Explain how you would direct a section of Act 3 scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet for a modern audience. In your answer you should focus on how Juliet would be presented in this scene and how the scene would be acted?
Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play, which embodies the true spirit of love and destiny. The play shows fate, premonition, violence and vengeance while two lovers pine for each other. It shows how love can be over powering which would supersede all other values and loyalties. Lovers are forced to dissent their entire social world, e.g. when Romeo leaves his friends to see Juliet and when Juliet says that she may no longer be a Capulet. It highlights how some traditional families can enforce their traditions on their children, as the future develops so does the minds of young people, they feel more entitled to their own opinion and this could however get in the way of the family’s claim and create difficulties between parents and children [parents not understanding and children disobeying]. This play also highlights how women are portrayed to not be equal -Juliet being dominated and controlled by her possessive father, and when Mrs Capulet agrees to what ever Mr Capulet says.
The play’s main ideas are relevant to today, as in many parts of the world arranged marriages can still be an issue with children, as society is changing their independence is too. Many of the situations which are shown in the play, the audience can relate to; as most have been involved in similar situations [forced arranged marriages, being involved in an infuriating and difficult argument etc]. Seeing how the characters in the play dealt with the issue can somewhat help the audience to understand and learn from visual experience. Majority of people would say they have fallen in ‘love’ at least once in their life, people have always been in a situation where their parents have played a big role in their life in making a life changing decision, -this however could not