The change of attitudes and feelings between the characters also changes throughout the scene. Juliet’s attitude changes after she has been told by lord and lady Capulet that she must marry Paris. Her feelings towards her parents change from love to hatred. Juliet’s attitude also changes towards lord and lady Capulet, because before they tell her that she is going to be married, she’s happy and cheerful, after they tell her that she is going to marry Paris her attitude changes to being angry and quite upset.
Lord caplets attitude also changes as the scene develops. When he first comes into the scene just after Romeo has left Juliet he is being supportive and gentle “for thy still eyes, which I may call the sea, do ebb and flow with tears; the bark thy body is sailing in this salt flood” this shows lord Capulet being quite gentle towards Juliet. However when Juliet says “Good father, I beseech you on my knees, hear me with patience but to speak a word.” Lord caplets attitude changes, he becomes a lot more aggressive in the way he speaks and also what he says “and you be mine, I’ll give you to my friend; and you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets” this shows how violent lord Capulet can be and how he thinks he owns Juliet.
The mood of the scene changes as the scene develops. It changes from being soft and happy to being dark, emotional and aggressive. Evidence of this is shown all throughout the scene... it shows that it gradually changes.
The conflict between the characters is distinct in this scene because all of the fighting and disagreement is made very public by the end of the scene, and its all because of Juliet refusing to marry Paris because she is already married to Romeo.
Throughout the whole play, there is a lot of dramatic irony. This is particularly shown in act 3 scenes 5. This means that throughout act 3 scene 5, the audience are aware of the upcoming circumstances and that the characters on stage no nothing about it. “Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb” The dramatic irony is effective because even though we know what is going to happen, its good to see how the build up and suspense is created.
In the beginning of act 3 scene 5 the language used between Romeo and Juliet after their first and last night together is very romantic and poetic.
During this part of the scene bird imagery is used to show their reluctance to part, “it was the nightingale and not the lark” the nightingale is used to represent night and the lark is used to represent day.
This scene also shows that their love is threatened “ night candles are burnt out, and jocund day” this metaphor creates a sense of sadness and foreboding.
When it says “ it is some meteor that the sun exhales” the meteor symbalises bad omen present between the two lovers and their destined fate.
“come death and welcome, Juliet wills it so” this shows that romeo is prepared to die for Juliet. This can also be seen as dramatic irony because this is what happenes in the end of the play.
The effect of using romantic and poetic speech is that is creates dramatic tension and anticipation because of the events in the previous scene, Act 3 Scene 4, because the audience has already seen Lord Capulet arrange for Juliet to marry paris.
Juliet is the main focus of Act 3 scene 5 whether it’s at the beginning when she is with Romeo and she’s happy, or whether it’s at the end of scene when it seems like everybody has abandoned and rejected her. In this scene in particular Juliet has to conceal her truest feelings because the other caplets don’t know about Juliet’s marriage to Romeo. In the times that the play was written the expected role of daughters was to be in arranged marriages from the age of about 12, and also to be responsive to whatever it is that their father asked them to do. In act 1 scene 3 Juliet is generally obedient and responsive towards her mother and father. Juliet responds politely to her mothers’ mention of marriage although she shows some hesitation “it is an honour that I dream not of”. Also in act 1 scene 3 Juliet doesn’t promise that she will like Paris, this shows that she is a strong willed person “I’ll look to like if looking liking move but no more deep will I endart mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it fly” Juliet has been under a lot of pressure to grow up faster than she should be. Personally I think Juliet is brave in an impossible situation, and am quite sympathetic towards her, because she is being forced to marry somebody that she doesn’t like at the age of 12(?)
In this scene I think lady Capulet comes out of her shell. Personally I think she is always hiding behind lord Capulet, whereas in this scene she takes responsibility for what she is saying. Lady Capulet seems to have a lack of parental love for Juliet; I think this is because she had the nurse bring up Juliet instead of bringing her up herself. The way that lady Capulet acts in act1 scene 3 is that she wants to be involved in Juliet’s upbringing and she also wants to prepare her for marriage, lady Capulet talks quite softly and pleasantly toward Juliet . However whenever lady capulet talks to juliet in front of her husband she seems to be under his influence of not really wanting anything to do with her. In act 3 scene 5 there is a lot of irony brought into what lady capulet says, there is also a strong reference to death and poisning. Lady capulet thinks that juliet is grieving over the death of her cousin Tybalt, but in fact she is crying over the fact that she knows that she is probably never going to see romeo again. When lady capulet says “ I would the fool were married to her grave” this is even more dramtic irony because not long after this juliet fakes her own death and in the end actually does end up taking her own life. When juliet is talking to her mother, she forshadows her own death.
Overall the impact that act 3 scene 5 has on me is quite a sympathetic one. The reason that this scene makes me feel this way is because I feel sorry for juliet, through the way that everyone has just abandoned and rejected her, and she still managed to stay strong. Lady Capulet changes the most throughout the scene because she comes out of her comfort zone and actually starts thinking for herself even if she is still influenced largly by Lord Capulet. The audience are prepared for things to come by juleits last line of the scene
“ If all else fails, myself have power to die!”
Kate Gray 10Z
