The Dramatic Effectiveness of Act 1 Scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Furthermore, Romeo and Juliet’s love changes their personalities, which further contributes to the theme of love within the story. At the beginning of the play, Juliet is a young girl who is very faithful to her family, and compliant to her elders. This is exemplified in Act 1, Scene 3 when Juliet is called by the nurse and comes forth at once saying “How Now! Who calls?” and also when she refers to her mother as “Madam”. When Juliet meets Romeo, however, her faithfulness to her family is no longer the most important thing to her. Juliet’s family, the Capulet’s, and Romeo’s family, the Montagues are foes, so the mere fact that Juliet would even associate with a Montague, let alone fall in love, shows her loss of devotion to the family. Meeting Romeo also helps Juliet to mature, she changes from being passive and not wanting to love a man, to being in love and wanting to start a relationship. “My only love, sprung from my only hate.” (Act 1, Scene 5) Romeo is also matured by the relationship between him and Juliet. Romeo’s first love towards Rosaline is lustful love but when Romeo meets Juliet, it is true, passionate love that Romeo is looking for.

William Shakespeare was one of the most acclaimed writers from the Elizabethan era producing many famous plays such as Hamlet, Macbeth and of course Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet was one of his more famous and renowned plays, telling the tragic story of two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, describing how their love story lead to their fated deaths. Act 5 Scene 3 is one of the most tragic and influential scenes in the play, which significantly impacts the overall theme of tragedy in this play. Throughout this speech, this scene will be deconstructed and analysed to examine how the language features, themes and plot contribute to the overall tragedy of this play.

Romeo seems to be miserable as he is in love with Rosaline yet Rosaline is not in love with him. Once Romeo learns that the Capulet’s are holding a party at which Rosaline is attending he risks his life just to be with the one he loves. Romeo is passionate for love.

The play, Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is about a tragedy of two star crossed lovers who want nothing more than to be together forever. “…Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” (2.2.35-36) Romeo, a Montague, who is young and passionate, meets Juliet at a Capulet party. When they meet, it’s love at first sight. Juliet, a Capulet, is a beautiful young lady tired of being controlled by her father, Lord Capulet. The two families are in a never ending feud that comes between Romeo and Juliet’s love. In the course of four and a half days, Romeo and Juliet plan their marriage with the help of Priest Friar Laurence and Juliet’s Nurse. After the couple is married,

As we go on in the play of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ we discover that the

            In the beginning of the play we are introduced to two characters, Sampson and Gregory. Itching for a fight, they believe they have as much responsibility to defend the name Capulet as their masters do. "The quarrel is between

Within layers of bloodshed, mutiny, and abhorrence, bloomed the tragedy of two young lovers. From the very first time they met, they immediately became infatuated with each other. In 1597, William Shakespeare published one of his most well-known plays. It reveals the story of a forbidden love that sparks between the son and daughter of two feuding families in Verona, Italy. After merely hours of experiencing “love at first sight”, they elope in secret. Their young lives are tragically cut short when toxic brawls and the deaths of their companions shortly bring misfortune to them.  In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare demonstrates through his use of dramatic irony and the rapid pace of the plot that events should naturally follow their own pace without the intervention of other influences. Furthermore, other interruptions may negatively impact the movement of situations and damage the original outcome.

Shakespeare indicates the sincere affections of Romeo towards Juliet through their dialogue in the balcony scene, Act 2 Scene 2. Juliet soon teaches Romeo how to love properly and from then Romeo flourishes to appreciate the true meaning of love. A strong example of this is in the balcony scene, at which Romeo in his own peril tries to see Juliet. He sets the foundation of this scene when he begins to compare Juliet to all sorts of things of great beauty. He sees Juliet as light and calls her ‘the Sun…’ He claims that even the moon, the traditional symbol for a woman's beauty and purity, is envious of Juliet. This characterization is not merely dramatic. The use of these superlatives is meant to convey Romeo's deep feelings. When compared to his earlier characterization of Rosaline, Romeo's tribute to Juliet takes on even more significance. The difference between what Romeo says of Rosaline and what he says in the "But soft" speech about Juliet emphasises his adoration even more. His characterization of Rosaline commences with the traditional

On the second floor of the Capulet Mansion, Juliet’s balcony, where I got the golden opportunity to interview her, offers a stunning view of the Capulet gardens. Juliet has turned down most interviews with the press seeing that she has had an emotional roller coaster after finding out that Romeo (her newlywed husband) had just killed her cousin, Tybalt, after Tybalt murdered Mercutio (Romeo’s closest friend). Juliet, in an unstable condition quietly sits down with pale-red, swollen eyes and answers

In Act 1:5 Romeo and Juliet finally meet after all this time and all the events that have been happening. The Capulet party was organized especially for Paris and Juliet, but it was 'invaded' by the Montagues. We get to see Capulet in a happy, spiritual and celeb-rational way and Tybalt being angry and furious with the fact that he saw and heard Romeo in the party. Romeo and Juliet look at each other and stare at each other, while Tybalt is trying to tell Capulet about the Montagues being at their party. Eventually Romeo and Juliet get to finally touch and feel each other, and their meeting was filled with love, excitement, no hesitation and passion.

In Romeo and Juliet, the infamous tragedy written by William Shakespeare, two star-crossed-lovers from feuding households (Montague and Capulet) meet a grim end. Throughout the text, a dramatic foil is developed between the character, Romeo, and Mercutio, his best friend. Romeo is extremely passionate about everything in his life while Mercutio is more of a skeptic, meaning he takes time to think about things before believing them. Shakespeare makes their differences evident through their contrasting views on life that are displayed in scene four of act one. Romeo, who is deeply in love with a maiden named Rosaline, expresses

did not have mutual feelings for him . To get his mind off of things , his cousin Benvolio suggested they go to the Capulet party and have a little bit of fun . Romeo disagreed at first because he of course knew that the Capulets did not like Montagues and vise versa , but once he found out that it was a masquerade party and no one would know who he was , he agreed to go . Once again , this backs up how he was still thinking like a teenager and and embracing his true ways , or should I say old ways .

The scene where Romeo and Juliet died had strong dramatic tension. The actors used there space very well for this scene (since they had very limited space), had very emotional language and used there props very well to create a very unexpected and an emotional (sad) scene.

Our group chose Act 3 Scene 5 of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to represent conflict. This scene shows Juliet being told the news of her engagement to Paris and her father Capulet’s reaction to her rejection of this offer. Juliet’s internal conflict and man versus man conflict are the main themes of this scene. I play the role of Capulet, Juliet’s father. The role of Capulet in this scene incorporates anger, disgust and rejection. I have represented this role by using dramatic techniques accompanied by cinematic techniques to show Capulet’s internal and external conflict. My roles as a group member involve filming, editing, music and assisting in the adaption of the script.

Exploration of the Ways that Shakespeare Makes Act One Scene Five of Romeo and Juliet Dramatically Effective