LO. To prepare for Oral on
Act 1 sc.5 in Romeo &
Juliet
Contrast the language of hate,
the language of love and
the language of power
Act 1 sc 5: Language of Passion and Power
Answer the questions.
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Find 4 quotes
power.
Find 4 quotes
hate.
Find 4 quotes
love.
Find 4 quotes
which show Capulet’s
which show Tybalt’s
which show Romeo’s
which show Juliet’s love.
The Capulets
Find 4 quotes which show
Capulet’s power?
“It is my will …put off these frowns”
 “He shall be endured!
What goodman boy! I say he shall, Go to
Am I the master here or you!”
 “You are a saucy boy. Is’t so indeed?
This trick may chance to scathe you. I know what
You must contrary me.”
 “Be quiet or… I’ll make you quiet!”
Capulet uses forceful language, insults and orders.
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Use of Personal Pronouns
“my will”
 “I say”
 “Am I the master here or you!”
 “I know what
You must contrary me.”
 I’ll make you quiet!”
‘I’ set against ‘you’ - expressing conflict.
Emphasis on I, me, my – Capulet’s ego.
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Use of Imperatives –
Orders, Commands
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put off these frowns
Go to (That’s enough!) Go to! Repetition
Be quiet
Be patient. Take no note of him.
Forceful Orders that are not imperatives because
they use he or you in front of them e.g.
“He shall be endured!
Rhetorical Devices
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“Am I the master here or you!”
“Is’t so indeed?”
Questions that don’t expect an answer.
Use of 3 words or 3 phrases
“You’ll make a mutiny among my guests
You’ll set cock-a-hoop! You’ll be the man”
Rhetorical devices are for emphasis
Swearing, Blasphemy
God shall mend my soul
Capulet says Tybalt has made him so angry
by standing up to him that his anger is
sinful!
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Blasphemy is using God’s name or religious
words when you aren’t praying. People do it
to express strong feeling. E.g. Oh my God!
Features of power
language
Use of:
 personal pronouns: I, me, my
 imperatives: giving orders.
 insults: princox, goodman boy
 statements of status: Am I the master
 repetition and emphasis
Tybalt
Find 4 quotes which show
Tybalt’s hate
“Fetch me my rapier, boy.”
 “To strike him dead I hold it not a sin.”
 “A villain that is hither come in spite
To scorn at our solemnities this night.”
 “Patience perforce with wilful choler meeting
/ Makes my flesh tremble / This intrusion
shall … convert to bitterest gall.”
Tybalt sounds barely in control. He is angry
and prejudiced. He using hissing sounds
(sibilance).
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Find the following in
Tybalt’s quotations
Imperatives
 Use of personal pronouns
 Blasphemy
 Insults
 Rhetorical question
What effects do these features have on
the meaning and mood?
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Find features of language of
hate: what are their effects?
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Simple statements of raw feeling
Rhyming couplets
Words of one syllable
Use of plosive sounds: p repeated or b
Use of sibilance: hissing sounds
Use of alliteration (repetition of the first
consonant sound in words near each other
for emphasis or onomatopoeic effects.)
Tybalt: the Embodiment of the Feud
Find 4 quotations to show
Romeo’s love.
“She doth teach the torches to burn bright”
 “She hangs upon the cheek of night Like a
rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear.”
 “So shows a snowy dove trooping with
crows”
 “Did I e’er love till now?...For I ne’er saw
true beauty till this night.”
Romeo uses beautiful figurative language to
convey the effect Juliet has on him.
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What are the effects of
repeated sounds?
Assonance: repeated vowel sound
She, teach, she, cheek, Ethiop’s ear,
beauty, dear
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The “ee” sound suggests Romeo’s
passion, tension and excitement.
Find other examples of assonance and
give their effects.
Consonance & Alliteration
Repeated consonant sounds near each
other: alliteration at the beginning of
words, consonance – anywhere
“She doth teach the torches to burn
bright”
The effects are mainly to emphasise
feeling by repeating similar sounds.
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Features of language of
love
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Figurative imagery – beautiful,
imaginative comparisons: snowy dove
Harmonious sounds, assonance –
repeating a vowel sound e.g. teach,
cheek, Ethiop’s ear, beauty, dear.
Hushed sounds, whispering, soft.
Stichomythia – repeating the words of
another speaker
Find 4 quotes to show
Juliet’s love.
“Saints do not move though grant…”
She is giving him permission to kiss her.
 “Then have my lips the sin that they have
took?” She is begging another kiss.
 “If he be married my grave is like to be my
wedding bed.”
 “My only love sprung from my only hate!”
Romeo & Juliet pick up and use each other’s
words. This is stichomythia. They seem
close.
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Stichomythia
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Stichomythia can emphasise love or
hate. It locks characters in to each
other so they can’t see or hear
anything else.
Tyb: I’ll not endure him!
Cap: He shall be endured!
“And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss”
Stichomythia: the kiss
Rom: My lips, two blushing pilgrims ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a gentle kiss.
Jul: …you do wrong your hand too much…
For saints have hands that pilgrim’s hands do touch
And palm to palm is holy palmer’s kiss.
Rom: Have not saints lips and holy palmer’s too?
Jul: Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.
Rom: O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do:
Shakespeare uses religious
language for love
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Romeo and Juliet’s love is shown to be
real, deep and passionate rather than
simple attraction because of the
religious language. Romeo feels like a
pilgrim worshipping at a shrine. Juliet
is his goddess.
Compare and contrast
love and hate
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Features of language of love can be
similar to the language of hate
because they both show strong
feeling.
Repetition of words
Repetition of sounds
Simple words carry strong feeling
J: Then have my lips the sin that they have took?
R: Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urged.
Give me my sin again.
Discuss the use of
poetic effects in the
quotation above.
Identify the devices if
you can but that is less
important than saying
what effect they have
on the meaning and
mood.