Act 1 Scene 5 Of Romeo And Juliet Essay

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Explore the ways that Shakespeare makes Act 1 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet dramatically effective William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is a love story about two teenagers who fall in love with each other, "two star struck lovers". There are many themes in this play but in Act 1 Scene 5 the two key themes are Love and Hate. The love shared by the youngest of each house hold and the hate shared throughout the two households. The audience don't know much about Romeo and Juliet at first, all they know is that Romeo is from the Montague household and Juliet is from the Capulet household and that both of these households are high in status. In this scene the audience expect Juliet to meet Paris and for her to make her judgement on him to weather or not she will marry Paris, "Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face, And find delight writ there with beauty's pen; Examine every married lineament. They will also expect Romeo to meet Rosaline again and for there love to continue. Shakespeare opens up Act 1 Scene 5…show more content…
This reaction from Tybalt shows us that the bad feelings shown are mainly held upon the younger generations rather than the older generations. Capulet tries to calm Tybalt down by telling Tybalt that Romeo isn't such a bad person "And to say truth, Verona brags of him, to be a virtuous and well-governed youth.", and tells Tybalt that a party is not the place to cause trouble "It is my will, the which if thou respect, Show a fair presence, and put off these frowns". This just makes Tybalt more aggressive and he says "He shall be endured". Capulet uses 2 rhetorical questions "Am I the master here, or you? Go to!, You'll not endure him? God shall mend my soul"

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