Romeo and Julliet

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Richard Ryan

Romeo and Juliet

Act III Scene V

1. Context of this scene, e.g. morning after the night when Romeo and Juliet consummated their marriage, the previous day when Tybalt murdered Mercutio, Romeo avenged him, the previous day when Friar Lawrence secretly married Romeo and Juliet in the hope that their union would put an end to the two feuding families hostilities.

Romeo and Juliet consummate their love, Romeo leaves because her mother arrives to tell her that she is to marry Paris. Juliet does not agree to this so her father comes in and says that she is to marry Paris or else he will disown her. Juliet turns to the nurse for help but instead goes to Friar Lawrence.

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  1. Context.
  2. Events of Act 3, Scene 5.
  3. Analysis of Romeo and Juliet conversation– say why it is dramatic.
  4. Analysis of Juliet + Lady Capulet conversation.
  5. Analysis of Juliet’s argument with her raging Father.
  6. Analysis between Juliet and Nurses conversation/plan to see Friar.
  7. Explain how this scene affects the rest of the play plot events.

Shakespere

Stage        Visual Spectacle/ how things appear

Audience                response? Emotions

Dramatic Spectacle/drama

Tension

Excitement

Mystery/Suspense – Unanswered questions

Intrigue

Captivated audience is captivated by the dramatic spectacle on stage

Enthralled

Manipulation of plot events, characters + Situations

Romeo and Juliet

Act III Scene V

Study the dramatic effectiveness of Act Three Scene 5 of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?

This scene takes place the morning after the day that Romeo had killed Tybalt and had been banished from Verona by the Prince. He had spent the night with Juliet in her bedchamber and has now awoken in her bedchambers the following morning.

Romeo and Juliet have consummated their love, They are entrupted by the nurse who tells them that Juliet’s mother is coming forcing Romeo to descend from the balcony once again. Juliet is upset because of her cousins death but more because Romeo has once again left and on his return she is unsure how she will find him. Juliet’s mother still thinks she is upset about Tybalts death and promises her that she will get revenge for Tybalts death on Romeo. But in the mean time Juliet is informed that she is going to marry Paris on Thursday morn at Saint Peters Church. Juliet is upset and declares she would rather marry Tybalts murderer than Paris. Her father hears her refusal and claims if she doesn’t marry Paris he will disown her. Juliet turns to the nurse for help but then decides to go to Friar Lawrence.

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Shakespeare makes Romeo and Juliet’s conversation more dramatic by the banishment of Romeo by the Prince. Romeo is not supposed to be with Juliet in the Capulet household let alone in Verona. Juliet tries to convince Romeo into staying by telling him that the bird they hear singing outside is the Nightingale, which sings at night, and not a Lark, which sings in the morning this is shown by the phrase ‘Wilt thou be gone? It is not yer near day: It was the nightingale and not the lark which pierced the thine hollow of thine ear’. Romeo doesn’t ...

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