In the prologue it also says ‘star crossed lovers’ which means their relationship is said to be doomed from the start. Love is one of the main themes in the play it is also filled with rivalry and hatred. Romeo and Juliet’s love is in contrast with their families’ hatred.
Romeos mood changes when he sees Juliet ‘o she doth teach the torches to burn bright’ this is a soliloquy he is speaking and nobody else can hear him the quote shows that he was sad and Juliet brightens up his life this also shows that it was only infatuation with Rosaline and he changes his mind very quickly. In rich peoples hoses there used to be lighted torches and he sees these.
Benvolio and Romeo were asked by Capulets servant to read the letter for him then after Romeo read the names of the guest list for the ball invited them if they were not Montagues as he knew it would cause havoc for himself and the Capulets.
The opening of this scene is in prose and with the less important character starting of and more and more important people come in
Shakespeare, when writing about Juliet, writes in similes such as ’A rich jewel in an ethiop’s ear this shows that she stands out brightly on a dark background. By using similes this makes it seem more romantic and this is very important as thee were no female actors so a young boy would have player Juliet and it was by the speech that you could tell how beautiful she was. The audience would recognise the pattern of a sonnet which is known as the language of love and Romeo and Juliet wee in love. We see in this scene that when Romeo and Juliet meet and talk to each other they use words that link to religion for example: “prayer, shrine, saint”. This is because Romeos and Juliet’s love was important and in those days religion was very important.
In the play there are many ominous undertones which led to the ultimate tragedy. The prologue says their deaths marked love and as Juliet says ‘My grave is like to be my wedding bed’ this means that they were doomed from the beginning.
Fate links to the family feud because any romance between two members of the different families was always going to be difficult with the families being rivals. The family feud also links the violence as the families fight often.
In act 1 scene 5 we see a more devious side to Juliet. She wants to find out the identity of her love but does not want anyone else to find out even her nurse who cared for her since she was born this is could be thought out in two views/ she thought he might have been married and wouldn’t want to be humiliated or however in the subtext Shakespeare may be hinting about her shyness. In the scene she willingly lets Romeo take her hand and kiss her and we may think her to be promiscuous.
Juliet is Capulets only daughter who is going to turn 14 soon and in those times be at a right age to marry. She is an obedient child until she meets Romeo and becomes rebellious; she goes against her father’s will which he is not used to. She confided in her nurse for guidance and advice as she trusts her more than her real mother. As the nurse breast feed her and cared for her as it was beneath a wealthy lady to breast feed as it was bad for their stature.
Lord Capulet has a greater role in the play than Montague. At the beginning in the ball he is sensible and wise as he tops Tybalt starting a fight with Romeo but this could also mean that he did not want to ruin his reputation of having a great ball in the Romeo and Juliet film version of the play Franco Zeffirelli lets lady Montague say more lines and they both tell him not to start a fight. When lord Capulet is talking to Tybalt he is polite and uses thou/thee/thy, also used by Romeo and Juliet to talk to each other, later in the playing he is seen as a ruthless man forcing his daughter to marry, Paris, or he will disown her.
Lady Capulet is not very close to Juliet like a real mother she is very distant and didn’t even remember her birthday, the nurse did. She follows Capulet sand is an obedient wife she agrees with what he agrees with
The nurse is very close to Juliet she cares for Juliet. She seems to know more about Juliet that her real mother does. She has been Juliet’s nurse since she was born she even breast fed her. She was the person Juliet confided in till the nurse told her to marry Paris.
Tybalt is Capulets nephew he is a hot tempered, hateful and aggressive towards the Montague family especially Romeo.
Paris is a nobleman and a kinsman to the prince. Capulet wishes that Paris marry his only daughter Juliet, Juliet does not and cannot marry Paris .she doesn’t want to marry him because she is married to Romeo and loves him. In the end he is killed by Romeo who fulfils his wish of dieing by Juliet.
Romeo id=s the only son of Montague. Romeo is sad as Rosaline, his love, will not return his affection. His friends Mercutio and Benvolio persuade him to gate crash the Capulets ball to see that Rosaline’s beauty is nothing compared too many other women.
Mercutio is a kinsman to the prince he is smug and acts over confidant as we see when he fights with Tybalt. He is a humorous character fooling around. He is very disrespectful and cheeky especially to the nurse
The main cause of the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are hastiness in which Romeo fell in love and not long after got married to Juliet. Infatuation he was not really in love with Rosaline yet he thought he was he may not be in love with Juliet either.
They were many wrong decisions made that lead to Romeo and Juliet’s death but fate brought them together and fate ended their lives.
