How are these elements introduced in Act I Scene V significant to the rest of the play?
•Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love.
•The audience know the love story is doomed because of the hate between the families.
•Tybalt has sworn revenge on Romeo.
2006-12-07 03:20:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
It is the themes of love, jealously and hate and without them there would be no Romeo and Juliet tragedy, no one wanted to watch them live happy ever after, the tragedy cannot happen without the actions you have just listed.
Consequences always happen
2006-12-07 03:29:51 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One of the reasons the audience know that the lovers are doomed, is that the chorus comes out at the beginning of the play and tells the audience "A pair of star crossed lovers take their lives."
Why the hell would he do that.
Perhaps because knowing the destination is important only in how it reflects the journey.
For the meeting at the party and their first words to each other, note that their first lines comprise a sonnet (14 lines, iambic pentameter and an "old" Petraarchan, as opposed to Shakespearean rhyme scheme). Then Juliet gives R the gears for speaking like an old book. And he does! He's so taken with the whole being in love thing that he actually has to learn a knew language to keep up with J.
As a ferinstance, look at the morning after scene when the say goodbye to each other. The originality of speech patterns on both their parts finally matches, (as it should) just after they've spent the night together.
For originality of language and absolute freedom of expression, R doesn't equal J until his very last speech. All his life in the play has led to this last glorious outburst of absolute real and heartfealt poetry. And then he's dead. And now, at last we have something we may genuinely mourn.
In a real way the play is about Romeo learning the language of true love, not theoretical love.
2006-12-07 04:02:21 · answer #2 · answered by Steve C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the love that they share, is a way to show that something great can bloom even in horrible environments.
the audience knows that is it doomed, but they don't know how. It is how plays were written way back when.
Tybalt swears revenge on both the houses, not just Romeo. And since both houses lose a child.....That is the foreshadowing part.
hope this helped.
2006-12-07 03:30:08 · answer #3 · answered by piratewhench 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Romeo is a character very much in love with being in love. Look at his first appearance in the play where he is very much the spurned lover, all melancholy and bad poetry. When he first encounters Juliet he focuses on her appearance, comparing her to a dove and exotic jewels. He speaks of love before he has even spoken to her. When the two do eventually speak his language again suggests an emotional immaturity. He calls her a saint and himself a pilgrim, and whilst that is all very flattering it is also cliched and unrealistic. As Steve C says, Romeo is an adept at the language of love, but has little real insight. An interesting comparison to bring in here is with Shakespeare's sonnet 'My Mistress' eyes are nothing like the son' which shows a much more grounded, and therefore more honest, portrait of a lover.
The scene is also interesting because it reveals much about the character of Lord Capulet. It is clear that he is overly concerned with his public image, hence his lavish party, but more significantly it reveals his inability to relate to women. At the opening of the scene he taunts his female guests into dancing, suggesting that he will spread the rumour that they have corns on their feet if they do not take to the dance floor. To me this seems an inappropriate and ill-judged remark by the party's host. Also, he reminisces about his youth when he was something of a lady's man himself, perhaps hinting at a predatory attitude. With these things in mind it is not surprising that Juliet feels unable to talk to her father about her feelings for Romeo, and about her lack of feelings for Paris.
We know from the opening of the play that Tybalt is hot headed and is often refered to in bestial terms (he is the 'Prince of Cats'), and despite Capulet's attempts to reign him in (he doesn't seem able to control any of his servants - or daughter), it's only a matter of time before he will strike.
Hope that's helpful.
2006-12-08 04:35:56 · answer #4 · answered by Mr Shankley 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-07 03:34:08 · answer #5 · answered by David H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-07 04:15:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋