Act+5+Scene+1


 * Act 5, Scene 1 - Tulia Ku **

Before, Romeo banishes from Verona because of the recent death of Tybalt. Romeo expects good news from Verona from his man, Balthasar, but instead is told that Juliet is ‘dead,’ he buys poison off an apothecary and says that he intends to return to Verona and join Juliet in death.
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// Costume: // Balthasar arrives in Mantua wearing boots – a harbinger of doom in classical theatre.
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Personification describes human characteristics in human characteristics in an intimate object, animal or abstract idea. ‘If I may trust the //flattering truth of sleep//.’ 1. Metaphor: a comparison between two unlike things. ‘My bosom’s lord sits lightly in this throne.’ 3. Foreshadowing: provides clues or hints to the reader in what may happen next. ‘I dreamt my lady came and found me dead.’ 6. Punctuation: creates pace and tension. ‘News from Verona! How now, Balthasar? Dost thou not bring me letters from the Friar? …’ 12-15. Imagery: the use of vivid language to generate ideas and or evoke mental images. ‘…that the trunk may be discharged of breath, As violently as hasty powder fired, Doth hurry from fatal cannon’s womb.’
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Although Romeo is banished he is still in good humour. He had dreamt about his death and Juliet’s kisses bring him back to life. His good mood shatters immediately when Balthasar delivers that Juliet is dead. As fate plays with Romeo’s life, he screams out ‘I defy you, stars,’ raging of his bad fate. Romeo’s character changes from here, he was angry, cynical and emboldened in his fate.
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Mantua, a street. Thursday morning.
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Dreams (love) – throughout the scene Romeo dreams of being with Juliet but his love for her is overpowering and so it leads him to his death. Romeo’s love for Juliet is questioned whether it’s true love or lust. Fate and Fortune – Romeo and Juliet are described as ‘star-crossed’ lovers and they are destined to by the stars to be ‘crossed’ or destroyed. After hearing of Juliet’s ‘death’ Romeo defies his fate by killing himself and then also prompting Juliet to do so too, therefore fulfilling the lover’s tragic destiny. Romeo’s hasty reaction to Mercutio’s death leads towards Romeo’s banishment, Capulet’s quick decision to move the wedding closer precipitates Romeo missing the message from the Friar all contributes to the rash decision of Romeo’s death just before Juliet’s awakening. These unfortunate coincidences all lead to the death and fate of the ‘star crossed’ lovers.
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Instead of going to Verona on horseback, Romeo rides away in a car.
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‘Then I defy you, stars.’ 24. (theme – fate and love) ‘Then she is she //well// and nothing can be ill.’ 17. (pun) ‘Like fire and powder, Which as they kiss, consume.’
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