How does Shakespeare make the Audience feel increasingly sympathetic towards Juliet in Act 3 Scene 5?

Juliet and Romeo’s words goodbye are very emotional as this maybe the last time they see each other, they don’t know and neither do the audience.

Their lines carry on for quite a while, as they need to say their last words, goodbye, because they know that Lady Capulet is coming, so they rush their words, but they still mean every single word they say to each other.

The audience start to feel very emotional as they feel sympathy because they have married secretly, and the risk was dangerous, and now they are being parted from one another.

The audience know what they are feeling and this gets very emotional.

The words they say are very emotional and the audience feels sympathy and emotion for them both.

“Trust me. Love, in my eye so do you dry sorrow drinks out blood, adiell, adiell.”

When Romeo is going to leave to Mantua, Romeo is prepared to die for Juliet, just to stay with her.

“And light thee on thy way to Mantua, therefore stay yet, thou need’st not to be gone”

Juliet then starts to panic as she know if Romeo is found he would be killed.

“It is, it is hie hence, be gone, away,”

In Act3 scene 5 lines 70 Lady Capulet enters the scene. The bond with Lady Capulet and Juliet is very small. The way Lady Capulet greets Juliet, shows that she is not used for her mother to talk to her.

“Ho daughter are you up?”

Lady Capulet is callous and unkind, this shows that Lady Capulet is there just because it is a word, but all Juliet’s life the nurse has brought Juliet up.

Lady Capulet has never addressed Juliet by her name,

“Well girl?”

When Lady Capulet tells her about the marriage and Juliet refuses, Lady Capulet becomes again callous and unkind she tells Juliet to sort it out with her father.

When Lord Capulet enters with the nurse, Lord Capulet does not address his daughter by her name.

“A conduit girl?”

When Juliet tells Lord Capulet her starts to get really cross, he starts to call her names, he is determined to get Juliet to marry Paris, as every other rich Capulet daughter is properly married. He is not doing it for Juliet he is doing it for himself.

“I will drag thee.”

“You green-sickness carrion, out, you baggage!”

“You tallow face.”

Juliet tries to get her mother on her side, but again her mother is against Juliet. Juliet is begging her father not to make her marry Paris, and explains she knows he means well but she will have to refuse.

The audience is now feeling a lot of sympathy, as they know about her love for Romeo.

The tension starts to build up, for the audience and for Juliet.

This is now little vs. big, Lord Capulet knows he has authority so he needs respect.

Juliet tries to stay calm.

The audience and Juliet now feel that they can no longer trust the nurse with anything anymore.

Shakespeare makes this scene very tense as he as made it like Juliet has no-one else, to turn to, he makes the audience feel that there is no longer a bond between anyone but Romeo.

The audience feels a lot of sympathy for Juliet as now she has no one else to turn to, her mother and father has told her to marry Paris, she is in a very difficult position. This builds up more tension as now Juliet has a choice; she has to choose between her father and Romeo. She has married Romeo, but if she does not marry Paris, she will be homeless and she would of lost her family because she would be disobeying them.

My thoughts and feelings about the play is that, I thought it was good. I like the way that Shakespeare puts a lot of emotion, sympathy and tense in Act 3 scene 5.

Shakespeare makes the audience feel the emotions that are viewed in Act 3 scene 5. The actual Play shows all of the emotions in Act 3 scene 5 especially for Romeo and Juliet’s love. Overall I think the play was really good.