juliet

Question 1

“madam I am here what is your will”
A1 S3

Answer 1

• her first lines in the play establish her to be submissive to the will of her parents , can be discerned from the line : “madam I am here , what is your will?”
• addresses her mother formally using the pronoun “madam” & she poses a Question , both of which demonstrating the immense respect she shows to her mother in that she is willing to do as she asks.

Question 2

“an ___ [she] dream[s] __ ___”

Answer 2

• in answer her mothers question of whether she thinks of marriage she responds that it “an honour [she] dream[s] not of” , using noun “honour” to distract from the idea that she is not keen to marry
• in Elizabethan society , it was conventional for women to marry whoever their father might deem a suitable partner , without complaint & for them to deny such an instruction was almost unheard of

Question 3

“____ mine eye , than [her fathers] consent gives ____ to make it fly”
A1 S3

Answer 3

endart mine eye / than your consent gives strength to make it fly
- her final of this scene , however asserting that she will not “Endart mine eye , than [her fathers] consent gives strength to make it fly”
- rhyming couplets “eye “ & “fly” puts emphasis on the final phrase, which later turns out to be untrue
- J appears from the opening to be a topically passive & obedient aristocratic daughter , doing as her father pleases, but the flourishes in her lang & subtle disagreements with her parents foreshadow her later betrayal of their will

Question 4

“___ that they must use in ___”
A1 S5

Answer 4

• tells him him that saints have “lips that they must use in prayer”
• her mention of “saints” parodies religion in that she is unconventionally sexually forwards & foreshadows her hastiness in her later eloping
• religious imagery evoked by “prayer” shows the conflict she feels between feeling lustful but wanting to remain chaste to please her parents & society

Question 5

“no longer be a ___”
A2 S2

Answer 5

• passionate in her expression of love for Romeo , in his absence
• exclaiming that she will “not longer be a capulet” showing she is willing to forgo her lineage for this man she has just met
• this declaration exemplifies her to be rather impulsive & fervid in the way that she loves which is ,again, characteristic of the sign that she is born under, Leo. - Elizabethan’s believed celestial bodies to have an enormous influence over a persons disposition which explains why Juliet is so akin to those traits of her star sign

Question 6

“all my ___ at thy ___ I’ll lay”
A2 S2

Answer 6

• in this act, her doubt is not enough to overcome her folly & she parts with “all my fortunes at thy foot I’ll lay”
• “foot” reminds us of the trust Juliet is placing in Romeo & evokes a sense of worship towards him and yet “fortune” reminds us of all she is risking & the conflict she feels because of the sick
• noun “fortune” also connotes ideas of fate & determinism which is foreshadowing for the plays grim end

Question 7

“sweet , sweet nurse”
A2 S5

Answer 7

• repetition paired with an endearing tone . - also uses enjambment which is symbolic of the extent of the love she has for the nurse, in comparison to the short clipped answers she gives her mother
• in Elizabethan society, children were expected to treat their parents with the upmost respect , as we saw in earlier scenes with Juliet & her mother. As a result there tends to be a lack of emotional support in parental relationships & Juliet seeks to acquire the maternal love she lacks from her nurse , with whom she may be more informal & jocular