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 like in their minds by listening to ... would also probably been a balcony where musicians would play in the party scene but also probably where Juliet would have acted the famous balcony scene. Act 2 Scene 2 begins after the party where Romeo and Juliet first saw each other. No...

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... Mercutio's view to love is something that influence Romeo. (As you can see Act one scene five plays an important role in the way it influences the audience and readers feelings, giving them a better knowledge and understanding towards the play and what it is really about.) He views love as something physical and sexual and something you must get. " If love be rough with you, be rough ... any dancing so he decides to be a torch bearer instead. In act one scene 5 Romeo begins to change because he meets Juliet (love at first sight). I n this scene Romeo, Benvolio and Mercutio attended the ...

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... this night." With this speech Rosaline is now forgotten and Juliet becomes Romeo's focal point. Despite learning Juliet's identity as a Capulet, Romeo ignores the feud and commits himself to Juliet. Romeo as a character can and does vary throughout the play, for example in act 2 scene 4 when the male bonding moment is ... reaching it's height of hilarity, the nurse and Peter appear. As they approach the young men these two become targets for jokes, starting with Romeo's cry, "A snail, a snail!" This shows that Romeo can be one of the lads and ... of others. I put his death mainly down to...

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... severe bad luck. For example, the fact that he, Romeo- the only son of Montague, falls in love with Juliet- the only daughter of Capulet. And their two families happen to be "ancient" enemies. One other example, at the Capulet's ball- which is full to the brim with Capulets, Tybalt is the ONLY Capulet who ... happen will end bitterly. The reference to fate is "hanging in the stars" it relates back to the Elizabethan attitude and beliefs towards fate. Another example of fate in action during the play is in Act 5 Scene 1 where Romeo says "I dreamt my lady found me dead"- this is another pr...

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