In Verona, Italy in the late 1500's, two powerful families the Montagues and the Capulets have been feuding with each other for years.

is devastated by the loss of her love. Juliet's father, not knowing of his daughter's marriage, decides to marry her to another young man named Paris Shakespeare begins Act 3 Scene 5 with Juliet awakening with Romeo, the morning, which they have just spent their wedding night together. However, not only is Romeo her secret lover, but also Capulets biggest rival: a Montague. In previous scenes earlier Lord Capulet (Juliet’s father) is arranging a marriage; between a rich man who is a dear friend of Lord Capulet: Paris, and Juliet. Dramatic irony is created in view of the fact that the audiences know plenty more than the characters themselves. When Juliet is crying later in the scene Lady Capulet (Juliet’s mother) thinks the reasoning is of her late cousin Tybalt. Whereas the audience know in fact that she loves Romeo; who has been banished and doesn’t know whether she will see her love again. This situation is bound to end in disaster. However Juliet nearly accidentally tells her mother about her forbidden love, such as “Indeed I never shall be satisfied with Romeo, till I behold him…” Here she pretends to her mother that’s she wants to see Romeo dead, yet again the audience really know that Juliet misses him dearly. At the start of the scene Juliet does not want Romeo to go, so she tries to convince him that it is not morning. “It was the nightingale and not the lark” Nightingales only make noises at night, whereas larks sing in the morning – Shakespeare uses these images as time indicators fro the audience. On the other hand Romeo and Juliet continue to argue over whether it is night or morning. “Night candles are burnt out” proving that Romeo is right and that it is morning, but then Juliet exaggerates a point. “It is some meteor that the sun exhaled.” In spite of everything Romeo prepares to stay and die to be with Juliet, “Let me be tane, let me put to death, I am content, so thou wilt have it so.” This prompts Juliet to think seriously about the situation carefully, so she urges him to go. All the persuasion of trying to convince Romeo that it is still night creates the mood. Juliet is trying to delay time, so she can have as much as time left with Romeo that is possible. When Romeo leaves, Juliet looks over the balcony she sees Romeo “As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.” Romeo replies “And trust me love, in my eyes so do you.” Showing that the next time they will see one another they will be dead. Here Shakespeare uses the Elizabethan belief in fate and destiny to prepare the audience for the ending of the play. “O fortune fortune fickle; if thou art fickle all men call thee with him.” Where fortune is playing with Juliet’s mind after seeing Romeo “dead”. This links in with fate and stars, which the Elizabethan’s relied on and believed in. As Lady Capulet enters with her “news” Juliet fears that she will never see Romeo again. Shakespeare uses wordplay “Let me weep for such a feeling loss” leads her mother to think that she is mourning over Tybalt, her late cousin. “I cannot choose but ever weep the friend.” In fact she is crying over Romeo. Juliet is obedient during the play, we know this by what she says to her mother, “I beseech you on my knees.” Juliet also disagrees with her, for example when she refuses to marry Paris and becomes angry “I wonder at this haste, this I must wed. Ere he that should be husband comes to woo” From the beginning Juliet was also an understanding, good girl who obeyed her parents. “I’ll look to like, if looking liking move, but no more deep will I endart mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it fly.” Although the Nurse really knows the true identify of Romeo: a Montague, who tells Juliet “My only love sprung from my only hate too early seen unknown and unknown too late.” Juliet was upset when she was told about the marriage to Paris, but she does not show it yet in the scene. Nevertheless Juliet does lie to her mother “I will not marry yet, and when I do, I swear it shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, rather then Paris.” Again, Shakespeare uses clever wordplay to hide Juliet’s real feeling. Juliet’s parents thought she should accept Paris as a husband; he is a “man of wax.” This shows that he is a model of what all men should be. He is good-looking also provides everything that Juliet requires. However the Elizabethans always obeyed the man, whereas Juliet doesn’t, instead she argues back “Now by Saint Peter’s church and Peter too. He shall not make me a joyful bride.” This also shows how Juliet is changing, from a perfect good girl, to a girl that fights back and argues with her parents and doesn’t obey them. Lord Capulet is angry and exasperated when Juliet doesn’t want to get married to Paris “will have none of it.” At this point Lord Capulet is shocked and thinks she is larking about “take me with you.” However Capulet’s mood changes and feels he has not been of any help, he is no good an thinks “is she not proud” finally he feels “unworthy to as she is, that we have wrought.” Lady Capulet’s words “I would the fool to married to her grave” explaining that she would like Juliet married before she dies, also that she has got no sense and won’t listen to anyone. The servants in Elizabethan households had to bring up the children, they wasn’t given the chance to speak. We know this by when Nurse tries to calm things down between Lord Capulet and Juliet, at this point her father becomes so angry that his “finger itch” The nurse interrupts and tells him “you are to blame” as expected Lord Capulet shouts at her, to shout up and “smatter with your gossips, go.” This shows that people didn’t show any respect for the servants or any appreciation of them, just ignored them and didn’t listen tom what they had to say. The ending of the scene, Capulet is exasperated “God’s bread, it makes me mad! Day, night, work, play alone in company, still my care have been to have her matched.” That Juliet will not agree to marry Paris. Capulet is still upset and angry about Juliet’s decision, so he avoids and forgets about it all and doesn’t bother with Juliet anymore, he has spent a long time trying to find the perfect match for his daughter to marry. So he gives her an ultimatum, either “lay hand on heart, advise: and you will be mine” or “ you be not, hand, beg, starve, die in the streets.” Consequently Juliet gets worried about her father disowning her, but she still doesn’t want to marry Paris. She pleads with her mother to delay the marriage but Lady Capulet replies, “Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee.” Her reaction is similar to Lord Capulets. She doesn’t want to be involved in Juliet’s life no more, so her mother just leaves the room. Finally Juliet turns to the Nurse and asks for “a word of joy? Some comfort…” The Nurse tells Juliet “I think you are happy in this second match, for it excels your first,” explaining that she thinks that Juliet Is never going to see Romeo again so she might as well continue living her life and marry Paris; for he is much nicer than Romeo. Juliet pretends to agree with Nurse, but however she is really angry with her, for saying unforgiving things about Romeo and being hypocritical. “And form my soul too, else be shrew them both.” Juliet has been rejected by everyone who she love; she feels upset, disowned, lonely and unloved now Juliet cannot trust Nurse anymore, because she has been two-faced and Nurse has told her that she should marry Paris. Where previously we have seen that Juliet has sworn to stay devoted to her husband. So instead she decides to take advice form a dear friend of Romeo’s “Friar Lawrence.” “If all else fails, myself have power to die.”