Romeo and Juliet
...Juliet is the sun” shows that without Juliet Romeo could not survive and she is the light of his life. “Bright Angel” is another way Romeo describes Juliet showing that in his eyes Juliet can do no wrong and is the image of perfection. When Romeo first speaks he shows that he is willing to change so that he and Juliet can be together “Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized”. Romeo states “Therefore thy kinsmen are no stop to me” meaning that love will power him and he cannot be stopped from being with Juliet. When Juliet expresses her fear for Romeo’s safety to him Romeo says “My life were better ended by their hate Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love” this means that if he was to perish at the hands of the Capulets that he would be happy knowing that Juliet loved him. Romeo does not want to leave Juliet for fear that he will not be able to see her again “O, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied?” and wants to make the most of every moment with Juliet. Romeo feels that seeing Juliet is too good too be true “this is but a dream” which makes Juliet reappear and talk to him some more which is what he wants. Juliet is the more controlled and thinks about the details and problems that may occur, although she is the one to bring up the subject of marriage. Juliet shows this more in depth thinking side to her near the beginning of the scene when she identifies the problem of Romeo’s and her relationship is the name “Deny thy father and refuse thy name Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love And I’ll no longer be a Capulet” showing that she is also willing to change to make the relationship work. Juliet become concerned for Romeo’s safety when she realises that he is there “If they see thee, they will murder thee” again showing that she thinks of consequences more that Romeo. Later on in the scene Juliet is worried that Romeo thinks that she is too easy won, she doesn’t know weather to play hard to get or to confess her love to resolve this she tries to find out how strongly Romeo feels about her “Dost thou love me?” this is important to Juliet because she already idolises Romeo “my idolatry”. Once she knows that he feels the same she proposes the only solution she can think of “Thy propose marriage”. When thy need to part Juliet like Romeo cannot bare to be apart from the other “’Tis twenty year till then.” When in fact it is only until nine o’clock the following morning and she also shows that she does not want to part when she says, “Parting is such sweet sorrow” Their unwillingness to leave each other is not as common in modern relation ship because of family feuds being more rare and also with the invention of text messaging and internet chat messengers like “msn” their lover is never more than a few clicks of a button away. In the fight scene the optimistic good love feelings of the balcony scene are reversed and the feelings turn to hate and destruction. The scene opens with the Capulets lead by Tybalt turning up where the Montagues are, Tybalt tries to start a fight with the Capulets, when Romeo arrives Tybalt’s attention turns to him and Tybalt attempts to start a fight with Romeo. Mercutio steps in and fights with Tybalt. Romeo tries to stop the brawl but Mercutio is killed, enraged Romeo sets off after Tybalt and kills him. Then the prince banishes Romeo for killing Tybalt. Most of the character types are very obvious in this scene. Benvolio is a peacemaker and would rather not get into a fight with the Capulets. He shows this at the opening of the scene “I pray thee, good Mercutio, let’s retire.” He knows that there is a good chance of Tybalt and his followers turning up and Benvolio knows that if this should happen there will be a fight “we shall not ‘scape a brawl”. Mercutio on the other hand is a hot head and is quite willing to fight the Capulets, this inevitably leads to his death. Mercutio displays his lack of fear of the Capulets when Benvolio asks that they should return home, “Why, thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less in his beard than thou hast.” This is comic exaggeration and he sarcastically calls Benvolio the quarreller when he is clearly the peacemaker. When Tybalt arrives Mercutio comes over as very aggressive “make it a word and a blow” Mercutio also mocks and makes jokes at Tybalt, “What, dost thou make us minstrels?” “Here’s ...