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Shakespeare Coursework – 'My Only Love Sprung from my Only Hate'

Act 1 Scene 5 is very important; it is the scene that sets up the rest of the play, it is the scene in which Romeo and Juliet meet. It is the exposition scene that is tradition in Shakespeare’s plays, the large gathering that brings all the characters together. It flits from one set of characters to another in duel narrative much like a soap opera does. Although the viewer may not be interested in the servants at the beginning of Act 1 Scene 5 the viewer is still engulfed in the story because they know it will soon jump to another character’s point of view. Film makers, Lurhman in particular, shows this well. He uses many different techniques to present extreme emotion including making the characters speak together in sonnets and using rhyming couplets to show the end of the piece.
Act 1 Scene 5 starts with the serving men. They joke together, but their jokes are tinged with aggression and tension. ‘You are looked for and called for, asked for and sought for, in the great chamber.’ This clever use of repetition shows how rushed the servants are. This contrasts with the calm of the love scene.
After it is established that the servants are rushed, Capulet gives his speech. He is joking with his guests and inventing them all to dance. He tells them he hasn’t partied in years. ‘How long is't now since last yourself and I
were in a mask?’ This shows that this party is very important and Capulet will not anyone get in the way.
This is where Tybalt comes in. Tybalt sees Romeo has sneaked into the masked ball and this ahs made Tybalt burn with rage. “I will withdraw but this intrusion now; seeming sweat will convert to bitt’rest gall”. This is a threat, seething with hostility. Tybalt is so angry because he wants to be the alpha male and display his power over everybody else. Shakespeare has intentionally designed Tybalt to be the creator of tension in the play and the number one enemy of Romeo. Capulet tells Tybalt, first friendly, then firmly, not to ruin his party. Capulet undermines Tybalt. Tybalt is also the contrast of Capulet who, in this scene, is friendly and jovial. Tybalt’s character is full of power and aggression and he uses religion to convey his feelings. “What dares the slave?” whereas Capulet uses personification along with friendly words. “Verona brags of him…” This in it self is an oxymoron of characters which allows the stage to be filled with life. This makes the audience feel slightly conflicted as to who to agree with. The audience has already seen Capulet want to kill the Montague’s at the beginning. The audience may also be feeling cheated out of an exciting conflict.
After this brief bout of tension the scene turns into the romantic setting for the passionate exchanges between Romeo and Juliet. He tells the audience his personal feelings and uses religious and poetic words to express them. He is telling the audience but is not using a soliloquy; neither is he using an aside. Perhaps Shakespeare did this intentionally to show how special this moment is? In both the Lurhman film and Zeferelli he is shown as being in a crowded place but separate as if Juliet’s beauty is so captivating that he has been whisked away.
This scene, aside from the ‘Balcony Scene’ is probably the most favourite and most studied scene in Romeo and Juliet. This scene stands out because the two protagonists are talking in a sonnet. Romeo refers to religion to express his new found love for Juliet: "This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims…” To refer to religion was something almost taboo in Elizabethan times but in this scene Romeo is using it to add emphasis on his point. He thinks Juliet as an angel and sent from god. ‘So shows a snowy dove trooping with the crows.’ He compares her family and all those around her as normal and that she stands out from them like a gleaming beauty. Shakespeare has taken the harsh and aggressive speech from Tybalt and contrasts this with the gentle and romantic words of Romeo to make the romance ever so more prominent

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Sorry, just my essay that I'm writing at school and emails have been blocked so this is like the only way I can get stuff home. Enjoy. I havn't finished it yet, but er..comment away if you like. The pic is me on the left (The only pretty picture of me EVER) and Jaz on the right looking like Shrek.

Shakespeare Coursework – 'My Only Love Sprung from my Only Hate'

Act 1 Scene 5 is very important; it is the scene that sets up the rest of the play, it is the scene in which Romeo and Juliet meet. It is the exposition scene that is tradition in Shakespeare’s plays, the large gathering that brings all the characters together. It flits from one set of characters to another in duel narrative much like a soap opera does. Although the viewer may not be interested in the servants at the beginning of Act 1 Scene 5 the viewer is still engulfed in the story because they know it will soon jump to another character’s point of view. Film makers, Lurhman in particular, shows this well. He uses many different techniques to present extreme emotion including making the characters speak together in sonnets and using rhyming couplets to show the end of the piece.
Act 1 Scene 5 starts with the serving men. They joke together, but their jokes are tinged with aggression and tension. ‘You are looked for and called for, asked for and sought for, in the great chamber.’ This clever use of repetition shows how rushed the servants are. This contrasts with the calm of the love scene.
After it is established that the servants are rushed, Capulet gives his speech. He is joking with his guests and inventing them all to dance. He tells them he hasn’t partied in years. ‘How long is't now since last yourself and I
were in a mask?’ This shows that this party is very important and Capulet will not anyone get in the way.
This is where Tybalt comes in. Tybalt sees Romeo has sneaked into the masked ball and this ahs made Tybalt burn with rage. “I will withdraw but this intrusion now; seeming sweat will convert to bitt’rest gall”. This is a threat, seething with hostility. Tybalt is so angry because he wants to be the alpha male and display his power over everybody else. Shakespeare has intentionally designed Tybalt to be the creator of tension in the play and the number one enemy of Romeo. Capulet tells Tybalt, first friendly, then firmly, not to ruin his party. Capulet undermines Tybalt. Tybalt is also the contrast of Capulet who, in this scene, is friendly and jovial. Tybalt’s character is full of power and aggression and he uses religion to convey his feelings. “What dares the slave?” whereas Capulet uses personification along with friendly words. “Verona brags of him…” This in it self is an oxymoron of characters which allows the stage to be filled with life. This makes the audience feel slightly conflicted as to who to agree with. The audience has already seen Capulet want to kill the Montague’s at the beginning. The audience may also be feeling cheated out of an exciting conflict.
After this brief bout of tension the scene turns into the romantic setting for the passionate exchanges between Romeo and Juliet. He tells the audience his personal feelings and uses religious and poetic words to express them. He is telling the audience but is not using a soliloquy; neither is he using an aside. Perhaps Shakespeare did this intentionally to show how special this moment is? In both the Lurhman film and Zeferelli he is shown as being in a crowded place but separate as if Juliet’s beauty is so captivating that he has been whisked away.
This scene, aside from the ‘Balcony Scene’ is probably the most favourite and most studied scene in Romeo and Juliet. This scene stands out because the two protagonists are talking in a sonnet. Romeo refers to religion to express his new found love for Juliet: "This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims…” To refer to religion was something almost taboo in Elizabethan times but in this scene Romeo is using it to add emphasis on his point. He thinks Juliet as an angel and sent from god. ‘So shows a snowy dove trooping with the crows.’ He compares her family and all those around her as normal and that she stands out from them like a gleaming beauty. Shakespeare has taken the harsh and aggressive speech from Tybalt and contrasts this with the gentle and romantic words of Romeo to make the romance ever so more prominent