Focusing on act 3, scene 5, explore how Shakespeare presents the relationship between Juliet and her family.

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Focusing on act 3, scene 5, explore how Shakespeare presents the relationship between Juliet and her family.

 In order to explore act 3, scene 5 and understand how Shakespeare presents the relationship between Juliet and her family, it is important to look at events which happen directly before it. Then Romeo had to leave Juliet. Their parting is interrupted by the nurse warning Romeo and Juliet that her mother is approaching. Lady Capulet brings information to Juliet about the arrangement of the marriage. After Tybalt saw Romeo in the party that was only planned for the Capulet’s, he decided to fight Romeo, but Romeo declines this offer because of the fact that Tybalt is Juliet’s cousin, Romeo didn’t want to fight Juliet’s cousin. Mercutio is killed by Tybalt because Mercutio didn’t want Romeo to look little front of Tybalt. So then he decided to fight for Romeo, but unfortunately he ended up getting killed by Tybalt. After this incident Romeo couldn’t take the murder of Mercutio, his best friend and decided to take the revenge. Romeo then killed Tybalt and his punishment was to get banished from Mantua. After this incident, the marriage for the couple is gone even harder, and at this point Juliet wants help from Friar Lawrence, and his plan is to get them both lovers together.

In act 3, scene 5, many dramatic events occur between Juliet and her family. After the party the Capulet’s had, Romeo comes to Juliet’s balcony and they both consummate their marriage, then the nurse comes to warn them about Juliet’s mother coming to see her. Romeo at this point has to leave the house immediately. Now Juliet is very happy about the decision they made about the marriage, but this happiness doesn’t last very long after lady Capulet’s visit because Lady Capulet informs Juliet about the marriage her father has planned for her. After she founds out that she is going to get married to Paris, her reactions change immediately, she does everything to change her parent’s decision towards this marriage. When Lord Capulet hears that Juliet has refused to get married to Paris, he gets very angry with Juliet. Lord Capulet tells her that she will have to leave the house if she disagrees with the decision they have made for her. After this, the nurse informs Juliet with the punishment that Romeo is facing due to the murder of Tybalt. She also thinks that Paris is the one that she should get married to, but this wasn’t the thing the nurse was thinking before, now she wants her to marry with Paris. Here we can see that the nurse has changed her mind at this point. At the end of the scene, Juliet thinks that Friar Lawrence is the only one that can help her to get away from this problem, and if this plan doesn’t work, then she decides that she will have to die instead of marrying to Paris.

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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 ...

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