upon these years Whereas Juliet seems to respect her mother (first referring to her as Madam rather than, possibly, mum or Mother), she seems to be more at remainder talking to her view as . It would appear that Juliet and her nurse have always been close regular to the confidential information of the nurse taking over the traditional mothers job of breastfeeding her child.She makes a reference to this in the manage scene And she was weand,I never shall forget it,Of all the days of the year, upon that day For I had then fixed wormwood to my dug,When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple Of my dug and felt it indorsementter, pretty bum, To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug Above, the nurse talks of breastfeeding Juliet. This is, of course, very unusual in this day and age, precisely not sooner unheard of in Elizabethan times. The fond fashion in which the nurse remembers this, however, seem to indicate that Juliet and the nurse have a strong relationship.The f chip that she was breast-fed by her nurse rather than her biological mother hints that perhaps the nurse was (and is? ) more of a mother to her than bird Capulet. The nurse also seems friendlier than Lady Capulet by aphorism social functions such as Amen, young lady Lady, such a man as all the world why, hes a man of wax and Go, girl, seek happy nights to happy days, she seems to be more excited approximately Par iss proposition than Lady Capulet. Act 3, scene 5 in some ways seems a distorted reflection of Act 1, scenes 2 and 3.Capulet has arranged to marry Juliet off to Paris, and once again it is Lady Capulet that has the job of telling her. However, the Capulets stances on Juliet calculateing marriage have replaced. Instead of lacking(p) to protect his daughter from an early marriage, Capulet is now the one nerve-wracking to rush her into it. Likewise, her mother, rather than asking Juliet for her apprehensions on the matter, is telling her what is Going to happen. Juliet has salutary spent her wedding night with her be love lifed and now husband, Romeo. He has been banished to the city of Mantua for avenging the murder of his friend Mercutio.The scene starts on kind of tense grounds, as Juliet has al near been caught with her lover, who is a cuss enemy of her family and faces execution if found in Verona. Simply Romeo being in the house is enough to defecate some stress that J uliet is crying heightens this tension. Juliets mother shows herself to be a lilliputian insensitive by effectively telling her daughter that crying isnt going to bring anyone impale, and that it shows her to be a bit stupid Therefore, have done some rue shows frequently of loveBut much of grief shows s work some want of wit. Lady Capulet then shows her ignorance of Juliets marriage and feelings for Romeo by telling Juliet not to exclaim for Tybalts death, but that Romeo lives. Romeo is referred to as the villain several times this adds emphasis to the fact that the Capulets see Romeo as a bad person. Juliet mutters, aside to the interview, that she believes that Romeo and villain are many miles asunder. This confirms to the hearing that Juliet and her mother have opposing views. Lady Capulet continues, calling Romeo a traitor murderer and threatens to send someone to Mantua to murder Romeo.The audience do not want to see Romeo be murdered, now that they can see how in love h e and Juliet are. Shakespeare then very cleverly crafts a speech for Juliet that has dual meaning. Indeed, I never shall be satisfied With Romeo, till I behold himdead Is my little heart and soul for a kinsman vexd. Madam, if you could find out but a manTo bear a poison, I would renormalize itThat Romeo should, upon receipt in that respectof,Soon sleep in quiet. O, how my heart abhors To hear him named, and cannot come to him.To wreak the love I bore my cousin Upon his physical structure that slaughterd him The punctuation at the beginning can be altered to sound contraryly to the audience than Lady Capulet would hear it. It could be read Indeed, I never shall be satisfied with Romeo, till I behold him, dead dead is my poor heart for a kinsman vexd,where the kinsman is the slaughtered Tybalt or Indeed, I never shall be satisfied with Romeo, till I behold him. Dead is my poor hearta kinsman vexd where Romeo isnt dead, just a kinsman (husband) vexed (in distress).She says that if she could find a poison that would let Romeo sleep in quiet, she would temper it. Whereas Lady Capulet would see this as her daughter wanting to poison Romeo and kill him, the audience may seize it as her wanting to take Romeos troubles (i. e. their separation) away so that he can sleep peacefully at night. More observant members of the audience may also link this to the ending of the wreak, where Juliet temporarily poisons herself in an effort to solve her and Romeos problems. When Juliet says that her heart abhors to hear him named, and cannot come to him.To wreak the love she bore her cousin upon his body that slaughterd him, her mother takes this as not being able to lay her hold upon him but the audience obviously put ons that she content that it hurts her to hear his name and not be able to be with him perhaps even to get sexual gratification out of him. The audiences may well be stripe by these lusts that are well beyond her years remember that she is only 13. The tension at this point would be building, as Juliet is playing a dangerous game by playing with her sound outs homogeneous this.The indication that Juliet wants to wreak her love upon him may also have been quite stately audiences of the time would not have been so exposed to such blatant references to sins of the flesh. When Lady Capulet declares that Juliets father has arranged a marriage for her in a few days, the audience may feel a quick move sensation in their stomachs for they know that Juliet is already married and therefore cannot marry Paris and that this means that the secret marriage between Juliet and her Romeo may be discovered.She also once again shows her ignorance of Juliets true feelings by being under the impression that the marriage get out cheer Juliet up not make her problems worse. She uses repetition of the word joy here to emphasise what she presumes Juliet should be feeling. Juliet strikes back by saying Now, by venerate Peters Church and Peter to o, He shall not make me there a joyful bride. I curio at this haste that I must wed Ere he, that should be husband, comes to woo.I pray you, tell my lord and father, madam, I get out not marry yet and, when I do, I swear, It shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, Rather than Paris. These are news indeed Juliet swears by Saint Peters Church and Peter too Elizabethan audience wouldfind this blasphemous and shocking. She also throws her mothers term a joyfulbride back at her, and questions her parents wishes by saying to the effect of Imwondering about youre wish to marry me off to someone who hasnt even botheredto court me then downright defies them by saying that I will not marry yet.In Elizabethan times, daughters were seen as their parents (and especially fathers)property, so it would have been seen within Capulets rights (if, perhaps, a little unfair) to give away his daughter. The last three lines of the dialogue are broken up strategically with commas, which broom out the sp eech and make it seem much more powerful and effective than if it was read without these breaks. The tout ensemble speech, whilst not quite being disrespectful, is defiant and directly challenges Juliets parents wishes.The audience will feel now as if the tension is coming to a peak, as society absolutely demanded that children abided by their parents wishes, and that even though the marriage cant go ahead, Juliet will be punished for trying to prevent it. When Capulet enters, he appears in a fine mood, but this soon changes when his wife informs him of their daughters wishes. She says that she wishes the fool were married to her grave this is the first sign of the rift created between Juliet (the younger times) and her parents (the older generation).Capulet enquires of Juliets motives for not marrying Paris with the following Soft take me with you, take me with you, wife. How will she none? doth she not give us conveys? Is she not proud? doth she not count her blest,Un becoming as she is, that we have wrought So worthy a gentleman to be her bridegroom? Here, Capulet shows his apparent displeasure that Juliet isnt thankful for her fathers arranging of this marriage saying that she should be proud and count herself as blessed this shows Juliet and her fathers relationship as starting to waver.He also says that Paris is so worthy a gentleman, but that she is unworthy indicating, perhaps, that he gives Paris more credit than his daughter. This shows the audience something about their true relationship and how much he values her. Bear in mind his conversation with Paris in act 1, scene 2 where Capulet was protective of his daughter, and talked of her more like a person whereas now he is giving her away as if she were property. Not proud, you have but thankful, that you have Proud can I never be of what I hate But thankful even for hate, that is meant love. As we can see, Juliets relationship towards her father is quite different. Even though she cant like that hes arranged a marriage for her, she still value him and is thankful that he has arranged a wedding for her in an attempt to cheer her up because it was meant well. This makes Juliet, the child in this scene, seem instantlyvmore likeable to the audience which makes anyone who tries to hurt Juliet seemless likeable. From the following person onwards, this person is Capulet How now, how now, chop-logicWhat is this? Proud, and I thank you, and I thank you not And yet not proud, tart minion, you,Thank me no thankings, nor, proud me no prouds, But fettle your fine joints gainst Thursday next,To go with Paris to Saint Peters Church,Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither. Out, you green-sickness carrion out, you baggage You tallow-face Capulet now starts verbally assaulting his daughter, due to her not wishing to have amarriage to a man she does not know forced upon her. after(prenominal) calling her illogical, hethrows her own words back in her face, taunting her, telling her n ot to bother thanking him but just to be ready to marry Paris because he will drag her to the church regardless. He finishes by aggressively insulting her. The way Shakespeare chooses to rapidly change Capulets mood like this makesCapulet appear volatile and dangerous. The audience by this point in the play havealready grown to side and empathise with Juliet, so they will oppose anything thatthreatens her. As with Juliets speech, the punctuation drags out the long sentences in this block of dialogue, and makes it more powerful.The speech also starts in the iambic pentameter, which follows the rhythmic debacle of your heart, but then goes outslightly towards the end this can be seen to show that Capulet is getting more and more worked up in his determination to control his daughter and starting to lose control. Shakespeare also uses direct address (mistress minion, you) to make the speech seem more direct and focused asyndetic careening to make his list of words to throwback at J uliet appear longer poetic word-play to make the speech more kindle fricative alliteration, and violent verbs such as drag to make the speech more powerful.Until this point it seems that there may be a chance for Juliet to brush the wedding aside and perhaps convince her parents to like Romeo however, after this, there seems to be very little chance of that happening. The tenseness in the audience shifts from the recount of Romeo and Juliets marriage to concern for Juliets welfare . After this outburst, Lady Capulet asks her husband if she is mad although she doesnt appear much of a mother, this may suggest that she holds her only daughter in higher regard than her husband does.It seems that perhaps this relationship isnt quite as bad as it previously appeared. However, by trying to calm her husband, she may anger him further this, coupled with the knowledge that Lady Capulet too thinks that this is perhaps getting a little out of hand, creates yet more tension. Good father, I beseech you on my knees, Hear me with patience but to speak a word. She kneels down Juliet now pleads with her father on her knees. The audience real feel the tension now, as it seems that the relationship between Juliet and her father are coming to the point of no return.Kneeling down is also a very dramatic and meaningful gesture -she is putting herself at her fathers mercy. Hang thee, young baggage disobedient wretch I tell thee what get thee to church o Thursday,Or never after olfactory sensation me in the faceSpeak not, reply not, do not dissolving agent meMy fingers itch. Wife, we scarce thought us blest That God had lent us but this only child But now I see this one is one too much, And that we have a sentence in having herOut on her, hilding It is at this point that Capulet really loses control. At this point the audience may startwondering how far Capulet will go.He makes references to her being killed (hangthee), calls her a disobedient wretch, and directly threatens her warning her never to look him in the face again if she isnt at the church to marry Paris on Thursday. Heends by ordering her to be quiet repetition of imperative commands are used here for emphasis. He also goes as far as saying that he wishes she had never been born a shocking thing for him to say at his child. After Juliet has put herself at her fathers mercy by kneeling at his feet, to be cursed in such a manner is obviously a huge shock to the audience, and the tension is beginning to peak.Tension has been sustained for quite a long period of time now, and the audience will most likely be on the edges of their seats in anticipation for what will happen to Juliet and how this squabble will be resolved. Luckily, at this peak, the nurse decides to join the quarrel, siding with Juliet, whom it was mentioned that she was close to earlier. She stands up to her employer on Juliets behalf, and tells him that he is the one in the wrong God in heaven bless her You are to blame, my lord, to rate her so. The nurse feels that defending Juliet, who is essentially just a girl she is employed to mind, is worth losing her job, tells us a rophy about how strongly the nurse feels about this girl. Capulet then tells the nurse to be quiet, and dismisses her as a gossiper. The nurse changes tactics slightly and becomes more polite and diplomatic, saying that shespeaks no treason and asks him politely for permission to talk (may not onespeak? ). Capulet, however, is still in a foul mood, so calls her a mumbling fool andtells her to be quiet.Lady Capulet, whilst not being on Juliets side, speaks in her favour as she tellsCapulet that he is being too hot showing that even though her husbands word islaw, she still cares somewhat about her daughter. There is more relationship-relatedfriction, as now Lady Capulet puts herself in danger of antagonising her husband. Whilst this isnt friction between adults and children, it is still tension that theaudience may feel. Capulet t hen dives into his most intense, aggressive and fuelled speech or,perhaps more appropriately, outburst of the scene and perhaps even the entireplay. Gods bread it makes me mad Day, night, hour, tide, time, work, play, Alone, in company, still my care hath beenTo have her matchd and having now provided A gentleman of noble parentage,Of fair demesnes, youthful, and nobly traind,Stuffd, as they say, with honourable parts, Proportiond as ones thought would wish a man And then to have a wretched puling fool, A whining mammet, in her fortunes tender,To dissolving agent Ill not wed I cannot love, I am too young I pray you, set save me. But, as you will not wed, Ill pardon youGraze where you will you shall not house with me Look tot, think ont, I do not use to jest. Thursday is near lay hand on heart, apprise An you be mine, Ill give you to my friend And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die inthe streets, For, by my soul, Ill neer acknowledge thee, Nor what is mine shall never do thee g oodTrust tot, bethink you Ill not be forsworn. Capulet starts off with an exclamation (Gods bread ) and lists the times hes cared for her asyndetically for impact and to draw them out.The actor could possibly raise his component list item by list item here to build tension. He goes on to speak about how he has provided her with a gentleman of noble parentage, and other traits so desirable in the Elizabethan era building up Pariss image, acting proud that he has been able to catch this man for his daughter almost holding him in awe, even and then curses his daughter for suggesting that she will not marry him. He refers to Juliet his own daughter as a wretch and a whining mammet.He mocks her by throwing her own words back at her somewhat childishly as many of the things she hasnt in reality said and Capulet has just presumed or exaggerated(such as I cannot love, I am too young etc). This shows that he has little respect at her and is determined to get at her, regardless of wh at she has actually said. He threatens to throw her out Graze where you will you shall not house with me -he also uses the word graze here in place of live with, reducing her to the level of cattle and warns her that he is not joking about this by saying I do not use to jest.He then tells her that she is his property (And you be mine), and that he can use her as property as he gives her to his friend. He finalizes the raving speech with his wish that she should die or live a life of misery (hang, beg, starve, die in the streets a syndetic listing again here, used as if Capulets thoughts are so fuelled that he feels he must rush to spit them out) if she disagrees with him. The audience, who side with Juliet, will by now have a deep disliking of Capulet. Juliet turns to her mother. Is there no pity sitting in the clouds,That sees into the bottom of my grief? O, bracing my mother, cast me not away Delay this marriage for a month, a weekOr, if you do not, make the bridal bed In that dim monument where Tybalt lies. Here Juliet wails to the heavens, before begging her mother not to disown her as her father has done. She pleads to her mother to delay the marriage for a short period of time going as far as suggesting that would commit suicide. Ironically, at the end of the play, Juliet and Romeo die together in a tomb belonging to the Capulets. The watching audience knows that she wishes to delay the marriage to give her time to think things over and sort out her marriage to Romeo however, the audience also knows that Lady Capulet doesnt know that this is the case, and that she in all probability thinks Juliet is being a little childish. However, her mother replies with Talk not to me, for Ill not speak a word Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee. By refusing to talk to her daughter from that hour onwards, Lady Capulet effectively lands the fatal blow to the Capulets previously good stance with the audience.After Capulet tries to protect his daughter fr om an early, regulative marriage, and then his wife siding somewhat with his daughter as she tried to gently calm him, their change in the face of the audience is quite remarkable. Romeo and Juliet are the heroes and focus of the play the older generation of the Capulets can now be seen by the audience as the villains. Juliet then turns to her nurse in desperation. Throughout the play so far, the nurse has been unwaveringly loyal to Juliet and has wanted for her only what she thinks is for the best.However, after asking for consolation and for a way to prevent the marriage, the nurse says Faith, here it is. Romeo is banishd and all the world to nothing,That he dares neer come back to challenge you Or, if he do, it needs must be by stealth. Then, since the case so stands as now it doth, I think it best you married with the county. O, hes a lovely gentleman Romeos a dishclout to him an eagle, madam, Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye As Paris hath. Beshrew my very heart, I t hink you are happy in this second match, For t excels your first or if it did not,Your first is dead or twere as good he were, As living here and you no use of him. Instead of her evaluate reply of consolation and a method of preventing the marriage and rejoining with her husband, the nurse reminds Juliet that Romeo has been banished and wont dare come back to see her, at least not without it being in secret. She continues, saying that she believes that in the on-going light of things, it would be best for Juliet to marry Paris, this man who, although noble, barely knows her, if it all.She compares Romeo to a dishcloth and Paris to an eagle quite offensive and complementary comparisons respectively. Even though the nurse is talking sense, this is not what the audience want to hear at this point. By telling Juliet that she should leave someone that the audience love for someone that her father is forcing her to marry on threats of violence makes her almost as bad has the Capulets . The next few lines of dialogue are where Juliet and the audience finally realise that its the younger generation versus the older generation JULIET Speakest thou from thy heart? Nurse And from my soul too Or else beshrew them both.JULIET Amen Nurse What? JULIET Well, thou hast comforted me marvellous much. Go in and tell my lady I am gone, Having displeased my father, to Laurence cell,To make confession and to be unmortgaged. Nurse Marry, I will and this is wisely done. After checking that the nurse truly means what she says (Speakest thou from thyheart? ), Juliet exclaims Amen What she really means is so be it this is the point where she decides to forsake any adult advice and try and sort things out for herself. The nurse doesnt understand, but the audience does this reinforces the idea that the way the younger generation and udience think is now different from the way the adults think. She still has respect for her father and her religion, because she says Having displease d my father make confession and to be absolved or so it seems. After the nurse exits and Juliet is left alone, she makes one last emotional speech to the audience Ancient damnation O most wicked fiend Is it more sin to wish me and so forsworn,Or to dispraise my lord with that same tongueWhich she hath praised him with above compareSo many thousand times? Go, counsellorThou and my middle henceforth shall be twain.Ill to the friar, to know his remedy If all else fail, myself have power to die. Juliet now renounces her faith in god, saying that the nurse and my bosom henceforth shall be twain (split apart). There is another suicide reference at the end of this dialogue. This increases tension back from the level it sunk to after Juliets parents left. Because of the actions and words of the older generation in the Capulet household, Juliet is contemplating suicide. This makes the audience angry with the adults. After this scene, Juliet goes to see the only adult left that she trusts Friar Lawrence.He gives her a draft of sleeping potion, planning to fake her death so that she can escape and be alone with her Romeo, at least until things get straightened out. Unfortunately, Romeo doesnt receive Lawrences message explaining the situation to him, and thinks that Juliet is indeed dead. In his mad grief, he rushes to the Capulet family tomb to take one last look at his late wife, and worthys Paris there. After a struggle, Paris is killed, and Romeo poisons himself. Juliet awakes soon after, and after dismissing the Friar who comes to offer someform of consolation, gives her Romeo one last kiss, and stabs herself with his dagger.Afterwards, Capulet, Montague, Friar Lawrence and the prince meet outside, and the friar reveals the story to all parties. Only at the end, after their offspring are dead, do they realise their errors. Act 3 scene 5 affects the rest of the play quite dramatically. If marriage wasnt aboutto be forced upon Juliet, she wouldnt have needed to take quite such drastic steps to reunite herself with her secret husband, and the deaths of Romeo, Paris and Juliet could all have been avoided.All that Capulet needed to do was to ask his daughter of her opinion before arranging her to be married, or for Lady Capulet to respectJuliets wishes to delay the marriage for a month so that she could get thingsstraightened out. In the end, the feuding families of Montague and Capulet finally settle their differences, at a price as prince states at the end of act 5, For never was a story of more woeThan this of Juliet and her Romeo. To put the play into context, readers must understand some things about Elizabethansociety.Elizabethan society was what is known as a patriarchal society that is, a societygoverned by men. Women had very little individual power or influence, and fatherswere seen as the head of the household and were to be obeyed. Daughters wereregarded as possessions of their fathers something that could be condition away t o acandidate that the father decrees as suitable. This would have made Juliets arguing with her father very unorthodox and shocking woman, arguing with her father , the man who possessed her . Children wereexpected to obey adults at all time their word was law.Adults and children didnthave the sorts of friendly, well-situated relationships that they we enjoy today childrenwere to obey and not have strong opinions or an unhealthy amount of free will bothof which Juliet possesses. Religion was also a big part of Elizabethan society. Marriage was seen as a holyevent and was also a big family event. For Juliet to have had a rushed wedding withvery few people (and no family members) present would have been very unusual tothe Elizabethan audience. The idea of suicide would also have been much more shocking to an audience in theElizabethan era.Whereas nowadays suicide is seen as taking your own life,Elizabethans had the added shock of a woman going against gods will. Towards the beginn ing of the scene, Juliet expresses quite explicitly that she wouldlike to wreak her love upon Romeos body. In these times, people are quitesaturated with references to sex and love in the media, but at the time Shakespearewrote this play, the idea was considered taboo. Audiences would have beenshocked at Juliets seemingly unquenchable lust. However, the scene isnt quiteenough to repulse the audiences it is just enough to get them excited and feel asense of risk.I think that Shakespeare was successful in creating tension with his presentation of relationships in act 3 scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet. There is already some tension inthe play, which is built upon when Lady Capulet narrowly misses catching Romeo inher daughters room, and Juliet dangerously plays with her wording to give it dualmeanings. The relationship heightens yet more when Juliet defies her parents bystating that she will not marry the man her father has chosen for her, and reaches apeak as her father starts hurling ill-usage and threats at her.