The Gallop Apace speech is set in Romeo and Juliet just after Romeo has killed Tybalt. This has resulted in him being banished from Verona. This is dramatic irony because we as the audience know this but Juliet does not and continues to gush about their happy future together as she waits for him to return to her to consummate their marriage. This builds up the suspense as we wander what might happen when Juliet finds out that her newly wed husband has killed her dear cousin Tybalt. We know that everything in this speech is unlikely to materlise and therefore it foreshadows their impending death.
This speech is a soliloquy which a speech made by one person is talking to themselves and/or the audience to analyse their own feelings. This
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Phoebus was the sun god and Phaeton was his son. Phaeton wanted to drive his father’s magnificent sun carriage across the sky. Phoebus forbade this because he deemed it too dangerous, but his unruly son ignored and did it anyway. Phaeton loses control of “the fiery footed steeds” and crashed tragically killing himself and scorching the earth. This foreshadows the lover’s death and hints that when they do die it will affect many people in many ways. The contemporary Shakespearean audience is a lot more likely to understand this reference then a audience today so they would understand this and what it implies.
Throughout the speech there are constant references to night. Night is normally associated with a negative conations because especially in the Tudor times but Juliet is referring to it in a positive manner. She sees it as the “love-performing night”. This juxtaposition is due to her strong passionate feelings for Romeo and her want (or as she would see it, need) to consummate their marriage. This need is emphasized with the constant use of imperatives. “Come” “Give me” and “Bring” are all examples of these. They show the urgency Juliet feels to see Romeo.
Many metaphors are also used. Juliet talks about “cutting Romeo out in little stars” so she can keep him forever. There is also a lot of falconry and ethereal imagery used. The falconry refers to Juliet’s need to control and be able to summon Romeo at will. “Hood my unmann’d
Romeo is wrapped up in his feelings for Juliet,
This soliloquy depicts Juliet’s emotions in the way that reveals her flourishing love for Romeo even if it means her possible demise. The images that begin to grow in Juliet’s mind represents her overwhelm of fear. Shakespeare’s use of imagery and repetition regarding evil and terror emphasizes this concept of Juliet’s hysterical state of mind. The aspect of repetition also reveals the wandering emotions that Juliet has for Tybalt, her close cousin, in which Romeo did murder. Juliet’s distress begin to consume every ounce of her sanity as she worries of being buried alive and waking up before she is meant to. Her anxiety of so early waking and “pluck[ing] the mangled Tybalt from his shroud” indirectly expresses her emotions of guilt and sorrow for the death of her cousin (IV, iv, 39). The many references to Tybalt, such as when Juliet claims that
In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, about two love struck teenagers whom aren’t able to be together due to their families feud/ social situation. There are two key themes that of love and hate. Before Romeo and Juliet meet, the audience is only aware that he is a Montague and that she is a Capulet. This adds to the scene being so dramatically effective as do other happenings throughout the length of the scene. These include the speech of Capulet and the happy and joyous mood of the party, The romantic speech of Romeo, The hatred and harshness of Tybalt’s speech, a direct contrast with that of Romeo’s and the drama when the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet first meet.
I have been very sad lately because I love Roseline, but she doesn't love me back. "Ay me! sad hours seem long. Was that my father that went hence so fast?" Benvolio saw me today so I told him the news. "Bid a sick man in sadness make his will: Ah, word ill urged to one that is so ill! In sadness, cousin, I do love a woman." He took me to the Capulet party. Once, I got there I saw the most beautiful girl named Juliet, but she is a Capulet. "Is she a Capulet? O dear account! my life is my foe's debt."I kissed her and decided to stay after the party with her.
During some of part one, and two, we slowly learn about Romeo and his dilemma. He has fallen in love with beautiful Rosaline and all of his heart is crying out to her. He vows to never see a beauty as fair as her, and complains about the rudeness and pain of love. He allows himself to go to the party with Mercutio and his friends, but remarks he won't have a good time. "I'll go along, no such sight to be shown, But to rejoice in a splendor of mine own." That is until he sees Juliet. Instantly he forgets all of his lamenting for Rosaline love, and proclaims Juliet is the most beautiful thing he has ever seen. "O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright. It seems she hangs on the cheek of night, like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear; Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear! So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows. The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand, And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand. Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night."
During The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, Friar Lawrence uses emotion to persuade Romeo to reconsider his rash deed. The friar asks Romeo a rhetorical question to make Romeo doubt his manly hood. Near the end of his advice filled speech the friar uses alliteration to portray Romeo’s selfishness.
Romeo’s soliloquy about Juliet says, “Juliet is the sun. Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon”(2.2.4). This metaphor exemplifies the beauty that Romeo sees in Juliet. By saying that she is the “sun” he shows how much she stands out to him; shining brighter and higher than all others. This demonstrates Romeo’s deep connection to Juliet and no one else. At the first sight of Juliet, Romeo is very intrigued and he says, “The brightness in her cheeks would shame all those stars” (2.2.19-20). Romeo uses a metaphor to prove that she is shining, bright, high, and beautiful. He feels that she would “shame those stars” with her profound beauty, the thing that stands out most to him. Even when Romeo and Juliet know that things may become difficult between them Romeo says: “For stony limits cannot hold love out”(2.2.72). This personification shows how Romeo's desire for Juliet will not be stopped by anything. If “stoney limits” will not stop Romeo’s love for Juliet, he believes he will never let anything get between them. Through Shakespeare's use of figurative language, Romeo’s feelings for Juliet are
do all the things he did which led to his death. He said that she
In the play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare used a fair amount of figurative language to express the feelings between Romeo and Juliet. The young minded individuals start to fall in love at a quick pace. Juliet and Romeo have uncontrolled feelings for each other and this causes them to make irrational decisions. Romeo uses metaphors and similes to compare Juliet to some of earth’s most beautiful things. Romeo declares that “It is the east, and Juliet is the sun”, by doing this he is showing Juliet’s beauty. He persuades her to come out of her bedroom by saying “Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon.” He used the moons credibility to show how he feels towards Juliet and manipulate her to come out onto the balcony to see him. While
Noble and treasured citizens of our fair city Verona, I stand here today in front of you all, in light of recent events, to mourn the loss of a cherished child of God. Today we look back upon the life and times of the ever revered Romeo Montague, who was loved so graciously by friends and family and who I loved like a son of my own. And while God has taken Romeo from us too young, we can still learn from the actions he taught us and ensure that his legacy shall stand the test of time and forever live on.
In Act II, Scene II, lines 2‐7, how is Romeo using metaphor to describe Juliet’s beauty?
The soliloquy in Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, starts in act 2, scene 3 and is told by Friar Lawrence, a priest of a catholic church in Verona. The setting is in a garden or greenhouse, early in the morning. He is holding a basket as he picks poisonous weeds and medicinal flowers. As he picks the plants, he talks to himself about the earth and nature. He talks about how nature creates many different kinds of herbs, plants, and stones that possess their own unique qualities.
One of Shakespeare's use literary devices can be a soliloquy (an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play) can be found in Act IV Scene III lines 22-60. In this scene Juliet is fearing for her life when she receives the Friar’s serum, which is supposed to make her fall asleep for 24 hours so she can miss the day of the wedding with Paris, but instead of thinking of the positives, Juliet starts thinking about the negative outcomes, such as her dying from the serum, or that she would awaken too soon and she would still need to marry Paris, or Romeo not being there to open the coffin in time and she would awaken suffocating.
Shakespeare utilizes Juliet and the falling action to further depict how fate and destiny can be manipulated depending on fatal encounters with love. Juliet falls victim to loving Romeo and she tweaks her fate because she becomes emotionally attached and would do anything to be with him. She’s in love with Romeo and her actions depicts the feelings she has for him. Juliet’s falling more and more
The speech is a very important to the Tale of Romeo and Juliet as it serves as foreshadowing for their future relationship. Before the speech, Romeo mentioned that he had a dream, and during