Act 3 Flashcards
scene 1
“a fatal fight”. structure: public. Monday afternoon (1 hour after wedding). sharp contrast between the beauty and love of the previous scene with the violence, death and banishment of this. peripatetic for Romeo
“the day is hot” scene 1
Benvolio. hot day becomes pathetic fallacy suggesting short tempers of violence
“one would kill the other” scene 1
Mercutio. foreshadowing his own death so audience should be worried. he is first to mention violence
“dost thou make us minstrels?” scene 1
Mercutio - dig at class
“thou art a villain” scene 1
Tybalt to Romeo. Elizabethan courtly tradition - insult but also an invitation to fight (honour and reputation)
“the reason tat I have to love thee doth much excuse… love thee better than thou canst devise till thou shalt know the reason of me love… good Capulet - which name I tender as dearly as mine own” scene 1
Romeo to Tybalt. Romeo and Tybalt now related - cousins so can’t fight him but rejecting duel is dishonourable. dramatic irony increases and means we are aware of the situation Romeo is in and so our sympathies are with Romeo. actively trying to avoid fighting. honour - Elizabethan nobility is attached to one’s reputation
Tybalt and Mercutio scene 1
equally desperate to fight - both hot headed and fiery - also incapable of seeing the damage to come - considering immediate not future.
[Tybalt under Romeo’s arm thrusts Mercutio in] scene1
Tybalt stabs Romeo but Romeo is responsible
“A plague a both your houses!” scene 1
Mercutio curses both families foreshadowing their collective doom - more dramatic coming from the joker’s mouth. curse son becomes true. impending doom
“you shall find me a grave man” scene 1
even when dying Mercutio makes a pun. form of tragedy does not permit a comical character - death amplified by punning. his hurt is not too much. because he is funny he doesn’t belong in the second part of play. means be in grave but also means serious which e has never been
Mercutio’s death scene 1
Friar’s plan to reunite houses ruined. after first death everything spirals towards the end. “this day’s black fate on moe days doth depend; this but begins the woe others must end” - Romeo - rhyming couplet to signify the start of the tragedy - unusual - Shakespeare indicating the moment of Peripeteia
“O, I am fortune’s fool” scene 1
Romeo - immediate response - mercy of fate - makes us aware of fate’s sudden re-entry into the drama
“blood of ours shed blood of Montague” scene 1
Lady Capulet. vengeful response. both families equally thirsty for revenge. blood thirsty desire emphasised repetition. underlines violent responses of their society and the vulnerability of Romeo and Juliet
Benvolio speech scene 1
filled with images of violence so increases tragic irony as he is one of the most peace-loving characters in the play
“immediately we do exile him hence… else when he is found that hour is his last” scene 1
Prince. Romeo banished from Verona - Prince is a Montague so he is affected by violence and trying to stop violence. Romeo warned of immediate death. Romeo’s marriage had begun the reconciliation of the families but now it is shattered as fate has taken over
Scene 2
The new bride awaits Romeo. structure: private. Later Monday afternoon (3 hours after marriage 2 hours after fight)
Juliet’s soliloquy in scene 2
She desires the act of love because it represents the pinnacle of marriage. It takes the form of an epithalamium to be a metaphor for isolation. Poignant because this should be sung by their families together but she is the only one celebrating
“Romeo leap to these arms” scene 2
Juliet. Dramatic irony heightens sense of tragedy - audience is aware, but Juliet is not, about Romeo’s banishment
“come, thou day in night” scene 2
Juliet saying Romeo’s presence will shine out against the darkness. Exactly how Romeo sees Juliet - recurrent motif shows balance of love. Sees night as a positive force. Light imagery - contrast to darkness of previous scene but also increases sense of tragedy as her world is about to be shattered
“I have bought the mansion of a love, but not possess’d it” scene 2
Juliet. Mansion being Romeo. Married but not consummated yet. Understands sex within married life but also has sexual desires so shows balance of desires. She sees sex as natural and right part of marriage
“The cords” scene 2
Nurse. the cords is the rope ladder so a metaphorical representation of his life is bound to hers or alternatively it’s a symbol of his life choices being taken from him
“He’s dead he’s dead he’s dead” scene 2
Nurse. Repetition to show she’s shocked upset about Mercutio. Juliet is at bridal bed waiting for husband - violence always impacts on love even in tender scene. A scene of confusion -foreshadows scene when Romeo hears of Juliets death - Juliet thinks Romeo is dead - the nurse is so overwhelmed with grief that she stops making sense
Scene 2 audience
Audience feels a sense of pathos
“Vile earth, to earth resign” scene 2
Juliet. First instinct wants to die herself. Foreshadowing of joint death or shows her naïveté of she doesn’t want to live without him
“Serpent heart… a damned saint… that deceit should dwell in such a gorgeous palace!” Scene 2
Juliet uses a series of paradoxes in which inward character is contrasted with outward appearance. Elizabethans would expect this with dexterity of Shakespeare’s language. full of devil imagery implying Romeo is sly and has an evil heart. reference to 1st meeting -fated by outward appearance. deep regret of how much she worshipped him with knowing him
“Will you speak well of him that kill’d your cousin?” “Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?” Scene 2
Nurse then Juliet. Balance of 2 lines. Internal rhyme and stressed syllables. Structure amplifies conflict that Juliet is feeling. Loyalty of family vs loyalty of husband
Nurse scene 2
Brings Tybalt’s murderer into house of Capulet - motherly - indulging Juliet when maybe she shouldn’t
“Give this ring to my true knight” scene 2
Juliet. Symbol of ring - eternity of their love - love will survive after death - foreshadows houses reuniting
Scene 3
The friar restores order and hope. Structure: private. Late Monday evening. Romeo turns to friar Lawrence - he gives worthy advice - speaks clearly to Romeo and forces him to look to a brighter future
Friar Lawrence’s cell scene 3
Symbolic of secrets given out - place of trust or wisdom
Friar scene 3
Friar embraces Elizabethan view that fate is a part of and can control life
“Thou cut’st my head off with a golden axe, and smil’st upon the stroke that murders me” scene 3
Romeo. Response is violent - age? Panic? Impact of secrecy? Natural character? Huge contrast with friar Lawrence’s response
“Heaven is here where Juliet lives” scene 3
Romeo. Romeo and Juliets grief equal. True love
“But Romeo may not - he is banished… they are free men, but I am banished” scene 3
Romeo. Shakespeare using epiphora - lack of control - amplifies frustration
“Hadst thou no poison mix’d, no sharp-ground knife” scene 3
Romeo. Foreshadows both of their deaths - Juliet stabs herself and Romeo poisons himself
“Banished” scene 3
Echo of word - what their world has been reduced to
“Thou dost not feel” scene 3
Friars can’t fall in love - Romeo says friar doesn’t understand - selfishness of youth - feelings are so overpowering reason
“I come from Lady Juliet” “welcome, then” scene 3
Nurse then Friar. Stichomythia shows the balance of the characters - how important they are to Romeo and Juliet
“Now I have stain’d the childhood of our joy” scene 3
Romeo.Metaphor - killed innocence of their love
“Killing that love which thou hast vow’d to cherish” scene 3
Friar accuses Romeo of lying through wedding vows
“Thy Juliet is alive… there art thou happy” scene 3
Friar. Remind Romeo of positive Epiphora if there art thou happy turns negative into positive
“I could have stay’d here all the night to hear good counsel” scene 3
Nurse. Spiritual overtones. Emphasised not well educated. Lack of education is problematic because it makes her give bad advice
Friars speech of great power and confidence to Romeo scene 3
Rouses Romeo from his suicidal gloom and promised him a happy ending. He is illustrating his ability to think quickly and plot. Wants to reunite families
Scene 4
Capulet grief and another hasty wedding. Structure: private. Very early Tuesday morning. Established Lord Capulet as the Patriarch. Harsh to a modern audience. However people had a much shorter life expectancy so they married younger, they had children young
“We were born to die” scene 4
Capulet. Pragmatic attitude to death. Sees facts of life as practical. Mirroring wider society. Foreshadows cruelty in next scene
“These times of woe afford no time to woo” scene 4
Paris. Sensitive to Juliet’s grief or he’s being sensitive about his chances ruined by Tybalt’s death
“I think she will be rul’d in all respects by me… go you… acquaint her… bud her” scene 4
Capulet. Dramatic irony - Capulet is confident in her obedient nature. Use of imperatives how much Capulet is aware of his status as head which prepares us for drama.
“Wednesday next… Monday! Ha! Ha!… Wednesday is too soon.. Thursday let it be” scene 4
Capulet. Tragic irony - events unbeknownst to the lovers are now occurring which drives them towards their tragic fate. Dates and times - further sense of the tragedy moving more and more quickly. Juliet treated as chattel - a business arrangement amplified in next scene
“Thursday be it then” scene 4
Capulet. Reinforces time passing - decision to move wedding adds to tragic outcome - direct impact on death - friar can’t get message to Romeo of Juliet’s fake death
Scene 5
A wedding night ends a wedding night looms. Structure: private. Very early Tuesday morning. Begins with a parting which sets the tone for the rest of the scene. Tragic irony is confirmed. Scene of division and loss
“To be to thee this night a torch-bearer, and light the on thy way to Mantua” scene 5
Juliet. Light and darkness - metaphor for brightness of their love versus darkness of impending fate
“How is’t, my soul?” Scene 5
Romeo to Juliet. soul is nickname. Othello calls his wife his soul - loving her intimately
“O thinks thou we shall ever meet again?” Scene 5
Juliet. Doom laden question foreshadows end
“O Fortune, Fortune! All men call thee fickle” scene 5
Juliet. Sees fate as part of her relationship as do audience. Addresses fate as fate is real for her
“Evermore weeping for your cousins death?” Scene 5
Lady Capulet. Metaphor for secrets and lack of communication between mother and daughter. Unsympathetic response - setting tone - Juliet is isolated and she is completed isolated at end
“Let me weep for such a feeling loss… I cannot choose but ever weep the friend… I might venge my cousins death!” Scene 5
Juliet. Juliet and mother talking at cross purposes - Juliet talking about Romeo has effect of bringing us closer to Juliet - creating more sympathy and shows how far apart Juliet and her mother are. Juliet is duplicitous- even in depth of grief still tricking mother - we see how Juliet has really developed
“With Romeo till I behold him - dead - is my poor heart so for a kinsman vex’d” scene 5
Juliet. Use of punctuating m to create such a duplicitous character - wishes Romeo dead or that she wishes to see him. Quick thinking. Amount of isolation. Sense of secrets
“Thou hast a careful father… hath sorted out a sudden day of joy” scene 5
Lady Capulet. Juliet not in control of destiny - no choice contrast to act 1.
“Shall happily make thee there a joyful bride” scene 5
Lady Capulet. Shall is a modal verb to show lack of choice contrast with can in act 1
“It rains downright… a conduit… the sea… flow with tears” scene 5
Capulet. Conduit is water pipe. Extended metaphor of raining to gently mock Juliet so we are completely sympathetic to Juliet
“Have you delivered to her our decree?” Scene 5
Capulet. Honour conferred. Sense of almost royal proclamation but lack of choice - father behaving like a Pater familias
“I would the fool were married to her grave!” Scene 5
Total lack of respect - wishes Juliet was dead
“Doth she not give us thanks? Is she not proud?” Scene 5
Capulet. Amount of question marks - cannot understand - underlines position of daughter - doesn’t have power
“Out, you baggage!” Scene 5
Capulet to Juliet. Seeing her as chattel. Treating her like a common criminal which she essentially is
“Alone, in company, still my care hath been To have her match’d” scene 5
Capulet. Doesn’t have all syllables for blank verse - lines are interrupted or incoherent with rage - deliberately shortened lines. Reminded of Juliet’s lack of choice
“A whining mammet” scene 5
Capulet reducing Juliet to a doll - lifeless - nothing related to him.
“I’ll pardon you… I’ll give you to my friend… I’ll ne’er acknowledge thee” scene 5
Capulet. Repetitions of personal pronouns - angry about challenge to his authority - spat out in rage
“Sweet my mother” scene 5
Juliet. After Capulet has mocked her and disinherited her. Addresses mother - so upset she’ll turn to anyone
“Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee” scene 5
Lady Capulet. Abandoned by both parents
“O God!” Scene 5
Juliet. Isolated by both parents. Above for help - no one on earth apart from nurse or something higher than herself in controlling her destiny
“I think it best you married with the county” scene 5
Nurse. Nurse is unmarried like friar. Doesn’t understand love. Total betrayal of her commitment to Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. Speech is a shock to Juliet and audience - sudden change of heart shows her as a dangerous and foolish character.
“O most wicked fiend!” Scene 5
Juliet. Diabolical language to describe Nurse - nurse gave advice to go to hell
