"Romeo and Juliet"- Act 1, Scene 5

 

In this blog post, I will be discussing about the fifth scene of Act 1. This scene is mostly romantic and it is the scene where Romeo meets Juliet for the first time. The people in Scene 5 are Romeo, Juliet, Lord Capulet, Tybalt, Nurse, Servants, and Benvolio.

Scene 5 starts out with the servants talking and then Lord Capulet enters the scene. Lord Capulet just talks a little bit about the party. Then Romeo enters the scene. He sees Juliet for the first time and says that she is very hot and starts reciting and comparing her to different thing. For example, he says," O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" This statement that Romeo talks about is about how pretty and beautiful he thinks that Juliet is. He keeps reciting similar things and then Tybalt find out about Romeo being a Montague and coming to the party. Tybalt tells his uncle, Lord Capulet, about Romeo being at the party. Lord Capulet tells him to ignore Romeo and not to cause a mutiny at the party. After some protest by Tybalt and some forceful orders from Lord Capulet, Tybalt finally agrees to ignore him.

Romeo goes up to Juliet and starts talking about how he think that Juliet is very pretty. Juliet likes him back at the first sight of him as well. They start talking and soon they both begin to kiss in an uncrowded room. After that, the Nurse calls Juliet and tells her that her mother is calling her. She leaves Romeo and walks towards the Nurse. After Juliet leaves to go to her mother, the Nurse starts talking to Romeo and talks about Juliet on the matter of who her mother is and how rich she is. Romeo then realizes that Juliet is a Capulet. Then once Romeo is leaving, Juliet and the Nurse talk about Romeo and the nurse tells her that he is a Montague. The party ends and then the scene ends.

In this scene, a lot of important events take place. For example, Romeo and Juliet meet each other for the first time and they fall in love with each other. Another important event is they both realize that their parents are both enemies. These events are the main events that propel the story to the conclusion. Without these events in this book. There really wouldn't be a story. Essentially, I think that this is the most important scene in the story, because of the reasons I have already stated. I have many predictions to make on this book. I think that  that Lord Capulet and Lord Montague will find out about their love and separate them. I also think Paris, the guy who she is supposed to marry, will figure out that Romeo and Juliet both like each other and he will help them run away. I know they will run away, because it stated that in the Prologue. I just can't wait to figure out whether or not my predictions are correct.