A Report On Romeo Juliet English Language Essay

What methods does Shakespeare use to show the characters feelings and thoughts in Act 3, Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet? Explain the scenes importance and consider how different audiences might respond.

Shakespeare wrote the play, ‘Romeo & Juliet’ more than 500 years ago and he used many techniques to make it interesting. Using techniques in a play is really important because it makes the play effective and also makes the reader understand the play better. Shakespeare uses a variety of techniques to show the characters feelings in Act 3, Scene 5 of ‘Romeo & Juliet. For example, Shakespeare uses insults, antitheses, list, ambiguous statements and many more.

In Act 3, Scene 5, Lord Capulet wants Juliet to marry Paris as he is lovely and honourable person. Previously, he was extremely happy as his only daughter is going to get married. But when she says, ‘No’ then the mood of Lord Capulet’s changes drastically, therefore his mood goes from happy to angry, soft to harsh and weak to strong.

Furthermore, Shakespeare uses many techniques to express Lord Capulet’s anger with Juliet. One of the techniques that Lord Capulet says to Juliet is insults. This is when in Act 3, Scene 5 he says, “Out, you green-sickness carrion! Out, you baggage! You tallow-face! ” By saying this he implies that Juliet is a burden and a disease to him. Here Lord Capulet is being extremely rude by humiliating his only own daughter like this.

Lord Capulet’s daughter, Juliet, is the most important character in this scene as it is primarily based on her. Shakespeare shows Juliet’s emotions by using statements with double meaning (ambiguous statements). For example, when Juliet says, “Delay this marriage for a month, a week,” Lady Capulet thinks that she is too young and needs some time. But what she actually means is that she needs some time to think about what she is going to do, to be able to be with Romeo.

Juliet’s mum, Lady Capulet is antagonised by Juliet’s reply because she said “No” which was reply that nobody has imagined. This is clear when Juliet asks Lady Capulet for help but she replies, “Talk to me not for I’ll not speak a word”. This is just like saying, “Talk to my hand, not to my face”. This clearly shows how rude, arrogant and abusive Lady Capulet is.

The Nurse, on the other hand, is really worried about Juliet because she is already married and her parents are forcing her to marry Paris. When the Nurse says, “I think it best you married the county. O, He’s a lovely gentleman!”, she uses vocative because she is really apprehensive about Juliet getting married to Paris, as she is already married to Romeo.

In this text an exclamation mark is used and punctuation is really important when writing a play as the reader can know how characters can say their dialogues. For example, “Hang thee, young baggage! disobedient wretch!” Here Shakespeare uses a comma, to show there is a pause in the dialogue. Also, he uses exclamation marks, which tells the reader that Lord Capulet says the dialogue in a harsh way.

Moreover, it also depends on the audience how they will interpret and react to the dialogue. For example, when Lord Capulet say “hang, thee, beg, starve, die in the streets.” There is a techniques used her which is list. Also, if there were modern audiences then they would interpret this as Lord Capulet being very harsh on his daughter but on the other hand the Shakespeare audiences will interpret as Lord Capulet doing the right thing and considering that Juliet is the one who is wrong because in those times there were more arrange marriages than love marriages.

Lord Capulet also tries to gather sympathy from the modern and Shakespeare audiences. For example, when Capulet says, “Day, night, hour, tide, time, work, play, alone, in company.” He is saying that he has looked after and cared for Juliet for every bit of his life. Also, this text from the play is a technique, which is called list. Capulet says this so he can gather sympathy from the audiences. He will get sympathy from the Shakespeare audience because in Shakespearean time the father chooses the groom for the bride. On the other hand, the modern audience will sympathise with Juliet because they think that a women have the right to choose her groom. After all she is the one who is going to be married and spend her life with her husband.

In conclusion, using techniques in a play is really important for a play, as it gives the play a new layout. Also, Shakespeare puts the characters’ thoughts and feelings in their speech. He builds up dramatic tension between characters which conveys their emotions and therefore portrays their relationship.