In this act Shakespeare presents strong feelings of love and hate, much like the rest of this play. However, in this particular scene it’s quite significant. Romeo arrives in search of the girl he had been so hopelessly in love with, her name Rosaline.
Although, upon entering the party he sees a far more beautiful girl and falls desperately in love with her that girl being Juliet. Love in this story is rather shallow and all based on looks, but I mean without love at first sight the story would not have proceeded and been allot less dramatic.As Romeo laid eyes upon Juliet and became stars truck he begins talking in verse, but due to the way it’s said by an actor you wouldn’t realize, but the reason for him talking this way is him declaring his love to Juliet, and to himself. As he speaks in verse the structure is actually very cleverly hidden it consists with rhyming couplets and contains ten syllables in each line.
But what I want to close into is what he actually says. “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright. Romeo uses a simile meaning Juliet lights up the room with her beauty and she’s brighter than any torch.“It seems she hangs upon a cheek of night, as a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear –“ Here there is an interesting metaphor which works beautifully, A jewels beauty is intensified against a darker colour, so a very dark person wearing this would make the jewel stand out from far away, and it’s also him saying she’s a rare beauty. “So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows.
Romeo even goes as far as reducing all the other women in the room to crows, and rather interestingly even Rosaline the girl he had been so sure he was in love with.The metaphor he uses here again is him declaring she is a rare beauty and very pure and innocent whereas all the other girls are common and cruel. I believe Romeo talking in verse present allot of strong feelings seeing as he must truly be star struck to be taking in poetry. Closely after the strong emotions of hate arrive and battle with love.Tybalt realizes Romeo is a Montague by his voice, but he becomes more enraged when his uncle does nothing about it.
Shakespeare in this scene has presented emotions of hate, but Capulet not liking being challenged by his nephew shows strong feelings of anger and maybe a little threated. As Capulet retorts the amount of exclamation marks used are staggering. “You must contrary me! Marry, ‘tis time- Well said, my hearts! ” The reason for this is so the actor will portray his strong emotions of almost disbelief at he challenge from his nephew, and anger.But the real hate in this scene is when Tybalt swears revenge.
“I will withdraw; but this intrusion shall, now seeming sweet, convert to bitt’rest gall. ” This is significant to the plot seeing as this will inedibility play a part later on. But also the amount Tybalt despises Romeo for being a Montague to the point he has to leave as he can’t bite his tongue, despite Romeo being a harmless fellow he still can’t stand to be in the same room as a Montague without having his sword as his neck.Finally emotions of love are present. Romeo eventually begins talking to Juliet, but his choice of words is very interesting.
He uses allot of words relating to religion. “If I profane. ” Or “Holy shrine” and “Pilgrim” and many more, but it’s not just him Juliet also goes with these religious words, I feel the reason for this is actually because the two see their love blessed by God and pure despite their love being unholy in the eyes of their parents, as they are supposedly enemies.Another way Shakespeare presents strong feelings of love is actually having them talking in a love sonnet they must truly feel for each other to be talking in this manner.
The structure of the sonnet has four quadratic. An example of the rhyming couplets, “hand” and “stand” It’s also very nice how although Romeo talks allot at first it turns to them talking equal amounts, and even creating a sonnet.
