Shakespeare's Response To The Lovers In Romeo And Juliet
Yr 10 Romeo and Juliet coursework
How does Shakespeare shape your response to the lovers' first meeting in Act 1 Scene 5?
Shakespeare shapes our response to the lovers' first meeting in many ways. He continuously drops clues about their marriage in every scene leading to their first meeting and uses many different techniques and devices. An example of a device used is the chorus. The play was set in Verona, Italy. The story of Romeo and Juliet was around a long time before Shakespeare's version. Although Shakespeare used the original version he added his own bits as well. It was only about 1595-1596 before the story was both written and performed on stage.
The prologue was delivered by the chorus in the form of a sonnet. Sonnets were …show more content…
He does this to tell the audience that the hatred between these two families is intense and to grab the attention of the audience by opening dramatically. Shakespeare makes the exchanges between the characters short and insulting, therefore the play moves very quickly. The Elizabethan audience would have got very involved with the play, they may have thrown things at characters they disliked. Shakespeare creates drama by having the characters making rude and insulting gestures. In this first Scene, there are three key characters introduced. These characters are, Tybalt, Benvolio and Romeo. The first impression we get of Tybalt is he his very short tempered, is very aggressive and is prepared to murder we know this as his sentences are very short and in these short sentences he includes words to do with death. Benvolio however is the totally opposite to Tybalt. He wants to make peace. We know this as he says I do but keep the peace'. Our first impression of Romeo is that he is immature and confused as he thinks he is in love. Romeo thinks he is in love with Rosaline at the beginning of the play. The theme of courtly love is introduced. Courtly love was popular in Elizabethan times, it means when you think you love someone but they do not return this love. Courtly love involved: Admiring a woman from far, Thinking/talking about her beauty, saying all the things you would do to prove your love and finally looking and acting like …show more content…
Lord Capulet agrees for them to meet and invites Paris to a party at the Capulet house. A list is given by lord Capulet to a servant who can not read or write, which contains the names of people invited to the party. Romeo and his friends get hold of this list and see that Rosaline is invited, they decide to gatecrash. Shakespeare puts many obstacles in the way of Romeo and Juliet's marriage. Shakespeare shapes our response by adding obstacles in Romeo and Juliet's way. County Paris acts as an obstacle as he is something in the way of Romeo and Juliet; we know Romeo and Juliet marry from the prologue. As in the prologue the theme of fate is again introduced. It was fate that Romeo and his friends got hold of the list. If Romeo had never seen the list, the lovers may not have met the evening they
How does Shakespeare shape your response to the lovers' first meeting in Act 1 Scene 5?
Shakespeare shapes our response to the lovers' first meeting in many ways. He continuously drops clues about their marriage in every scene leading to their first meeting and uses many different techniques and devices. An example of a device used is the chorus. The play was set in Verona, Italy. The story of Romeo and Juliet was around a long time before Shakespeare's version. Although Shakespeare used the original version he added his own bits as well. It was only about 1595-1596 before the story was both written and performed on stage.
The prologue was delivered by the chorus in the form of a sonnet. Sonnets were …show more content…
He does this to tell the audience that the hatred between these two families is intense and to grab the attention of the audience by opening dramatically. Shakespeare makes the exchanges between the characters short and insulting, therefore the play moves very quickly. The Elizabethan audience would have got very involved with the play, they may have thrown things at characters they disliked. Shakespeare creates drama by having the characters making rude and insulting gestures. In this first Scene, there are three key characters introduced. These characters are, Tybalt, Benvolio and Romeo. The first impression we get of Tybalt is he his very short tempered, is very aggressive and is prepared to murder we know this as his sentences are very short and in these short sentences he includes words to do with death. Benvolio however is the totally opposite to Tybalt. He wants to make peace. We know this as he says I do but keep the peace'. Our first impression of Romeo is that he is immature and confused as he thinks he is in love. Romeo thinks he is in love with Rosaline at the beginning of the play. The theme of courtly love is introduced. Courtly love was popular in Elizabethan times, it means when you think you love someone but they do not return this love. Courtly love involved: Admiring a woman from far, Thinking/talking about her beauty, saying all the things you would do to prove your love and finally looking and acting like …show more content…
Lord Capulet agrees for them to meet and invites Paris to a party at the Capulet house. A list is given by lord Capulet to a servant who can not read or write, which contains the names of people invited to the party. Romeo and his friends get hold of this list and see that Rosaline is invited, they decide to gatecrash. Shakespeare puts many obstacles in the way of Romeo and Juliet's marriage. Shakespeare shapes our response by adding obstacles in Romeo and Juliet's way. County Paris acts as an obstacle as he is something in the way of Romeo and Juliet; we know Romeo and Juliet marry from the prologue. As in the prologue the theme of fate is again introduced. It was fate that Romeo and his friends got hold of the list. If Romeo had never seen the list, the lovers may not have met the evening they