We are looking at the language in Act 2 Scene 2 and examining how it educates the audience about the characters and setting. When Shakespeare presented Romeo and Juliet in front of an audience around 1595 he had few props so therefore limited setting. Shakespeare's Elizabethan audience created what the setting looked ... he is in love although the audience are hesitant due to Romeo's relationship with Rosaline, where one minute he loved her and the next he loved Juliet. Juliet comes out on the balcony and says "Ay me!" Many people are not sure why she says this. I think she yawns as it is qui...

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... to be under the influence of the men around her. Juliet is a unique character, for someone of her time, as she does not follow the above criteria. Instead she has the strength to be self-willed and to act differently to the other females around her; consequently it is because of this that the play really ... creates its shape. It is unknown why Juliet acts as she does, is seems likely that her parents were never really ... actually means that she still loves Romeo "Indeed I never shall be satisfied With Romeo, till I behold him -dead- Is my poor heart for a kinsman vexed" Juliet's moth...

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... Lord Angelo, the man who has condemned her brother to die. Lord Angelo is a most severe man when it comes to morality, as can be seen when he insists that the law must be upheld and Claudio must die. It is because of this similarity in character that the meeting between the two is most anticipated by the audience. However, we expect ... him down from this pedestal. Angelo also places himself on a pedestal, adopting a holier than thou' attitude towards Claudio and the people in general. This can be seen in line 17 of act 2 scene 1: Tis one thing to be tempted, Escalus, Another to fall. A...

• Word Count: 1795
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School