Plot Summary Of 'The Night Sky's Story'
The Night Sky’s Story
Act five scene three opens up with the suspense but ends with an unsettling resolve to the plot. Watching Paris, then Romeo entering Juliet’s tomb ultimately foreshadows the
The scene will open up in the Capulet’s mausoleum cobweb covered corners along with worms and insects scurrying in a gloomy and concrete walled corridor, ready to swallow any disoriented incomers. Further down the hallway lays Juliet, with a stone door that leads into her chamber. The set will include no light source, therefore as the scene starts with Paris and his page entering the catacomb, the one torch will illuminate the faces of the actors and instantly draw the audience’s attention. Soon, the page exits hurriedly from his frightening master, …show more content…
He catches his breath from his hurry as he orders Balthasar around. After Balthasar leaves, Romeo’s headstrong side is revealed as he attempts to force Juliet’s tomb door with his crowbar. Once breaking in, Paris jumps forward and fearlessly challenges Romeo to a duel after misunderstanding the Montague’s presence as Paris rages, “Stop thy unhallowed toil, vile Montague. / Can vengeance be pursued further than death?” (5.3.54-55) After provoking Romeo and eventually Paris’s death, Romeo rushes to his love’s side with his torch to glimpse Juliet’s face tears already forming in his eyes and crying, “For here lies Juliet, and her beauty makes / this vault a feasting presence full of light” (5.3. 85-86). Romeo once again uses light and dark imagery to describe the radiating Juliet. Emphasizing Juliet as one of the only light sources in the somber room allows the audience to aware of how close the lovers come to finding …show more content…
As Juliet awakens, the friar's eyes also begin to well with guilt as the lady reaches for a nearby torch and scans the room, innocently asking, “O comfortable Friar, where is my lord? / I do remember well where I should be / and there I am. Where is my Romeo?” (5.3.152-155). But a sharp shriek escapes her lips as she realizes that her husband lies newly dead upon her lap. She hysterically starts shaking Romeo, hoping he will wake, until she accepts the truth and thrusts his dagger into his
Act five scene three opens up with the suspense but ends with an unsettling resolve to the plot. Watching Paris, then Romeo entering Juliet’s tomb ultimately foreshadows the
The scene will open up in the Capulet’s mausoleum cobweb covered corners along with worms and insects scurrying in a gloomy and concrete walled corridor, ready to swallow any disoriented incomers. Further down the hallway lays Juliet, with a stone door that leads into her chamber. The set will include no light source, therefore as the scene starts with Paris and his page entering the catacomb, the one torch will illuminate the faces of the actors and instantly draw the audience’s attention. Soon, the page exits hurriedly from his frightening master, …show more content…
He catches his breath from his hurry as he orders Balthasar around. After Balthasar leaves, Romeo’s headstrong side is revealed as he attempts to force Juliet’s tomb door with his crowbar. Once breaking in, Paris jumps forward and fearlessly challenges Romeo to a duel after misunderstanding the Montague’s presence as Paris rages, “Stop thy unhallowed toil, vile Montague. / Can vengeance be pursued further than death?” (5.3.54-55) After provoking Romeo and eventually Paris’s death, Romeo rushes to his love’s side with his torch to glimpse Juliet’s face tears already forming in his eyes and crying, “For here lies Juliet, and her beauty makes / this vault a feasting presence full of light” (5.3. 85-86). Romeo once again uses light and dark imagery to describe the radiating Juliet. Emphasizing Juliet as one of the only light sources in the somber room allows the audience to aware of how close the lovers come to finding …show more content…
As Juliet awakens, the friar's eyes also begin to well with guilt as the lady reaches for a nearby torch and scans the room, innocently asking, “O comfortable Friar, where is my lord? / I do remember well where I should be / and there I am. Where is my Romeo?” (5.3.152-155). But a sharp shriek escapes her lips as she realizes that her husband lies newly dead upon her lap. She hysterically starts shaking Romeo, hoping he will wake, until she accepts the truth and thrusts his dagger into his