Monologue And Soliloquies In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, uses many techniques in the monologues and soliloquies throughout the text to demonstrate the themes of love. The theme of love is one of the main aspects this tragic play, as they help tell the story of two star crossed lovers. The story tells of two families, the Montagues and Capulets, who hold a grudge against each other. When the son and daughter from both houses meet for the first time and fall in love, it leads to nothing but tragedy and death.

Juliet is speaking with great happiness about her love for Romeo, but after hearing the news from Nurse that love turns into hate. Juliet’s love and loyalty for Romeo, overcome her shock and she once more declares her love for him. Juliet’s soliloquy begins with her saying “Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night, that runaway’s eyes may wink, and Romeo leap to these arms untalked of and unseen.” (Act III Scene ii). In this part of the soliloquy, Juliet can’t wait for Romeo to return and is looking forward to her wedding night and what will happen. When Nurse tells her of Tybalt’s death, Juliet is terrified that Romeo has been killed as well. Once informed that Romeo had killed Tybalt, Juliet begins to hate him saying “O serpent heart hid with a flowering face!” (Act III Scene ii). ‘Serpent heart’ is a reference to Romeo having an evil heart and ‘hid with a flowering face’ is referencing to Romeo’s evil …show more content…
The first message is ‘love conquers any hateful feeling’, which is demonstrated in Juliet’s soliloquy in Act III Scene ii. Her love for Romeo overcomes the hate she starts feeling for him, after he killed her cousin. The second message is ‘people would rather die than be separated from the people they love’, which is portrayed in Romeo’s monologue in Act III Scene iii. Romeo considers the banishment worse than death because he is unable to see Juliet, who he is head over heels