How does Shakespeare Show Juliet's Changing Emotions and State of Mind though Language and Drama.
Carly Mckenzie
June 11th 2002
How does Shakespeare Show Juliet's Changing Emotions and State of Mind though Language and Drama
Introduction
Romeo and Juliet, a story of two lovers, was written by William Shakespeare between the years of 1594 and 1596. The basic plot of the play was discovered as early as 3 A.D. and Italian novelists of the 15th century gave it specific features and detail. The names of Capulet and Montague are indeed the historical names of two significant households in ancient Italy but the character names and attitudes are all fictional. The Italians stress that the story is indeed a factual tale and that places such as the Capulet tomb and the Balcony of Giulietta are the places where the tragic tale took place.
Juliet doesn't appear in the play until act one scene three where her mother introduces the idea of marriage. This seems strange as she is the heroine of the play yet doesn't appear for a while after most of the others characters (Romeo appears in mid scene of Act one Scene two). In this scene we see the strange, unfamiliar relationship shared between Juliet and her mother we can see this clearly when lady Capulet asks the nurse "thou knowst my daughters of a pretty age". This shows the distant relationship as lady Capulet has to inquire about her daughters' age, the nurse replies that she can tell her age up until an hour, which reflects the closeness and familiarity between the Nurse and Juliet. We can also see the literal effect of this as the Nurse breast fed Juliet when she was new born and has been her carer almost ever since.
Lady Capulet seems nervous to address the idea of marriage with her daughter. We see this as she asks the Nurse to leave her and Juliet as they must talk in private, but contradicts herself and calls the Nurse back again. This shows that she feels uncomfortable being alone with Juliet and that possibly she doesn't know how to address the subject with someone so close in blood but distant in companionship. For the majority of the scene Lady Capulet addresses Juliet through the nurse to discus the particular subject. The nurse is garrulous, she continually rambles; this shows how familiar she is with Juliet as she can ramble about Juliet's past. She also speaks in a way of familiarity which proves quite rude and is unapproved by Lady Capulet and Juliet. Juliet disagrees with her mothers' idea of marriage, she says that she has not thought of the idea before but leaves us to think that there is still room for though this gives her the picture of a young girl, rather than a young women.
June 11th 2002
How does Shakespeare Show Juliet's Changing Emotions and State of Mind though Language and Drama
Introduction
Romeo and Juliet, a story of two lovers, was written by William Shakespeare between the years of 1594 and 1596. The basic plot of the play was discovered as early as 3 A.D. and Italian novelists of the 15th century gave it specific features and detail. The names of Capulet and Montague are indeed the historical names of two significant households in ancient Italy but the character names and attitudes are all fictional. The Italians stress that the story is indeed a factual tale and that places such as the Capulet tomb and the Balcony of Giulietta are the places where the tragic tale took place.
Juliet doesn't appear in the play until act one scene three where her mother introduces the idea of marriage. This seems strange as she is the heroine of the play yet doesn't appear for a while after most of the others characters (Romeo appears in mid scene of Act one Scene two). In this scene we see the strange, unfamiliar relationship shared between Juliet and her mother we can see this clearly when lady Capulet asks the nurse "thou knowst my daughters of a pretty age". This shows the distant relationship as lady Capulet has to inquire about her daughters' age, the nurse replies that she can tell her age up until an hour, which reflects the closeness and familiarity between the Nurse and Juliet. We can also see the literal effect of this as the Nurse breast fed Juliet when she was new born and has been her carer almost ever since.
Lady Capulet seems nervous to address the idea of marriage with her daughter. We see this as she asks the Nurse to leave her and Juliet as they must talk in private, but contradicts herself and calls the Nurse back again. This shows that she feels uncomfortable being alone with Juliet and that possibly she doesn't know how to address the subject with someone so close in blood but distant in companionship. For the majority of the scene Lady Capulet addresses Juliet through the nurse to discus the particular subject. The nurse is garrulous, she continually rambles; this shows how familiar she is with Juliet as she can ramble about Juliet's past. She also speaks in a way of familiarity which proves quite rude and is unapproved by Lady Capulet and Juliet. Juliet disagrees with her mothers' idea of marriage, she says that she has not thought of the idea before but leaves us to think that there is still room for though this gives her the picture of a young girl, rather than a young women.
