Romeo is young, immature and impulsive. He quickly falls into (and out of) love with Rosaline, and then falls into love with Juliet witch shows how short minded and immature he is. He also gets himself into trouble all the time.
Juliet
Juliet is unaware that Romeo is hiding below in the garden so talks freely about her feelings towards Romeo. When she says that she does not care that he is a Montague.
“Tis but thy name that is my enemy: thou art thyself, thou not a Montague…...
What’s in a name?”
When she realises that Romeo is in the garden she should act as though she is worried that he risks death if he was to be discovered.
“And the place of death, considering who thou art, if any of my kinsmen find the here.”
Juliet is feeling afraid of being quickly won so she acts nervously and doesn’t show her true affection. Juliet comes and goes twice from the balcony this conveys the excitement she is feeling, the character should show this in movement and speech. This leads to the emotional line. Which should be said with deep character.
“parting is such sweet sorrow”
Juliet is a young pretty, affectionate girl who is very self minded. And she can look after herself but her parents are very protective of her witch she does not like at all. She doesn’t think about anyone else’s feelings except Romeo’s.
Fight Scene Act 3 Scene 1
Mercutio
Mercutio should speak jokingly but strong and meaningful, and when he is fighting Tybalt he should fight with great finesse. When he is making jokes he should be staring in the eyes of Tybalt to show him an insult and No Fear!
“O calm, dishonourable, vile submission: Alla stoccata carries it away. Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk?”
As Mercutio lays dying his language is being slurred slightly and is full of humour he says his wound is not as ‘deep as well’ nor as ‘wide as a church door’.
Mercutio is a very humerous and fun kind of person wh always looks at the bright side of things. He can easily annoy people with his jokes. He may seem like he is always joking but he is very close to Romeo and does care for Romeo and vice-versa.
Tybalt
Tybalt acts in an aggressive manner in response to Mercutio’s comic act, obviously Tybalt should be acting extremely annoyed towards Mercutio. He should not be in an aggressive mood when he enters the scene but then bathos takes place.
“Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries that thou has done me, therefore turn and draw.”
Tybalt in a provoking way towards Romeo starts arguing, and Mercutio stands up for Romeo and then the fight takes place. Romeo should act as though he is trying to stop the fight because he doesn’t want Mercutio to get hurt.
Tybalt is very strong and ignorant person who dislikes most people and also has an evil smile. Even when he said that he hates the word “peace” you can sense the evil in his evil words.
