In Jacobean times which was the time of William Shakespeare, there were very few ways that two lovers with family’s that disapprove of each other could be together as in Jacobean times your parents would find a suitable man for there daughter and it be very similar to an arranged marriage whereas today if you were to get married your parents would have no say in it and if they didn’t like it you would be able to run away together but in Shakespeare’s time that was unheard of and people would respect there elders decisions over their own.
In act 3 scene 5 Romeo and Juliet speak to each other in the language of love for example when Romeo says “I have more care to stay than will to go” this means that Romeo’s feelings for Juliet overpower the fact that if he gets caught he will be killed so he needs to leave this emphasizes their strong emotions for each other and proves that they were truly in love. After Romeo and Juliet had spent the night together Romeo must leave but Juliet doesn’t want him to go therefore she tells Romeo its still night for example “Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day.” Normally light represents happiness and darkness represents fear and doom but in Romeo and Juliet’s marriage they can only love in darkness which could mean doom to there relationship. Juliet says to Romeo that he has a pale face “Either my eye sight fails, or thou look’st pale,” which could mean she is referring to death which is ionic because the play ends in death.
Lady Capulet Juliet’s mother speaks to her like she would talk to her nurse for example “well, girl, thou weep’st not so much for his death,” even though she feels sorry for her losing her cousin Tybalt she does not want to get into any emotional conversation with her so she keeps thing’s simple and doesn’t say much to her, this means that she’s keeping her warmth and affection for Juliet locked away behind a big cruel barrier. Therefore this creates sympathy from the audience towards Juliet as her own mother does not. Lady Capulet was not like a normal mother and at that time she wouldn’t have been seen as normal Jacobean female, at that women were seen as loving affectionate people especially if they were a mother as they would have been expected to take good care of their children and work out their problems. She also uses aggressive language such as “We will have vengeance for it, fear thou no: then weep no more.” And plots to kill Romeo “I’ll send one to Mantua, where that same banish’d runagate doth live, shall give him such an unaccustom’d dram.” Which in other words means: I’ll send a man to Romeo to poison him and kill him. Lady Capulet plotting to kill Romeo, this upset Juliet but she had to keep a straight face and go along with what her mother said and says thing that agree with what Lady Capulet said and everything she said had a double meaning as she could never say anything truly hurtful about her true love Romeo. She said out loud what she truly thought of Romeo but then twisted it to sound bad because she realized her mother was in the room for example “In deed I will never be satisfied with Romeo – till I behold him dead,” this means that she was missing Romeo but realize her mothers there and changes the wording to something bad at the end. Lady Capulet said to Juliet that she had some good news for her; a man called Paris wants to marry her but Juliet is disappointed with the news as she loves Romeo.
Lord Capulet went to Juliet’s room to hear her reply and is very angry with it as she tells him she didn’t want to marry him. This made Capulet aggressive and brutal towards her as he said “hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get to church on Thursday or never after look me in the face:” Capulet became from a very calm character to a very stormy minded one. The nurse is the final disappointment of Juliet’s choice and tell her what she really thinks of Romeo she says “Romeos a dishclout to him: an eagle” this means that she must have lied to Juliet earlier in the play. She thinks that Paris is the better man for her.
