Month: October 2014

Characters: Benvolio, Mercutio, Tybalt, Romeo

Setting: streets of Verona

Events: Benvolio and Mercutio walk the streets and Benvolio suggests that they go indoors because he thought a fight would be unavoidable if they came face to face with Capulet men.

Later on, they bump into Tybalt, and speak to him. Mercutio starts to provoke Tybalt. Romeo enters and refuses to fight Tybalt after all of the contreversy they’ve been through so Mercutio steps up, as the fight commences, Romeo steps in between them and tries to stop it. In a quick flash, Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo’s arm and kills him. While Mercutio is dying he curses both the Capulet and Montague households.

After Mercutio’s death, Romeo fights and kills Tybalt.

Quote: ” A plague o’both your houses” Mercutio

Scene 4

Characters: Benvolio, Mercutio, Nurse, Romeo

Setting: street in Verona

Events: Benvolio and Mercutio are discussing the challenge that Tybalt had given them. Romeo joins them… Until the nurse finds him. Tybalt sends Romeo a message ” I’ll beat you up with my sword” When the nurse arrives… They take the mick out of her appearance… Flirting and talking dirty. Romeo tells The Nurs that Juliet needs to find an excuse to come to the church where she will marry Romeo.

Quote: These violent delights have violent ends.

Scene 5

Characters: Nurse and Juliet

setting: Orchard

events: Juliet awaits for her nurse for news of Romeo. The nurse plays about with her. Not telling her anything. The nurse cannot hold it in anymore and tells Juliet that Romeo is with friar Lawrence ready to get married. The nurse says that she will fetch a ladder forRomeo to go up on the balcony and spend time with Juliet.

Quote:” Oh my god here she comes! Oh sw?eet nurse, what news do you bring? Have you spoken to him?”

Character: Romeo, Friar Laurence.

setting: Friar Laurence’s cell

Events: Friar laurence is persuaded to  marry Romeo and Juliet. Friar says that romeo was probably having fun with rosalind the night before… Romeo states that he was with another girl from the foes side; Juliet.  Friar delivers a speech about how plants and herbs have potential to be healing.

Quote: ” thy love did read by rote, that could not spell. But come, young waverer, come go with me, in one respect I’ll thy assistant be:

for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancour to pure love.” Friar Laurence.

This is a short scene… But it has some key points.  Romeo seems to let out a lot of enotion when he is alone with Friar. This is probably because the Friar is closest to God from all of the characters…

Romeo is leaded by God, which makes God the creator or controller of the story. This is a factor of Romeo and Juliet which is shown through Romeo’s soliliquiys.

Shakespeare uses many metaphors in Romeo and Juliet. Metaphors are used to make the images described by the author (in this case Shakespeare) more creative and interesting. In Romeo and Juliet metaphors are seen especially when  Romeo talks about the future.

Example:  An example of a metaphor is when Lady Capulet compares Paris to a book. The metaphor here is Lady Capulet describing Paris as a book for Juliet to read.

“This precious book of love, this unbound lover,  to beautify him only lacks a cover.”

Shakespeare is very good at engaging the audience … This is where the language devices come in.  Although his plays  are not in modern day English, he can still create a picture in your mind of the situation.