A basic pattern runs throughout this scene, using Juliet as the common factor. This sequence can be divided up into five separate structured sections, being the following; the first episode would be the lovers parting, pact with love and obsession Romeo and Juliet say their goodbyes to one another so Romeo makes his way to Mantua leaving his adoring wife in a sad state, not by choice. The second being that Juliet has been suddenly informed of her invitation of marriage, which her father accepts for her. Juliet then experiences an extremely unpleasant encounter with her father that turns very aggressive because of her disobedient refusal resulting in her father disowning her Juliet is then once again abandoned. Our Third section would be the very cold experience with her mother in which she stands back whilst Capulet Takes over by using disgusting behaviour towards his teenage daughter. Out fourth example is the moment of which Juliet begs for comfort form the one person she trusts, the nurse, who then in stead of comforting her stupidly advises her too go with her parents proposal and with out intention betrays Juliet. And finally fifth Juliet is left on her own after being abandoned by everyone in which she trusts is left to wallow in her self pity.
The themes regarding this particular scene change swiftly throughout, to start with we capture a touching theme of love, love is an important theme in this scene and appears in many forms. Different characters talk about love from very different points of view. At the start Romeo and Juliet have a deep and passionate love between them, which is more powerful than hatred, and even death. At the other extreme, lord and Lady Capulet see love merely as a financial transaction to do with securing and retaining wealth. Hatred is a dominant theme in this scene along with violence, profanities and betrayal brakes this family apart.
This scene opens in Juliet’s bedroom, there would need to be a bed or an item of furniture that represents this. This room would also need a window, for as we know the window is Romeo’s passageway into the Capulet’s mansion to see his darling wife. Lord and Lady Capulet would be in black costume to show mourning of their recent loss of Tybalt; Juliet’s costume would have her still in her night were, thought giving no ideas or evidence for her parents to suspect her having male company that night. The dialogue takes main control of this scene not many actions and props are needed. Shakespeare is famous for many different things one of these is his ability to give if any few stage directions, this gives more modern productions a more free way to experiment with his plays. What directions are given and we can pick up from the text are; the point in which Juliet kneels down to Capulet and pleas for sympathy: ‘Good father, I beseech you on my knees,’. Capulet’s aggression towards Juliet and the Nurse gives opportunity for some physical action as well as his verbal aggression to show his anger. But know where in the original text is any evidence of any physical abuse.
As this scene unfolds, we learn some characteristics from the major people in this scene ,we discover new sides to them that we never knew they had. Shocking and surprising is this scene, never can we predict what is about to take place in this unpredictable turn of events .Juliet, shortly after being with her husband, she gets pushed into a confusing situation, being still only a teenager her maturity shines through a great deal in her decisions. At this present time Juliet uses a lot of irony, where she states something and people assume the most obvious meaning, but infact you must dig a little deeper for her true meanings stay under the surface. In reality Juliet is jus a teenager that’s got herself in a bit of trouble, as briefly mentioned before I really do believe that this scene shows hoe mature and brave Juliet really is she is inspiring for young adults, although events have been slightly exaggerated, all considered Juliet has been through a lot so far and is about to go through a lot more pain and heartache she has already experienced. We build a lot of respect and compassion for Juliet here.
We think that Lady Capulet at first feels for her daughter in this time of grief, Lady Capulet hands Juliet with this invitation and genuinely thinks it will overjoyed her daughter she is dumbfounded when infact it does the complete and utter opposite, so when Juliet defies her , in a irritated rage she passes the problem onto her husband. We loose all liking for the mother here, he actions are disappointing and unacceptable as a mother. We do still have pity over her for it I obvious that she is scared and trapped in her marriage , but despite this it gives her no excuse to disown her own flesh and blood.
Previously in the play Capulet has shown that he cares a great deal for her daughter and how important her youth is, and he does not want to just snatch that essence away from her. So we feel that Capulet has been very misleading to us when he changes his mind from making Paris wait several days, to making Paris wait several days. There are no major clues as to why he makes this change. One reason mite be after having the rivals fourth brawl and loosing a loved one, also seeing Romeo get banished Capulet mite think its best For Juliet to marry a relation to the Prince, so he can worm his way in and lead him into the direction of taking sides with the capulets in case of another brawl, Capulet might just ant to keep his family together and couldn’t bare the thought of any member to be banished, so if murdered he ill seek justice. Capulet is a well-respected man of authority, but I think any one who reads this play will agree we all loose any respect we have gained from Capulet at this point. His ugly violent language is appalling and he is too caught up in being disobeyed that the welfare of his daughter and how she feels does not even cross his mind
The Nurse shows some questionable and awkward behaviour in this scene, The Nurse is a simple person with no real education other that life experiences. Also she is the only person in the room at this time that knows about Juliet’s marriage to Romeo, and yet she advises Juliet to go forth with marrying Paris, this aggravates Juliet, in his scene as the audience we rethink out opinion of the Nurse. Up and till know we thought that the nurse cares about Juliet and understands her feelings and what she is going through, however now it makes us think she really does not understand and although she still has Juliet’s best interests at heart the care she did have seems o have distanced quite a bit. And she looses Juliet’s trust completely at this point. This is when the friendship breaks down between the two.
Being in only the fist sixty lines of this scene there is thought to not be a lot of observations amongst Romeo’s character but in this scene particularly, Romeo displays some simply lovely acts of love and how he has grown in maturity. In a sense he is still a scared boy but he covers this with reassurance and with out doubting for Juliet’s benefit. Romeo is maturing into a man.
What makes this play so unique and delightful is Shakespeare’s way with words. He is a master play write and this scene shows all aspects of his ability. At the start the language between Romeo and Juliet , man and wife, is beautifully done filled with love and passionate words, One of the most noticeable and important aspects of this certain text is the conversation between mother and daughter, Juliet’s speech is filled with ambiguity. Though out this conversation Lady Capulet thinks that Juliet is agreeing with her, but Juliet’s replies to her mother are filled with double meanings as she responds equivocally each time. It is another example of dramatic irony, because the audience, like Juliet, knows what Lady Capulet does not .When Lady Capulet states that by killing Tybalt Romeo has caused Juliet terrible grief, and Juliet agrees that Romeo is why she is grieving, and that she would like to get her hands on him. By using the word, ‘dead’ in-between sentences, You can read the sentence in two ways, her mother think that Juliet wants Romeo dead, but really what Juliet is saying is that her heart is dead because of him. Juliet shows slight sarcasm when after asking the Nurse for comfort and receiving but more grief she says; ‘. . .marvellous much’, also when the nurse says ;’ . . else beshrew them both’ Juliet replies with ‘Amen’ we really can tell the seriousness of Juliet’s rage towards the Nurse here. Juliet’s last speech, a soliloquy, is on stage on her own after the whole scene.
Lord and Lady Capulet have interesting ways in describing their daughter’s grief. Lady Capulet suggests that Juliet is trying to wash Tybalt from his grave. Lady Capulet is harsh on Juliet by practically tell her to stop crying she states that she is over doing it and it is not necessary to be crying this much, she is not sympathetic towards her daughter she just wants to keep up he image.
Capulet descries Juliet’s tears in a metaphor: when the sun sets, the earth doth drizzle dew, . . .’. Another demonstration of shakes pears use of language is how her shows Capulet rage and aggression. He throws nasty ugly words at his daughter; ‘green-sickness carrion’, ‘tallow-face’, ‘baggage. . .wretch’, and ‘hilding’. Capulet sarcastically mimics Juliet: ‘ I cannot love . . . I am too young,’ When we know he is talking rubbish she is not too young o love for she is in love and married.
Lady Capulet and her speech give the most effect. After Capulet asks her is she has yet informed Juliet about her sudden day of joy and Lady Capulet replies: ‘Ay, sir, but she will none, she gives you thanks.’ After pausing she then says; ‘I would the fool were married to her grave.’ We never know why she says these appalling words, it leads us to think that she is just scared of Capulet and does not want any blame to be on her she would rather it be pinned on her daughter.
This play proves how far some people will go for love, and teaches us all a life lesson .The beauty of youth. The greatest love story every told. No one forgets his or her first love. This scene shows the problems between two families
