Month: October 2015

In the church

in the church Romeo and the Friar are waiting for Juliet to arrive in this moment Friar is talking to Romeo about how his love is a violent love and it will end in a violent way.  Like fire and gunpowder. Juliet approaches the Friar and then Romeo and Juliet kiss. They start saying lovely things about each other and then Friar Lawrence says that they shall get married quickly so when they are out of here they will not 2 but 1 as a couple.

Capulet mansion

Juliet asks the nurse about the meeting with Romeo and then she said I am to tired right now. Juliet is to hyped right now and wants her to speak about it she replies again saying I am out of breath, Juliet says that if she was out of breath she would of not said out of breath because she has breath so if she has breath then she should tell Juliet about the meeting with Romeo. She says her head aches to much and then Juliet comforts the nurse and then she says where is your mum? Juliet thinks that Romeo said that but he didn’t and then finally the nurse tells the truth and she says the Juliet should go to confession there they will be waiting Romeo to get married and she will become a wife.

Monday

Mercutio and Benvolio are talking about how there was a letter at Romeo fathers home about a challenge and they said that he wasn’t their to see it and they say that they will allow him to take the challenge. Romeo comes out and Mercutio starts joking around saying he wasn’t in his house because he was having sex with a prostitute. They were have a laugh until the nurse and Peter come along and then they start cussing the nurse because she was so fat and then she asks for Romeo and Mercutio says that Romeo should come to dinner at his farther’s house tonight. Romeo and the nurse have a chat about the wedding and how he has to be a gentleman and in a second the nurse is convinced he is a true gentlemen he said that she should tell Juliet to go to Friar Lawrence today for confession and they will get married.

Monday morning

Friar Lawrence was introduced when he was talking about how beautiful the morning was. Romeo enters while the priest was talking he heard him saying. A flower both has healing power as well as poison. It will kill you because it will stop the heart. Two opposed kings encamp them. Romeo then reveals himself saying good morning and the priest wonders why he is so happy so early in the morning. The Priest asks if it is about Rosaline and then he replies no i have found a new love and i want to marry her today. He then replies how soon can you forget about Rosaline and Romeo encounters that they all asked him to move on so he did. He then gave the information that he wanted to marry the Capulets daughter. The priest was shocked and said if this was the right move then both houses instead of rage would become love. They both rushed to do this marriage as soon as possible.

In Capulet garden

Romeo wonders into the Capulet garden. He says “it is the east and Juliet is the sun” meaning Juliet is bright as the sun. Juliet then appears in her balcony. (There is dramatic irony here because Juliet doesn’t know that Romeo is in her garden and the audience do) Romeo then says oh it is my love! suddenly, Juliet starts speaking she says how she loves Romeo and how he should deny his father so they can love each other without any consequences and if he doesn’t do that then she would rather be with him then have the name Capulet. Romeos says to himself should he hear more or shell he talk to her. Then Juliet’s speaks again and says by that name he is my enemy, whats Montague its not a hand not feet not face not any other part, whats in a name she says if he had any other name he would smell as sweet as a rose still. She want him to remove the name Romeo. There after Romeo stops hiding and says he will never be called Romeo again if that’s what it takes to keep their love going. Juliet’s says he should go before anyone finds him because if they do they will murder him and then they will never be in love. Romeo says he rather died by their hate then by waiting for her love. Juliet says that she wants to know if he really does love her. Then he says he will swear on anything, Juliet interrupts and says just swear on your self and I will believe. After she said that he was going to swear until she interrupts him again saying its to rash i dont want it to be so quick. She was about to leave until Romeo says that she didn’t give him any pleasure she replies what pleasure does he want tonight?R Romeo says he wants her to say she loves him and then she replies saying I already did and she would say it again. Then from no where she hears the call of the nurse. Juliet says that they should get married tomorrow and then they depart after Romeo says the to Juliet that she should come by the hour of nine.

After Capulet party

Romeo says can his body go away while his heart stays here. Benvolio and Mercutio start looking for him but Romeo is no where to be found. Mercutio talks about how Romeos passion for Rosaline is making him weird. Benvolio says don’t say that to him because it will anger him and then they left without him.

Romeo says he fears to early and his mind warns him. Some consequences are coming but the stars haven’t revealed it yet. It will begin at a very important day he wants this period of time to end from his despised life closed inside him. By some awful payment of death but he who steers my course will direct me on to this path.

Mind misgives, hanging in the stars, closed in my breast and he that hath the steerage of my course direct my sail..

William Shakespeare generates a semantic field referring to the power of fate in his play. He does this using a wide variety of device.

William Shakespeare uses semantic field in Romeo and Juliet, one of the uses of a semantic field is to give an extra layer of information. A critical way he adds a semantic field is by using metaphor, referring to the play Romeo says “He that hath the steerage of my course direct my sail!” The reason why this gives the play an extra layer of meaning is because who would think a human can be a boat, He is believing in fate and says who ever up in heaven is guiding me he will go through that path, therefore Romeo says how unpredictable his life is.

Another way William Shakespeare uses semantic field is by using the coincidence in the play of Romeo and Juliet, The way he does this is in the play he uses Romeo to read a letter to the servant “Seigneur Martino and his wife and daughters;County Anselme and his beauteous sisters;The lady widow of Vitruvio;Seigneur Placentio and his lovely nieces;Mercutio and his brother Valentine;Mine uncle Capulet, his wife and daughters;My fair niece Rosaline and Livia;Seigneur Valentio and his cousin Tybalt;Lucio and the lively Helena.” Suddenly, this gave them the idea to go to the Capulet party in the first place. This leads to the semantic field because someone is guiding him to go to party where he finds his true love and he says that this will lead to his death.

The last feature is the prologue where it all begins. Shakespeare uses the prologue to give a semantic field in the play. Subsequently, he tells us in the prologue that Romeo and Juliet are star crossed lovers but they are in different side of enemy families and if they choose their love with each other they will die. This gives extra layer of information and it gives dramatic irony in the play because the audience know about the consequences of their love and Romeo and Juliet do not.

In Capulet Mansion

Capulet is talking to cousin Capulet about his past and how they both used to go to parties and they start whispering to the girls in their ears. Tybalt then spots Romeo and ask his servants to get his sword and then incomes Capulet saying there will be no fights at this party and if you wanna fight they you best get out off here. Tybalt cant bare it and then Capulet reminds him that he is the master and not Tybalt. Romeo sees Juliet and instantly falls in love with her, they kiss until the nurse interrupts their moment. Thereafter Romeo relies what a big mistake he made when he finds out the Juliet is a Capulet. Juliet says my only love comes from my only hate. Romeo had to escape as soon as possible.

Sunday evening

Romeo, Benvolio and Mercutio are all ready to go to the party when suddenly Romeos love life intervenes. Romeo says that he didnt want to dance and that Mercutio should dance but he replied “You are a lover borrow cupids wings” Then Mercutio goes on about cupid and Romeo says that he dreamt a dream last night and Mercutio replied so did I. Romeo explains that he knows something at this party will mean the death of him and that someone will direct his sails anyway so they all went inside the Capulet Mansion.