Monday, May 12, 2014

Act 4, Scenes 1-3: Desire for An Alternate Escape

1- Prompt F
In scene 1, you can see the relationship between Juliet and Paris. Juliet doesn't really like Paris. She says she would rather kill herself than marry Paris. She was also interested and agreed to Friar's plan with faking the death. However, Juliet may not have an opinion towards Paris since this could just be Juliet liking Romeo and not agreeing to the marriage with Paris. Paris, on the otherhand, doesn't mind and rather prefers to marry Juliet. He seems somewhat happy and prepared to marry her.
2-Prompt D
"To beg your pardon. Pardon, I beseech you. Henceforward I am ever ruled by you."(p187) I found this quote interesting for a few reasons. First of all, it seems excessive to say sorry in this manner. Times have changed but the way this is said could be to make the scene more dramatic. Also, she says that she is ruled by them. If they rule her, why can't they force her to marry Paris? It makes these lines near unnecessary. She wouldn't need to decide if she wants to marry Paris or not if she ruled her. In real life, Capulet would probably think something is odd; how she suddenly changes her mind and expresses remorse dramatically.

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