Romeo & Juliet Act 3 scene 5 By: Alimatou Sadiya Ndiaye TABLE OF CONTENTS PART 1: Themes PART 2: Characterization PART 3: Literary devices PART 4: Language PART 5: Criticism PART 6: Real-world examples PART 1: THEMES 1.1- disownment After refusing to marry Paris, Capulet threatens to disown Juliet 1.2- Danger Throughout this scene, Romeo faces the danger of execution if he is to be caught. 1.3 Sun and Moon Most people prefer the sun, which symbolizes joy, peace, and health; our lovers, on the other hand, prefer the moon as it is the night’s emblem. The only time their love is allowed to thrive. 1.4- Love vs Power In Romeo and Juliet, men with important positions (such as prince or head of household) retain supreme power that triumphs over the power that love creates. Throughout the play, men prove their greater power over women. However, throughout the play, their love simply enlarges the chasm between households, and even between members of the same family. Ironically, it is only when Romeo and Juliet commit suicide, thereby releasing any power they had previously had from their love, do the Capulets and Montagues finally reconcile. This shows that when love’s power clashed with the household’s power, the household power prevailed. But, when the power of love was vanquished, the households were able to forgive each other. Juliet’s forced marriage to Paris is yet another instance in which love’s power deteriorates. Juliet begs Lady Capulet to “delay this marriage for a month, a week, or, if you do not, make the bridal bed in that dim monument where Tybalt lies”. This shows loss of control and power Juliet has of her love, compared to that of her household. PART 2: CHARACTERIZATION 2.1. Major ROUND CHARACTERS a. Juliet Juliet is the play's youngest character at just 13 years old. She is the daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet. She has no ability to change her own destiny because she is a young girl. She has not considered marriage at the start of the play, but over the course of 2 days (in our time), she narrowly avoids an undesired union with Paris and dies as a result of a hidden one with Romeo. She turns away from being a daughter to take on the role of a wife. changing from being obedient to rebellious, truthful to deceitful, and from a teenager to a woman. b. Romeo The son of Lord and Lady Montague, Romeo, transforms from a young lover to Juliet's husband. Romeo commits himself, much like Juliet, in order to be loyal to his wife even after his death. His freedom as a young man and a Montague causes some of the play's most significant acts of violence, including his murder of Tybalt, which accelerates the plot's downward spiral. Romeo has more influence over his life than Juliet has as a man, but his authority is constrained by his youth and inexperience as well as his connections to the institutions that direct and dominate him. 2.2. Major Flat CHARACTERs a. The Nurse The nurse has good intentions, but her influence is far smaller than Friar Lawrence's. As a result of her ignorance of the depth of Juliet's love for Romeo, she unintentionally aids in the tragedy. She helps Romeo and Juliet marry, which deepens their love for one another. She later earns Juliet's scathing rejection when she advises her to embrace Paris as a superior suitor. On a more positive note, the nurse also honors the sexual component of interpersonal relationships, particularly marriage. Juliet and Romeo probably wouldn't have enjoyed a wedding night without her help. b. Capulet Lord Capulet, head of one of two dominant fighting families whose influence over others results in several deaths, plays a significant part in the drama. Lord Capulet, who is Juliet's father, occasionally shows her love and respect but is frequently infuriated by her challenges to his power. He threatens to disown her and let her starve in the street out of anger at her attempts to reject him and reject Paris. By the play's conclusion, her untimely death renders him speechless. He has lost because his authority was shown to be faulty. 2.3. Minor Flat CHARACTER Lady Capulet Due to her apparent fear of her husband and her lack of maternal affection for her daughter, Lady Capulet comes out as rather a timid, ignorant, and selfcentered figure. She fails to remember Juliet's age throughout the play, and their official connection serves to highlight their separation. 2.4. Character TRAITS evolution CHARACTER JULIET PAST gentle, eager, rebellious PRESENT impatient, rash, romantic, stubborn, steadfast FUTURE Does not have one ROMEO Capulet LADY CAPULET THE NURSE sensitive, poetic, foolish, gentlemanly, passionate social, paternal, stern social, paternal, stern, impatient Still the same but is a little more tolerant forthright, reserved, self-centered forthright, reserved, self-centered A little bit sympathetic She appears to be a bit aloof and an overprotective mother hen protective, loyal, strong-willed, confident, critical, intelligent protective, loyal, strong-willed, confident, critical, intelligent Does not have one PART 3: Literary Devices 3.1. METAPHOR a. "Envious streaks do lace the severing clouds" b. "Night's candles are burnt out" c. "Let day in and let life out" d. "Out, you green-sickness carrion! Out, you baggage, You tallow-face!" e. "Out, you green-sickness carrion! Out, you baggage, You tallow-face!" 3.2. FORESHADOWING a. "Make the bridal bed in that dim monument where Tybalt lies." b. "I have an ill-divining soul. Methinks I see thee now, thou art so low as one dead in the bottom of a tomb." 3.3. Personification a. "It is the lark that sings so out of tune" b. "Dry sorrow drinks our blood" 3.4. IMAGERY a. "More and more light, more dark and dark our woes!" 3.5. IRONY a. "I would the fool were married to her grave!" b. "No man like he doth grieve my heart" 3.6. EXAGGERATION a. "In a minute there are many days" 3.7. REPETITION a. "How, how, how, how?" 3.8. Speech marks a. "'Proud', and 'I thank you', and 'I thank you not', and yet 'not proud'?" 3.9. about the Narrator The play Romeo and Juliet does not have a narrator but Romeo often talks about himself trying to tell the audience his feelings about things. This is the same idea as a 1st person's point of view in a story. PART 4: LANGUAGE 4.1. TONE Romeo and Juliet has a compassionate tone that acknowledges the young lovers' predicament. The play's equal emphasis on eternal love and sexual desire offers a realistic, sympathetic approach to their narrative. 4.2. LANGUAGE Shakespeare uses a large variety of poetic forms throughout the play. He begins with a 14-line prologue in the form of a Shakespearean sonnet. Like this sonnet, much of Romeo and Juliet is written in iambic pentameter, with ten syllables of alternating stress in each line. PART 5: Criticism According to the majority of Goodread's Romeo & Juliet page, the play is "a horror story for the parents of teenagers" and "all the characters act like idiots." The plot is "boring," "incredibly unrealistic," and "not a love story," Romeo is "a fickle crybaby" and Juliet is naive, too young, and "way too anxious to take her panties off." Modern readers are furious that these teenagers fall in love so quickly, furious that Romeo liked another girl before Juliet, and furious that the kids disobey their families in order to be together after meeting just once. The word "emo" is frequently employed. PART 6: REAL EXAMPLE Irini Karra and Vangelis Karras both fell in love in June, but their families forbade them from getting married. So they arranged a suicide pact and ended up in a barn in Iarepetra, Crete, with Vangelis making one last phone call to his uncle. Police discovered Vangelis dead and his adolescent cousin, who is still in serious condition in the hospital, in a coma. Greek law requires parental consent before anybody under the age of 18 may get married. BIBLIOGRAPHY Act 3 Scene 5. (n.d.). Quizlet. https://quizlet.com/gb/290773963/act3-scene-5-flash-cards/ Act 3, Scene 5. (2022, May 23). myShakespeare. https://myshakespeare.com/romeo-and-juliet/act-3-scene-5 CityNews. (2007, November 1). https://toronto.citynews.ca/2007/11/01/real-life-romeo-and-juliettragedy-sparks-sadness overseas/#:~:text=Vangelis%20Karras%20and%20Irini%20Karra,Kar ra%20made%20a%20suicide%20pact Goodreads. (n.d.). Goodreads. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18135.Romeo_and_Juliet Romeo and Juliet - Act 3, Scene 5. (n.d.). Course Hero. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Romeo-and-Juliet/act-3-scene-5summary/ Romeo and Juliet Introduction (Book): Language. (n.d.). https://learnbps.bismarckschools.org/mod/book/view.php? id=89430&chapterid=37740#:~:text=Shakespeare%20uses%20a%20la rge%20variety,alternating%20stress%20in%20each%20line.
