The next love scene is when they both meet in this part Shakespere explores their love perfectly. The part where both Juliet and Romeo meet each other is explored as a sonnet. it has 14 lines each with 10 syllables per line using blank verse and an alternate rhyme scheme. This section is displayed as a sonnet because a sonnet is a complex and perfect kind of poetry also at the time of when it is written poems where often a romantic action and where often use to show peoples love towards each other. “This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this, my lips blushing pilgrims ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.” This line shows that throughout the sonnet religious imagery is explored. Romeo describes Juliet as a pilgrim which is a holy shine soothing precious and people worship this shows that he thinks that she is perfect and worships her beauty. He also describes himself as a sin “this holy shrine, the gentle sin is this” this shows that he wants Juliet to take away his sin as she is the pilgrim. Juliet replies Romeo with “for saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch, and palm to palm is holy palmers kiss” in these lines once again religious imagery is used to create the perfect romantic atmosphere it also shows us how Juliet is playing around with her words. “O then dear saint, let lips do what hands do.” This shows us that Romeo didn’t give up. Juliet then grants the kiss to Romeo. This part of the scene everything is at a slow paste to show us the romantic atmosphere between Romeo and Juliet. “Then have my lips? O trespass sweetly urged. Give me my sin again” this shows us that once again Juliet is playing around this her worlds but it also shows us that she also likes Romeo as she wants to kiss him again. Romeo also uses oxymoron’s to describe Juliet he has also used them before on rosin but in a different way.
In between Romeo and Juliet’s love scene when Romeo first sees Juliet it is interrupted by tybalt which tells us that tybalt might be the stoppage between their love. Tybalt interrupts by saying “this by his voice should be a Montague. Fetch me my rapier, boy. What dare the slave come hither, covered with an antic face” this shows an instant reaction of hate. The juxtaposistioning of these two speeches highlights the contrast of love and hate. The hatred between the families is explored through the character tybalt. This shows how quickly a love scene is interrupted and turns into a scene full of hate. “Now by the stock and honour of my kin, to strike him dead I hold it not a sin” this line shows how much hatred there is and how much Tybalt hates Romeo because he thinks it’s an honour and not a sin to kill Romeo. When Capulet see Tybalt he says “wherefore storm you so?” this shows that tybalt is angry. Tybalt describes Romeo as “a villain” which shows that he hates Romeo and he is an enemy and has done something wrong. When Capulet tells Tybalt to leave Romeo alone tybalt disobeys him “it fits when such a villain is a guest, I’ll not endure him” this shows that tybalt hates Romeo so much that he will disobey Capulet. “He shall be endured. What Goodman boy, I say he shall; go to, am I the master here or you?” this shows that Capulet’s mood can switch very quickly and he does not liked to be disobeyed he like to be in control of everything. Tybalt is a very stubborn character an is explored in the lines “now seeming sweet, convert to bitterest gall” is shows that he is not going to let Romeo go this easily and he will get his own back. This was also the line right before the love scene where Romeo and Juliet meet.
Act 1 scene 5 ends with Romeo and Juliet finding out that each other are the sons and daughters of their family’s long enemies. “My only love sprung from my only hate” was the response of Juliet’s. Both love and hate is explored here and in the lines “that I must love a loathed enemy” shows that Juliet has fallen deeply in love. Romeos response was “O dear account, my life is my foe’s dept” once again “O” is used to emphasise how shocked Romeo is. I act 1 scene 5 both love and hate is explored through out in many different ways.
In act 3 scene5 love and hate is also explored throughout the scene and it is also more developed in this scene. Between act 1 scene 5 and act 3 scenes 5 many events have happened. Romeo and Juliet got married under the eyes of Friar Lawrence and also tybalt sent a challenge to Romeo. Romeo refused to fight tybalt and time after time tybalt insulted Romeo. Romeos friend Mercutio started fighting tybalt and got killed by him. Then out of anger and revenge Romeo killed tybalt. The prince has now banished Romeo from Verona.
At the beginning of act 3 scene 5 Shakespere once again explore the love between Romeo and Juliet. it is the night after Romeo and Juliet’s marriage and Romeo is risking his life just to spend this night with Juliet which shows they are willing to do anything for each other and shows us how strong there love is. This is also the last scene before there death they get to see each other. The audience would expect the love scene to be perfect and full of positive imagery. This love scene is not a typical love scene because Romeo has to leave. “Believe me love; it was the nightingale, and not the lark.” This shows how much Juliet doesn’t want Romeo to leave her because she is denying that the birds outside is a lark which symbolises morning. She doesn’t want it to be morning because if its morning then Romeo would have to leave Verona. Normally light would be a positive imagery but for the couple it is a negative imagery because Romeo would have to leave and whenever it is light the couple would have to leave each other. On the other hand normally darkness normally symbolises evil or negative imagery but in “Romeo and Juliet” darkness is a security for them because no one can see them and darkness is the time in which the couple can spend time with each other. Romeo replies to Juliet “ I must gone and live or stay and die” this shows that he is risking a lot just to spend this night with her. Shakesphere subverts the images of light and dark because we expect light to be positive and dark to be negative but in this scene it’s the opposite as same as the lark being subverted here “it is the lark that sings so out of tune”. The lark is what makes them separate this is shown in “some say the lark makes sweet division, this doth not do, for she divideth us.” This shows how things are subverted in this scene. Once again family interrupts the love scene which symbolises that there family is what gets in between there love. at the end of the love scene tension is built. “O god, I have an ill-divining soul. Methinks I see thee now thou art so low, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb.” This tells us Juliet is having images on Romeo’s death and Romeo has the same image of Juliet. This uses dramatic irony to create tension as the audience already know from the prologue that there going to die but the characters themselves don’t. This love scene was very different from the first love scene in act 1 scene 5. religious imagery was used in the first scene how ever in this scene it is different it is nor perfect as the couple is going to be separated also in both scenes we see emphatic language being used. At the end of this love scene everything seems to be leading to negative things such as death and soon on to the hatred from Capulet.
Hate is developed in act 3 scene 5 through the character Capulet. From act 1 scene 5 a small amount of Capulet’s stubborn character was explored as he doesn’t like to be disobeyed. In act 3 scene 5 this gets developed as Juliet disobeys Capulet her father for the very first time. Capulet and lady Capulet arranges a marriage for Juliet for her too cheer up over the death of her cousin. The arrange marriage is to Paris.