2007-02-21 11:58:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Sorry Madilayn, but not all of Bill's plays are in blank verse. A substantial part of the beginning of Midsummer (as a f'rinstance) is in rhyming couplets, and deliberately so, since as the young characters develop, so does their romantic language. On the opposite scale, most of Much Ado is in prose, and only in more heightened emotional moments does he go back to verse.
The same is true of Romeo, his romantic language to begin with is quite ordinary, bordering on the cliche and trite. Hence Juliet's comment at the part that He kisses "by the book."
But Juliet's love (and example) do bring the lad around and by the end of the play his language is unparralleled, even magnificent. Romeo's last speech is an excellent example of blank verse, as is Juliet's "Gallop apace, you fiery footed steeds, . . ."
2007-02-22 04:35:47 · answer #1 · answered by Steve C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The whole play is in blank verse, as are all Shakespeare's plays.
2007-02-21 22:58:12 · answer #2 · answered by madilayn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Romeo, romeo , wherefore art thou Romeo..
It is the east and Juliet is the sun...
just guessing...
2007-02-21 20:06:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
any verse comprised of unrhymed lines all in the same meter, usually iambic pentameter.
SAMPSON Scene 1
True; and therefore women, being the weaker vessels,
are ever thrust to the wall: therefore I will push
Montague's men from the wall, and thrust his maids
to the wall.
2007-02-21 20:04:55 · answer #4 · answered by smileymduke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋