In the opening lines of the prologue, the audience is told the basic plot of the play along with the tragic ending. What purpose does the prologue serve? Why tell the audience up front how the play will end? When the two lovers are professing to each other their love and their hopes for a long life together later in the play, how might the knowledge of the ending events affect the audience’s reaction (mood)? The prologue catches the viewer’s attention by giving exciting plot events and by telling the audience to pay close attention “with patient ears (Prologue.13).” They tell the audience how the ending will happen so that it gives the play a sense of a fate and a predestined outcome. Knowledge that the “star-cross’d lovers take their life”
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Although Lady Capulet, Juliet’s mother, loves her daughter and wants to arrange the best marriage for her to reflect her social and financial status, it has been the Nurse who has taken care of Juliet since she was born, tending to her daily needs. The Nurse is an “earthy” character who offers the wisdom and perspective of life experience. She is also a keen observer of the actions of others. She can be blunt, but she is usually correct in her advice.
6. Why do the Nurse and Juliet’s mother, Lady Capulet, want Juliet to pay attention to Count Paris at the party later that evening? Why do they think he is a suitable candidate for her to marry? They want Juliet to pay attention to Paris because of the fact that he is a good candidate for a husband. They think he is a suitable candidate for husband because “he is a man of wax” (1.3 80).
Act 1: Scene 4
During this scene, Mercutio (Romeo’s best friend) and Benvolio (Romeo’s cousin) try to convince Romeo to be ready for fun at the Capulet’s party – which they are about to “crash.” Mercutio delivers his famous speech about Queen Mab, the fairy creature, and shows his mercurial (changeable) moods as the speech goes from light-hearted to darker in tone. Romeo then tells the audience of his own prophetic
Although Lady Capulet, Juliet’s mother, loves her daughter and wants to arrange the best marriage for her to reflect her social and financial status, it has been the Nurse who has taken care of Juliet since she was born, tending to her daily needs. The Nurse is an “earthy” character who offers the wisdom and perspective of life experience. She is also a keen observer of the actions of others. She can be blunt, but she is usually correct in her advice.
6. Why do the Nurse and Juliet’s mother, Lady Capulet, want Juliet to pay attention to Count Paris at the party later that evening? Why do they think he is a suitable candidate for her to marry? They want Juliet to pay attention to Paris because of the fact that he is a good candidate for a husband. They think he is a suitable candidate for husband because “he is a man of wax” (1.3 80).
Act 1: Scene 4
During this scene, Mercutio (Romeo’s best friend) and Benvolio (Romeo’s cousin) try to convince Romeo to be ready for fun at the Capulet’s party – which they are about to “crash.” Mercutio delivers his famous speech about Queen Mab, the fairy creature, and shows his mercurial (changeable) moods as the speech goes from light-hearted to darker in tone. Romeo then tells the audience of his own prophetic