Shakespeare presents Juliet herself very differently in act 3, scene 5. Juliet is very obedient and innocent because of the problems that have happened with the marriage of her and Romeo and with the murder of Tybalt and Mercutio. Juliet is obedient in act 3, scene 5 beacuse she has had many problems to do with Romeo, and so she is obedient because she didn’t want no more problems. In this scene she is trying to solve the problems with the least damage that is possible, and she is trying to get out of the situation she is in, and go somewhere else that is peaceful enough for both of them. Juliet now acts very differently to her mother and father, she keeps on talking about marriage, but when she is talking about marriage, she is always proving the point that she doesn’t want to get married, for example, “ O sweet my mother, cast me not away! Delay this marriage for a month, a week, or if you do not, make the bridal bed in that dim monument where Tybalt lies”. Juliet is also not happy with the thoughts that the nurse thinks about the love for Romeo and the marriage with Paris. The nurse disagrees with Juliet’s decision towards the marriage for her and Paris, she thinks that she should marry him and forget Romeo. Juliet’s reaction to the nurses words is “amen”, which Juliet endorses the Nurse’s curse on her heart and soul. Her final thoughts at the end of the scene is that she will never get married to Paris and that she will do anything to stop the marriage, if not she will kill herself. Here we can see this “ Is it more sin to wish me thus forsworn, or to dispraise my lord with that same tongue which she hath prais’d him with above compare so many thousand times? Go, counsellor, thou and my boson henceforth shall be twain. Ill to the Friar to know his remedy; if all else fail, myself have power to die”
However in act 3 scene 5, he seems to act very differently towards her. We can see this in act 3 scene 5, “I will drag thee on a hurdle thither. Out, you green-sickness carrion! Out, you baggage! You tallow-face!”. This was the answer for Juliet refusing to get married, we can see that he is threatening Juliet to change her mind for Romeo. But in act 1, Lord Capulets actions towards Juliet was very good, he was very soft and positive to Juliets orders, he wasn’t very angry, but now he is because their are few people that don’t obey him, but he expects everyone to obey him. We can also see that their relationship has gone bad after this decision that Juliet makes. After this, Lord Capulet tells her that she will have to leave the house if she disagrees with the decision they have made for her. We also see this in Lord Capulet’s words “ graze where you will, you shall not house with me. Look to’t, think on’t, I do not use to jest”. Especially the last thing Lord Capulet is saying to Juliet is very bad and terrible for Juliet because if she still disagrees with the decision her father has made for her, then she will have to leave the house and live somewhere else. But again this is bad for Juliet, because she is not used to the rough life, she has a comftable life, but if she has to live some where else, then she will suffer the rough life and fight for a better future. We can see that Lord Capulets decision is very bad and very crossing the line, the reader would of expected a softer decision. Here we see that Lord Capulet expects everyone to obey him, in Elizabethan times, rich people would have always got obeyed.
In contrast to the relationship with her father, Shakespeare has shown us that Juliet’s relationship with her mother has never been very strong. The reason for this is that Elizabethan ladies didn’t really look after their children if they were rich enough to get a Nurse to look after their children. This is one of the causes for Juliet’s and her mother’s relationship to be bad. We can see that Juliet’s mother hardly visited her room, but it’s unusual that she did visit her for the information that she was going to give about Paris. “Nurse, where's my daughter? call her forth to me.” This is what Lady Capulet says to the nurse, she is looking for her daughter to inform her about the marriage, but she don’t even know where her daughter is, this is telling us that rich Elizabethan ladies didn’t have care for their children, they gave the mother job to the servants, and they were busy with their own life. But in act 3 scene 5 we see that Lady Capulet gives a bit more care for Juliet, because she is realising that she is not obeying them, so she is trying to change her mind by giving her extra care and showing her that she is her mother and she cares for her.
In act 3, scene 5, we can still see how this relationship is presented in the same way. We can see that Juliet doesn’t show too much love towards her mother, we can see this when the nurse informs Juliet about her mother approaching and that Romeo has to go. We also see what lady Capulet tells Lord Capulet about the disagreement that she makes about the marriage with Paris, lady Capulet’s reaction towards this is “Ay, sir, but she will none, she gives you thanks. I would be a fool were married to her grave”. We can see that she is very angry towards Juliet, and she is backing Lord Capulet. Lady Capulet also doesn’t protect Juliet from her fathers anger, this is another proof to show the relationship between her and Juliet. The last thing that Lady Capulet tells Juliet in this scene is “Talk not to me, for I’ll not speak a word. Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee.” This shows us that Lady Capulet doesn’t care about Juliet, and that she wouldn’t help Juliet at all.
In Elizabethan times, Nurses were seen as part of the family. In this fact, Shakespeare presents Juliet’s relationship with the nurse as very strong in the first act. In fact, she seems closer to Juliet than her own mother.
We can see that the nurse was closer to Juliet in act 1 then in act 3. The fact that the nurse being closer to Juliet in act 1 is shown as “Go ask his name. If he be married, my grave is like to be my wedding bed” here we can see that Juliet tells the nurse that she is in love with Romeo and that she wants to marry him. After the things the nurse has done to Juliet, weakened the relationship with her and Juliet, the fact that she didn’t agree with Juliet, and the fact that she didn’t give help to Juliet with the marriage also had a big role in the weakened relationship between the nurse and Juliet. We can see that the nurse was kissing hugging and joking around with Juliet in act 1, but now she is very cold and boring to her.
In act 3, scene 5 Shakespeare shows how initially, the nurse tries to protect and defend Juliet. She tries very hard to defend Juliet from her father’s anger, we can see this in act 3 scene 5 “God in heaven bless her! You are to blame, my lord, to rate her so”. Here we can see that she disagrees with Lord Capulet and defends Juliet, but Lord Capulet’s answer for this is “ And why, my Lady Wisdom? Hold your tongue, Good prudence, smatter with your gossip, go”. Here we see that he treats her with no respect and tells her that she is a prattling old woman.
However, their relationship changes when the nurse also encourages Juliet to marry Paris, even though she is already married Romeo. The nurse gives her own opinion towards the marriage of Juliet and Paris, “I think it best you married with the County. O, he’s a lovely gentleman!” This is the proof of her thoughts about Paris, she thinks that Paris is the right one for Juliet. Juliet’s thoughts about the nurse changed after she heard this because she realised that she is not with her, and she is not supporting her. But Juliet had different thoughts, she thought that if she marries to |Romeo, then the two families will end up with peace.
In conclusion, Shakespeare shows that by the end of this scene, Juliet’s relationship with her family has changed so much that she is left on her own. Now she is all alone because Romeo is banished, her family disagrees with her thoughts and she feels that the nurse is not supporting her about this situation. Her only hope to get out of this situation is in Friar Lawrence’s hands, she believes that he is the only one that can get her out of this situation and get them both married.
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