Review of the Balcony Scene in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet The balcony scene is a key part in Romeo and Juliet as it shows there love for each other for the first time. The balcony scene is after the masked ball in that Romeo and Juliet first meet and through the scene they declare their love and promise marriage. The love between Romeo and Juliet is quite sudden as they meet in one night and in that same night they declare their love to each other and decide to get married. The first time Romeo sets eyes on Juliet it seems he is in love as he is keen to ask as much as he can about her. He starts his elaborate descriptions of her before he has even spoken to her, like when he says 'a …show more content…
They also seem to agree as when Juliet says, 'saints do not move, though grant for prayers sake,' which is showing that she is accepting his offer to kiss her as they have been talking about how pilgrims use their hands to kiss and Romeo is saying that they have lips as well. You can tell that they are very fond of each other because they are friendly and flirty towards each other, shown predominantly by the teasing by Juliet and how Romeo twists her words so that it sounds like she wants to kiss him; which she does not object to. Juliet especially flirts with Romeo with her playing with words, whilst he is so open with her but goes along with her 'game.' Juliet then goes away to talk to her mother and Romeo talks to the nurse and finds out she is a Capulet. He is devastated when he finds out as he says, 'O dear account! My life is my foe's debt.' Juliet then returns and talks to her nurse and finds out that Romeo is Montague, which she seems to actually be more upset about than Romeo as she says, 'my only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, that I must have a loathed enemy.' She has exclamation marks after the first two sentences and she uses more dramatic words than Romeo as she says that she loves her
During Act 3, Scene 1, a brawl occurs between Mercutio and Tybalt. In this, Tybalt ends up killing Mercutio by stabbing him from under Romeo’s arm as Romeo tried to stop the fight. Out of revenge for Mercutio’s death, Romeo kills Tybalt. Prince Escalus arrives along with some of the Capulets and Montagues to enquire into the deaths of Tybalt and Mercutio. Benvolio explains what happened and The Prince decided to sentence Romeo to exile from Verona. Romeo deserved to be banished from Verona because he committed murder, which is a serious crime and putting Romeo to death would have escalated the feud between the families.
Lots of music, fast cuts, fantastic cinematography and superb sets and costumes make it the lively tale it was meant to be. These features also make the film somewhat cartoon-like with a lot of heightened realism. Don't expect to see British people prancing around in tights when you rent this one. Luhrmann creates a world where gun-toting youths sport Hawaiian shirts and beachfront brawls are an everyday event.
Furthermore, during the balcony scene, Juliet becomes also responsible for the tragedy which is about to happen; in fact, after declaring her love’s vow to Romeo, she takes the decision of marrying him, and this marriage will become the main cause of their death. Love makes Romeo and Juliet act
The balconey scene in romeo and juliet is a well-remembered scene in romeo and juliet. Although, there are different versions of it in different movies and plays. I’m comparing the balconey scene between the original script and the 1997 movie. There are a lot of differences, with not as many similarities. It seems as a more modern day version…
‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a tragic play about two star crossed lovers written by Shakespeare in 1595. The play is a timeless teenage tradgedy. “The play champions the 16th Century belief that true love always strikes at first sight,” (Lamb 1993: Introduction) and even in modern times an audience still want to believe in such a thing as love at first sight. Act II Scene II the balcony scene displays that romantic notion perfectly.
In the different film adaptations of Romeo and Juliet, Franco Zefirelli best conveys an emotional impact through the set design, blocking, and other theatrical elements. Zefirelli also chooses to have the film in the fourteenth century so that Shakespeare’s diction is comprehensible. From this, Zeffirelli adaptation is best conveys the romantic impact Shakespeare intends to emphasize.
A: He and Juliet are both alive, and the prince changed the law so he might still live.
Shakespeare uses detailed examples to draw clear images of his characters for the audience. Romeo and Juliet is a play about two rival families, the Capulets and the Montagues. Romeo struggles because he is blinded by his love for Juliet and will do anything, even risk death, to see Juliet. Shakespeare uses examples in the story to portray Romeo as an impulsive and passionate character. He demonstrates that he is passionate and impulsive by his inner thoughts and feelings, his actions, and how others view him.
To begin the play, Romeo is already downhearted over the loss of his previous sweetheart, Rosaline. Romeo and his friends secretly decide to a party thrown by his family’s enemy, Capulet. When Romeo arrives at the party in a depressed mood, he has high hopes of seeing Rosaline. Instead he spots Juliet and instantaneously falls in love. In a split second, Romeo transforms from heartbroken to entirely lovesick. From Juliet’s point of view, she is a thirteen year old girl isolated in her home. This party is where she has been told she will meet her future spouse; an older man. The plans for the night take an alternate route. Upon a short conversation between Romeo and Juliet, a passionate kiss occurs. Juliet has no knowledge of Romeo’s marital status, and states that if he is married, “My grave is like to be my wedding bed” (Peele). Clearly the two have quite a bumpy ride ahead of them. Romeo proceeds to sneak back to the
Interpretation of the Balcony Scene by Baz Luhrmann and Franco Zeffirelli of William Shakespreare's Romeo and Juliet
The author, William Shakespeare, efficiently employs various events and characters in the play, Romeo and Juliet, to convey that love conquers all. Through manipulation of Act 2, Scene 2, also renowned as the 'Balcony Scene’, Shakespeare effectively demonstrates how Romeo and Juliet’s love surmounts numerous things, in the play. Additionally, Shakespeare portrays that/how the strength of Romeo’s love for his murdered friend Mercutio, creates a desire for revenge despite potentially receiving death penalty; displaying that Romeo’s love for his friend conquers the fear of death. Furthermore, the final scene also depicts how love triumphs over the terror of death and how the Montague and Capulet parents’ mutual love for their children, Romeo
sea , my love as deep , the more I give to thee , the more I have,
William Shakespeare wrote the play Romeo and Juliet, which is about the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet are forbidden to see one another, due to their families’ feud. The Capulets, Juliet, and Montagues, Romeo, are the enemies in this feud. The question is, were the parents against them? Or were they just trying to protect and make them happy? Shakespeare was born on April 26, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616. When he was eighteen years old, he married Anne Hathaway and has three children, Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet.
The Dramatic Effectiveness of Act 1 Scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet In this essay, I am going to analyse the dramatic effectiveness of Act one Scene five of ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ This is one of the most important scenes of the play as Shakespeare has instantly created an atmosphere of romance and danger, through Lord Capulets banquet, which then sets up a chain of reactions. Romeo and Juliet first meet here, and immediately fall in love from first sight. Their conversation provides a glimpse for the audience of the roles each of them are going
Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life; whose misadventure piteous overthrows. Do with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-marked love, And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their children's end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.