Romeo And Juliet Act 1 Scene 5 Summary
In William Shakespeare’s tragedy, “Romeo and Juliet”, the opening scene starts with two Capulet men walking through the market when the see some Montague’s in the market with them and because of the feud between the two households a fight is started. The fight is stopped for a second when Benvolio (of the Montague household) comes in and pleads for them to stop fighting but the fight resumes when Tybalt (of the Capulet household) comes in and mocks Benvolio. The fight intensifies after that involving everyone available from both households but is abruptly stopped when Prince Escalus arrives and threatens both households by saying if they disturb the peace once more the masters of each house will be severely punished. The scene then ends when
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Lady Capulet then introduces the prospect of marriage to Count Paris to Juliet. Juliet then agrees if she likes him she will move forward in the relationship with her mother’s consent.
In the next scene, Romeo and his friends are getting ready to go to the party hosted by Lord Capulet by getting masks ready in order to go into the party without getting into trouble. Romeo talks about how dreams prophesy which leads to a dialogue delivered by Mercutio (no idea what household he is part of) which mocks Romeo and his idea about dreams prophesying. They then head to the party after which Romeo foreshadows his death.
In the last scene Act I, Romeo and his friends arrive at the party where Lord Capulet establishes he used to be a masker and is happy that Romeo and his friends carried on the tradition. Tybalt recognizes Romeo by his voice and complains to Lord Capulet but Lord Capulet says Romeo is a good person and Tybalt storms off saying he will avenge this offense. Romeo later meets Juliet and kisses her and then they find out that they are of different households and say this is tragic that they can’t love because of the
Lady Capulet then introduces the prospect of marriage to Count Paris to Juliet. Juliet then agrees if she likes him she will move forward in the relationship with her mother’s consent.
In the next scene, Romeo and his friends are getting ready to go to the party hosted by Lord Capulet by getting masks ready in order to go into the party without getting into trouble. Romeo talks about how dreams prophesy which leads to a dialogue delivered by Mercutio (no idea what household he is part of) which mocks Romeo and his idea about dreams prophesying. They then head to the party after which Romeo foreshadows his death.
In the last scene Act I, Romeo and his friends arrive at the party where Lord Capulet establishes he used to be a masker and is happy that Romeo and his friends carried on the tradition. Tybalt recognizes Romeo by his voice and complains to Lord Capulet but Lord Capulet says Romeo is a good person and Tybalt storms off saying he will avenge this offense. Romeo later meets Juliet and kisses her and then they find out that they are of different households and say this is tragic that they can’t love because of the