Shakespeare makes very interesting in act 1 scene 5 the importance of this scene is that two lovers take their life. the two lovers meet on the party that was held by Capulet. (Paris a kinsman of the prince) Paris is anxious to marry Capulet daughter Juliet, and Capulet favor this union, as it will give his family more power in the city but Capulet say (she hath not seen the change of fourteen years let two more summer wither in their pride ere we may think her ripe to be a bride) Capulet say to Paris that Juliet is not yet fourteen and he ask Paris to wait two years.
He assures Paris that he will be the first suitor and invites him to the masquerade feast he is holding that night, where he can start his wooing to Juliet.capulat entrust a servant, peter, to deal with the invitations to the party but he unfortunately cannot read, and taking advantage of this situation, Romeo and benvolio (Montague’s) obtain invitation in the party. (Romeo we learn is lovesick) seen outside the city in a lovesick state over Rosaline. Romeo who is melancholy as his love for Rosaline has not been returned. (At this same ancient feast of Capulet sups the fair Rosaline, whom thou so loves, with all the admired beauties of Verona.)Benvelio advised Romeo that this will be good opportunities for him to compare the Juliet to others women in the Verona. Romeo, benveleos and mercutio decided to turn up in the party. All of them wear the mask.
The nurse tells a long story concerning Juliet as a child but lady Capulet trying to stop nurse, and she continues, causing embarrassment to Juliet. Lady Capulet wishes to obtain Juliet’s view on marriage, which replies that she has not given the subject any thought. this questioning is prompted by the fact that lady Capulet was the same age that Juliet is now when she gave birth and she ask Juliet that she happy to Paris love but the Juliet say (ill look to like, if looking liking move,)she will look out paris at the party to see if she might love him. in the hall of Capulet house where the party is in full flow with servants working very hard providing food and drink for the guest. the servant was working on their own without asking anyone 1st servant say to second servant that-:
Away with the joint-stools, remove the court-cupboard,
look to the plate. Good thou, save me a piece of march
pane; and, as thou lovest me, let the porter let in Susan
Grindstone and Nell. Antony and Potpan!
Its mean that take awa the stools and cupboard and take care of the silverware,save me some of the desert,and let the butler send in susan grindstone,nall antony and potpan
On the other side capulat ask gentleman to dance Welcome, gentlemen! ladies that have their toes
Unplagued with corns will have a bout with you.
Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you all
Will now deny to dance’she that makes dainty,
She, I’ll swear, hath corns; am I come near ye now?
Welcome, gentlemen! I have seen the day
That I have worn a visor and could tell
A whispering tale in a fair lady’s ear,
Such as would please: ’tis gone, ’tis gone, ’tis gone:
You are welcome, gentlemen! come, musicians, play.
A hall, a hall! give room! and foot it, girls.
Music plays, and they dance
More light, you knaves; and turn the tables up,
And quench the fire, the room is grown too hot.
Ah, sirrah, this unlook’d-for sport comes well.
Nay, sit, nay, sit, good cousin Capulet;
For you and I are past our dancing days:
How long is’t now since last yourself and I
Were in a mask?
Its mean that welcome gentleman. The girls who are not married yet will dance with you Capulet say to women to don’t shy and dance with man. Any women who wont dance with man must be an old lady with corns on her feet. Come on welcome gentleman start the music clear off the dance floor and go to it, girls turn the light up and put out the fire before it gets too hot. Shakespeare makes very interesting and exciting to audience to watch on this scene Capulet was talking to himself
Nay, sit, nay, sit, good cousin Capulet;
For you and I are past our dancing days:
How long isn’t now since last yourself and I
Were in a mask?
By’r lady, thirty years.
Its mean that You and I are a little too old for this. When was the last time I saw you dancing in a mask, Cousin Capuletand then his self reply (I swear its been thirty years)on this scene capulat was making a jokes to make his party intrestiong and exciting from other parties.on the other side rpmeo sees Juliet but he don’t know that who is she he ask servant that whos that girl over there but servant reply he don’t know.when he sees Juliet he felt in Juliet love he praises her with poetic language,which we have not yet heard from young romeo.he use similes to describe her beauty
O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear;
Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!
So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows,
As yonder lady o’er her fellows shows.
The measure done, I’ll watch her place of stand,
And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.
Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!
For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.
Its mean that Juliet is like a beautiful diamond on black velvet she is too beautiful to balong on earth.shes like a beautiful dove among a bunch of old crows. When this dance is over, I’ll watch where she stands, and see if I can’t at least touch her hand. I swear, I’ve never been in love before, for I never saw true beauty until tonight.the audience would quickly understand that romeo is in love with Juliet and that every word he speaks in straight from the heart.he immediately realizes that he did not truly love Rosaline,
Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!
For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night
Romeo has decided even without talking to Juliet. she is his true love and he does not need to search longer he declared his love for Juliet in the part of the play Romeo falls in love at first sight with the beautiful Juliet expressing his inner feelings in a soliloquy. this in in direct comparison with the earlier jovial and lighthearted with lord capulat.romeo soliloquy is dominated by his devotion and admiration for Juliet
(, `o she doth teach the torches to burn bright?)
There is much slower pace in this section as Shakespeare has used the sonnet from with rhyming couplets to emphasis the love and romantic nature of the scene, within the sonnet he uses many contrast to highlight Romeos obsession with Juliet:
So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows,
As yonder lady o’er her fellows shows
Romeo is in a total world of his own, enraptured by the stunning beauty of Juliet. this creates a romantic but also dangerous mood in the scene as the audiences watch with anticipation and ask will they be caught?
Romeo has fallen in love with Juliet,benvolio`splan has worked,benveleos plan was to get romeo to experience other beuties or compare other women to Rosaline.
I find this hard to believe that romeo could instantly fall in love with Juliet by her looks alone.even harder to believe,is that if he was truly in love with Rosaline,he wouldn’t have been able to drop her like a bad habit and go looking for a new girlfriend the same night.if he were truly in love with Rosaline,he would have been crushed,torn a distraught over their breakup and wouldn’t have gone out looking for other girls. Romeo was in love with being in love,he had to have a girlfriend who he could say meant the world to him
