Romeo & Juliet - The Complete Play with Annotations, Audio and Knowledge Organisers

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Juliet speaks this line at the Capulet ball when she is told by her nurse that Romeo is a Montague and therefore her enemy Juliet is dominant, not submissive : she proposes to Romeo, insisting he take the marriage seriously

By using the form of a sonnet , traditionally a love poem, to introduce the feuding families Shakespeare shows a close connection between conflict, honour and love Whose misadventured piteous overthrows do with their death bury their parent's strife ” The chorus, The Prologue Act 2, scene 4 Mercutio and Benvolio meet the newly enthusiastic Romeo in the street. Romeo defeats Mercutio in a battle of wits. The Nurse finds Romeo, and he gives her a message for Juliet: meet me at Friar Lawrence’s cell this afternoon, and we will there be married.Act 3, scene 4 Paris again approaches Capulet about marrying Juliet. Capulet, saying that Juliet will do as she is told, promises Paris that she will marry him in three days.

Mercutio’s curse comes from frustration at being killed by mistake, caught between Romeo and Tybalt After being cut into little stars, Romeo will make the face of heaven so fine that the world will stop paying attention to the sun. A Prologue provides the audience with information about the play’s themes, here the themes are rebellion, death and war

Karnataka 2nd PUC English Textbook Answers Springs Chapter 1 Romeo and Juliet

Soon after her marriage to Romeo, Juliet comes home and waits anxiously for the arrival of the night so that their love is consummated. She implores night to come soon and along with it bring her Romeo. Once she gets her Romeo she does not fear death. Like all mortals, if she dies, Juliet begs fate to set him in heaven with the stars. His presence will make the face of heaven so beautiful that the world will fall in love with ‘night’, and the sun will no longer be worshipped. It also implies that their love will end in their tragic death because of the enmity that exists between the two families. Consequently, the world will come to know about the tragic death of the two lovers and thus Romeo will be immortalized. Whereas Romeo’s speech highlights the mesmerising physical beauty of Juliet, Juliet’s soliloquy highlights Juliet’s intensity of love for Romeo. In short, love belongs to Juliet, now that she is married, but she does not own it, and she can’t own love until Romeo possesses her. That is why she is waiting now as impatiently as a child waits for a festival. Romeo and Juliet Summary in Kannada Act 3, scene 1 Mercutio and Benvolio encounter Tybalt on the street. As soon as Romeo arrives, Tybalt tries to provoke him to fight. When Romeo refuses, Mercutio answers Tybalt’s challenge. They duel and Mercutio is fatally wounded. Romeo then avenges Mercutio’s death by killing Tybalt in a duel. Benvolio tries to persuade the Prince to excuse Romeo’s slaying of Tybalt; however, the Capulets demand that Romeo pay with his life; the Prince instead banishes Romeo from Verona.

Juliet, a young girl, delivers the most significant message in the play about hatred and discrimination This system placed God at the top, followed by angels, noble-men, men, women and then animals and plants In the final scene, the Prince declares that all of the towns is punished: “See what a scourge is laid upon your hate”

Shakespeare criticises the patriarchal system, showing audiences Juliet’s limited a utonomy when she claims death is her only choice Then we come to Act III Scene II, where we find Juliet waiting in her father’s orchard for her husband, Romeo’s, arrival. Juliet, unaware of what has just happened, waits out the passing of the day. She is more impatient than ever, for, that night Romeo is to come to her as her husband. At the opening of the scene, Juliet delivers an impassioned soliloquy, popularly known as ‘Juliet’s invocation to the night’. In her soliloquy, Juliet urges the sun on to its setting in the West, so that night may arrive sooner. She longs for the shelter of darkness when Romeo can come to her unseen. The dark suits lovers, for love, is blind and the beauty of lovers is enough light for them. There are 31 lines in this soliloquy but only 9 lines (lines 17 to 25) are prescribed for your study. Act 1, scene 3 Lady Capulet informs Juliet of Paris’s marriage proposal and praises him extravagantly. Juliet says that she has not even dreamed of marrying, but that she will consider Paris as a possible husband if her parents wish her to.

The friar’s dialogue refers to nature as opposing forces present in all things: good and evil, light and dark, love and hate, religion and magic, old and young Act 1, scene 1 A street fight breaks out between the Montagues and the Capulets, which is broken up by the ruler of Verona, Prince Escalus. He threatens the Montagues and Capulets with death if they fight again. A melancholy Romeo enters and is questioned by his cousin Benvolio, who learns that the cause of Romeo’s sadness is unrequited love. Act 4, scene 1 Paris is talking with Friar Lawrence about the coming wedding when Juliet arrives. After Paris leaves, she threatens suicide if Friar Lawrence cannot save her from marrying Paris. Friar Lawrence gives her a potion that will make her appear as if dead the morning of the wedding. He assures her that when she awakes in the vault, Romeo will be there to take her away. Courtly love (romance occurring in the Elizabethan court) was intense, melodramatic and often fleetingThe m etaphor of being on a boat and allowing nature to direct his way symbolises a fatalistic attitude which audiences know will be punished Act 2, scene 3 Determined to marry Juliet, Romeo hurries to Friar Lawrence. The Friar agrees to marry them, expressing the hope that the marriage may end the feud between their families. It is also true that, of the two, though Juliet is younger than Romeo, she is more mature and passionate in deciding to get married to Romeo. She accepts Romeo as her partner despite being fully aware of the enmity that exists between the two families. Does Romeo claim to have never seen true beauty till he saw Juliet How does he justify this statement?