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Romeo and Juliet: Act 1 and Themes

Charlotte Kimmel

Updated Feb. 22, 2017

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Romeo and Juliet: Act 1 and Themes

Act 1, Scene 1

servants hatred as strong as their master's, and escalates in scene 1 from servants to the heads of the house
subject shifts from hate to love when Romeo appears
Themes: youth, passion, authority

Into Act 2...

Act 1, Scene 3

Prologue

Act 1, Scene 4

Juliet is mature, but young
Nurse: crude comic relief
Male beauty: wax, flowers and a book (contrast to celestial references) (beauty is fragile)
Juliet's restraint vs. Romeo's frenzy
different views of marriage
for women: marriage is the ultimate goal

masks: tied to the identity theme
Romeo: immature in some ways, but sees from the beginning that there are larger, more dangerous powers in the world
Romeo has a vision about his impending death
Queen Mab speech

we learn the whole story from the start
Setting: Verone, Italy
What did they think of Verona?
Love ultimately triumphs, but not without bloodshed
Love is a "madness"
love and hate both fuel the story
(most themes breifly covered)

Themes thus far?

Act 1, Scene 2

Act 1, Scene 5

We first meet Juliet through the eyes of two men- patriarchy
major theme: youth and age (and authority)
Women's beauty: referenced as celestial
Benvolio compares love to dangerous things in nature (foreshadow?)
Benvolio's advice to Romeo?

the party!
Romeo says Juliet's beauty is as bright as torches, starting to compare her to light
Shakespeare begins building motif of night and day (cheek of night)
love and hate always intertwined in the play- violence follows vows of love (Tybalt)
love takes on religious qualities: praying hands- romance at a higher level than the physical
only love, only hate

Identity?
Youth? (Age/Authority)
Passion? (Love & Violence)
Banishment?
Sacrifice?

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