How would you redirect act 3 scene 5 of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'?

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Romeo and Juliet

How would you redirect act 3 scene 5 of Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’?

The title of the play is ‘Romeo and Juliet’. It was written by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) he was born at Stratford-upon-Avon in a house in Henley Street. The play was written in the Elizabethans times.

The Elizabethans enjoyed watching plays although they were expensive, it cost a penny to get in and a penny was about 12th of a skilled mans daily wages.

The scene that I am redirecting is act 3 scene 5, this is the scene were Capulet and lady Capulet tell Juliet that she must marry Paris.

The scene is important to the play because the Juliet swears never to confine in the nurse again when she advices Juliet to marry Paris when she obviously knows that Juliet is in love with Romeo “I think it best you married the county.” the nurse even compares the to and pronounces that Paris is superior to Romeo “Romeo's a dishclout to him.” The scene shows the lack of love that Capulet and lady Capulet have for there daughter, Capulet calls here a “disobedient wretch” just because she makes an excuse that she is to young to marry. The scene affects the play as Juliet realises that she is on her own and even her nurse whom is like a mother to her advises her to disbandon the one she loves.

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The main characters in the scene are Romeo, Juliet, the nurse, Capulet and lady Capulet. The adults are Capulet, lady Capulet and the nurse. They behave differently to Romeo and Juliet as they are bossing her about and telling her who to marry when she’s the only one who can choose who to love. We can see the different behaviour when Juliet tells Capulet that she doesn’t want to marry Paris but Capulet insists and even threatens to drag her down the street like a criminal “I will drag you thee on a hurdle hither.” Juliet is just saying ...

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