5 Quote Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet: Act 3 Scene 5

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Breakdown of Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Scene 5

Nutshell Summary:
- Romeo and Juliet, husband and wife, have spent their first night together.
- Reluctantly, and with much poetry, Romeo leaves for Mantua before he is caught.
- Lady Capulet enters and thinks Juliet is upset about Tybalt’s death. Juliet cleverly equivocates, convincing her mother that she seeks revenge.
- Lady Capulet announces that Juliet will marry Paris in three days.
- Juliet refuses.
- Lord Capulet enters and demands obedience.
- Juliet turns to the nurse, who advises marriage with Paris.
- Alone, stoically prepared to kill herself, Juliet says she’ll go to Frier Lawrence for help.

Themes Discussed:
(For more detailed discussion of THEME in Romeo and Juliet see https://dai.ly/x80qt0r)

- T1 Wasteland: troubadour tradition of inauthentic marriages vs sacred marriage
- T3 Self vs Society: Society’s discordant demands of inauthenticity
- T3 Self vs Society: Authentic lives create harmony
- T5 Sacred Marriage: Union of opposites creates cosmic harmony; two in one; marriage bed as alter

Characters Discussed:
(For more detailed discussion of CHARACTER in Romeo and Juliet see https://dai.ly/x80pud8)

- C6 Juliet: Clever, guarded, equivocating, courageous, defiant; extreme thinking, all or nothing; dramatic irony
- C7 Capulet: Tyrant

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