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 * ACT 4 SCENE 2 -katie **

SCENE SUMMARY

//In the previous scene Juliet has just discussed with Friar Laurence about being told to marry Paris and Friar Laurence has just given her the poison.// Capulet is busily preparing for the wedding as Juliet enters. Juliet seeks forgiveness from her father for her disobedience earlier and says she will marry Paris. Capulet is ecstatic and decides to move the wedding to the next day, Wednesday. Juliet retires to her room and Capulet plans to stay up all night and to prepare for the wedding.

DRAMATISATION Capulet, Lady Capulet, Nurse and a few servingmen enter from the beginning. There is a sense of rushed excitement at the beginning of the scene. This is created by Capulet ordering servants around and commenting about how they will not be prepared in time. Juliet enters midway through the scene and as she begs forgiveness from her father she gets down on her knees. Juliet and the Nurse also leave together before Capulet and Lady Capulet.

POETIC DEVICES

In the scene, servants talk in prose and the scene is more conversational then poetic. However Juliet, Lady Capulet and Capulet talk in blank verse. Light imagery is used by Capulet to describe his happiness, “My heart is wondrous light”, and this is also a metaphor.

CONTEXT ANALYSIS

It is not unusual for Juliet to be arranged to marry by her parents. In the Elizabethan era, women would have been able to marry at the age of 12, though most married in their early twenties.

CHARACTER ANALYSIS Capulet is seen to be determined and still mad at his daughter. He is determined that Juliet will marry Paris and therefore is still planning for the wedding although she refused before. We see that he cares more for their family’s reputation than he cares for Juliet as he is still preparing for the wedding. Juliet is also being a little bit deceiving to Capulet as Juliet tells Capulet that she will obey him from then on, “Henceforward I am ever ruled by you,” when she is planning on taking the poison that night and not marrying Paris.

SETTING

This scene is set in Capulet’s house, after Juliet talks to Friar Laurence about having to be married with County Paris

THEMES

This scene has themes of Marriage, Love, Conflict, Deceit and Obedience. The main conflict that is raging inside Juliet is being told to marry one she does not love when she loves Romeo and has already married him. Deceit is involved because Juliet is deceiving her father into thinking she will marry Paris but instead she plans to poison herself. Capulet is angry at Juliet and that creates conflict. Obedience is Juliet being made to be obedient to her father.

FILM ADAPTATION

In the film this scene is not shown. After Juliet talks to Friar Laurence, they skip to Juliet taking the poison.

QUOTES “Henceforward I am ever ruled by you.”-deceit from Juliet as she is planning on disobeying him that very night(line 22) “Well, he may chance to do some good on her. A peevish self-willed harlotry it is.” –Capulet is unhappy about Juliet and insults her calling her a “peevish self-willed harlotry” (line 13)