(Fifth paragraph)- How dramatic techniques reveal the relationship- this might include: the setting; actions; stage directions. Try to find one or two examples and comment on these.
(Sixth paragraph)- Conclusion- Recap on the relationship and why you respond to it like that.
Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeares’ famous plays about a tragedies during 1600. It’s written during 17th century. Clear , clever and coherent structure is used in play. Dramatic irony and stage-craft is used to show clear arrangement of characters . The play focuses on the romantic love relationship between Romeo and Juliet who belong to families who have had a long standing feud and the consequences of disobeying their parents’. In my opinion, the relationship is one of true love and that fate has brought Romeo and Juliet together.
In the 1600s when the play was written in Shakespeare’s time girls needed to obey to their parents’ arranged marriage and obey to husband so girls could not chosen who they would marry. Love between Romeo and Juliet seems to be foolish . The play is written to audience in 17th century. The play reflects that the institutions and unwritten rules created a lot of victims in that century. Both of them are came from feuding familities signifies that a love facing challenges and danger in 17th century. The audience may feel confused for Romeo and Juliet and this play might not evoke their feelings to change their attitudes and view this distinctive love as foolish behaviour as education in 17th century. In a modern day audience may be felt more sorrow than the people in ancient time because of changed of education. People in modern time have chance to choose who they would marry rather than obey parents’ arrabged marriage.
The ingenious linguistic features are used by Shakespeare to show tension, timidness, love and happiness. Tension is created when Romeo was being discovered. In the same time, Romeo dropped his ‘love’ from Rosaline and love Juliet deeply even his life under threat from Tybalt from quote “ To strike him dead, I hold it not a sin.”. This emphasizes how deep of his love. The description of Juliet from Romeo like “burn bright” signified Juliet ‘s beauty is bright light when shimmer his mind from quote “ O she doth teach the torches to burn bright”. Bright light signifies freedom and true love to Romeo. Bright light is a powerful image to suggest that Juliet is a ray of light to darkness to Romeo and “burn bright” is a good alliteration to express beauty of Juliet. It’s noticeable enough to audience to emphasizes the supernatural attraction in Act 1, Scene 5. And Romeo ignored all the potential danger suggests that they are fated together. And we know that Romeo love Juliet at first sight from quote “So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows”. This quote suggests that Juliet’s beauty overcome all the lady in party. This is one of metaphor to show the Romeo was allured by Juliet. In Act 2 scene 1, Romeo describe Juliet as sun but it is still night. They knew that Romeo spoke metaphorically to tell us Juliet is the sun and it is no longer night. It is a powerful metaphor to transform world in service of love.
Shakespeare developed a structure which is used to remind the audience the relationship of Montagues and Capulets. Romeo going to the Capulets’ party is considered to be wrong but he insisted and met Juliet . Then, he is allured by presence of Juliet under threat of Tybalt. This structure tells us this love is full of danger. If Romeo don’t insist to go to this party, he may not met Juliet so this tragedies won’t happen. But this tragedies was in Shakespeares’s purpose.
The action of Romeo escaped from the party and saw Juliet stand on the balcony and took about himself dramatically suggests that they were fated together and loved each together.
To conclude my essay, throughout the key scenes of Romeo and Juliet’s meeting, Shakespeare orderly portray how true, pure and dangerous of their puppy love. Romeo is changed from a traumatized boy to a eager and passionate man. Juliet become disobeyed. They insisted to have an affair and ignorance any danger. Their love was obsessive based on appearance or self sought. Their love is showed by actions which cannot described by words.
