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Scene Analysis-Act 3 Scene 4

This scene is when the Capulets (excluding Juliet) organise the wedding between Paris and Juliet. Tybalt has recently died by Romeo’s hand and Juliet is grieving in her chamber. This is an important scene because it is where a crucial conflict arises; Juliet is already married to Romeo, therefore she obviously displays distaste towards marrying Paris, this then offends her family and causes a clash between love and family pressure.
 * Scene Summary **

The themes in this scene are mainly family pressure, which is developed by Lord and Lady Capulet, grief, brought on by Tybalt’s death and secrecy which is implied by Juliet’s and Romeo’s marriage being a secret to the Caplet’s arranged marriage for their daughter.
 * Themes **

The setting in this scene is tense, and slightly hurried in a matter that Capulet wants his daughter married very soon, and tense because of the dominance displayed by Capulet, showed by Paris being very quiet and short in his speaking parts. In physical terms the setting is in the Capulet’s house at night.
 * Setting **

There are no significant film adaptations to this scene except minimising the amount of speaking Capulet has to do.
 * Film Adaptation **

‘These times of woe afford no time to woo.’-Paris. Paris is showing his understanding character and is considerate of Juliet’s grief for Tybalt. ‘Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender/Of my child’s love. I think she will be ruled/In all respects by me.’ Capulet. Capulet is saying that he believes he controls his daughter’s life, displaying that the readers realise that he knows nothing about his daughter.
 * Key Quotes **

There is no physical dramatisation in this scene however; it is made more dramatic by the use of Capulet’s lengthy and strong-worded speeches, and then tense with Paris’s small responses, clearly intimidated by Capulet.
 * Dramatisation **

The relevance between this scene and the Elizabethan era is shown in the hastiness of the marriage planned, as it is planned on Thursday and it is only Monday at the time, many marriages in most other times would not have been so quickly planned. There is also the display of dominance by the man of the house, with his long speeches he does not distinguish Paris as an equal but rather thinks of himself as king of the household.
 * Context Analysis **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This is one of the first scenes that Capulet shows his dominance in his household. He unnerves Paris and this is shows by Paris’s speaking parts being significantly shorter than that of Capulet’s. Capulet is also shown to think he owns his daughter’s life from this quote: ‘I think she will be ruled/in all respects by me, nay more, I doubt it not.’ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Lady Capulet showed herself to care only about her appearance, supporting the marriage immensely as being the mother of a married daughter would seem better than a single daughter. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Paris is shown as a submissive and easy-going character as he accepts Capulet’s wishes without question and also shows his caring side when he refrains from visiting Juliet when she is grieving.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Poor Richard','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Character Analysis **