... a gentle, innocent, obedient young character and now here she is ranting and raving on about how much she loves and cares for her love Romeo. Her behaviour is not that of a normal fourteen year old. Her soliloquy is based around darkness and her cravings for Romeo: 'With thy black mantle, till strange love grow bold.' This adds to the dramatic tension ... news that Lady Capulet is about to bring. Throughout their conversation tension is rising, as Juliet deliberately deceives her mother. Shakespeare includes a series of puns and irony: 'With Romeo, till I behold him -dead- Is my poor he...

• Word Count: 4397
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

... a gentle, innocent, obedient young character and now here she is ranting and raving on about how much she loves and cares for her love Romeo. Her behaviour is not that of a normal fourteen year old. Her soliloquy is based around darkness and her cravings for Romeo: 'With thy black mantle, till strange love grow bold.' This adds to the dramatic tension ... news that Lady Capulet is about to bring. Throughout their conversation tension is rising, as Juliet deliberately deceives her mother. Shakespeare includes a series of puns and irony: 'With Romeo, till I behold him -dead- Is my poor he...

• Word Count: 4397
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

... he sees his opportunity, and ceases it. He pulls Juliet behind the pillar he is hiding behind and tries to make Juliet listen by pouring his heart out, his language is like poetry, everything he says seems to flow, even when Juliet questions and dismisses his actions, but Romeo keeps coming back ... see that Romeos brave attempts may have been stopped by one thing, the family name. One thing that I am keen to point out is the use of costume in the two versions. As I have already said, the Zefferelli version has a traditional Elizabethan masked ball; Romeo and every other person seem to ...

• Word Count: 5983
• Approx Pages: 24
• Grade Level: High School