Author: Adam

its tuesday night and we are in juliets room alone we she is about to take the potion that friar lawrence has given her. she is really scared about taking the potion. this is where a huge solioquoi happens where she thinks of all the bad things that could will happen if this all goes wrong. she thinks that she could die and she also  says that tybalts ghost can come and smash her in the head with one of her ancestors bones . in  all of this she still takes the potion and falls into a deep comma .

its tuesday afternoon and the wedding is be prepared. enter capulet talking with serving man about preperations about the wedding. since the wedding is on wednesday they only have one day to prepare. the nurse enters and tells capulet that preparations are not ready. then we enter juliet who is in her room. her mother (lady capulet) enters and tells heer that she has a big day tommrow. as we all know juliet her to take the potionso she tells her mum to leave and tell the nurse not to sleep in the same room she is in.

Paris is talking to friar Lawrence to arrange the marriage. As this is occurring Juliet arrives and talks with Paris but has a sarcastic voice but Paris is to oblivious to know it. Paris leaves and friar Lawrence comes up with a plan to escape Juliet by giving her a potion the makes her near to death . Later he will get her with Romeo where they will go to Mantua .

in this scene benvolio and mercutio  were talking and benvolio had said that the Capulet are patrolling the streets. as he said that the Capulet arrived. benvolio said that they wont escape a brawl  but mercutio didnt care. as benvolio said this tybalt arrives looking for romeo . tybalt spots benvolio and meructio and started a cuss battle. this aggravated mercutio starting a fight.but  romeo arrives at the scene. then tybalt says that his beef is with romeo. romeo didnt want to fight because of the relationship with Juliet. this upsets mercutio starting a fight with tybalt. but romeo stops mercutio. as this happens tybalt stabs mercutio making him die. tybalt leaves. mercutio blames romeo on his death. tybalt then returns. romeos rage overwhelms is love killing tybalt.

in Romeo and Juliet there are many semantic fields. a semantic field is a set of word grouped semantically (that is by meaning) referring to  a specific meaning. in this case of Romeo and Juliet its fate. in my opinion the most obvious at the prologue. when the narrator says in the prologue that two star crossed lovers shall meet.

isn’t it a coincidence that Romeo found his love Juliet. also in the story before Juliet Romeo’s love was Rosaline who is a Capulet. during this Capulet host a party and told his servant to get the people he invited. but the servant couldn’t read. by coincidence the servant comes to Romeo to ask for help. Rosaline was attending this party. to Romeo’s luck his love was attending this party. this is a semantic field.

in this stanza I will show you the metaphors the link into semantic fields

ROMEO

Beyond the train tracks were creatures, Their wings crippled and dark. Under them Was a building with lights shining like a parade. Around it were many more buildings. pointing to the sky, the sun shone like a message from God was sent to the world… But there was nothing just darkness . it strangled the air like a blanket wrapped around a loaf of bread. Under the train tracks was water. The water was swallowing the ground rising and rising and rising. The smell of pollution blackened the air and spoilt the sea.

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Hello my name is Adam and I’m here to tell you how Shakespeare uses language to keep his audience interested in his plays.
Dramatic devices:
Dramatic devices occur a lot in Shakespearian plays. One of the most used devices is called dramatic irony. This occurs when the reader knows a secret, but the characters in a play do not. Therefore, the words or actions of a character carry a special meaning for the reader, but are understood differently by the character. The characters are blind to facts, but the reader is not. This technique increases the tension as the audience anticipates the revelation of facts that only we knew.
For example, when Lady Macbeth reveals to Macbeth her plot to kill King Duncan, she says “look like the innocent flower but be the serpent underneath it…”
Another example is when Macbeth had planned to kill Banquo. Only the audience knew about his plan and no one else. This also anticipates the revelation of secrets that we only knew.
This is why dramatic devices are key to keeping an audience interested in plays.
Language:
Shakespeare’s language was very fascinating to the audience that read his plays. One of these is the rhythm in his language
For example metre is used quite often in the play Macbeth.
Yes;
As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion.
If I say sooth, I must report they were
As cannons overcharged with double cracks, so they
Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe:
Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds,
Or memorise another Golgotha,
I cannot tell.
But I am faint, my gashes cry for help.
DUNCAN
So well thy words become thee as thy wounds;
They smack of honour both. Go get him surgeons.

Notice how the end of the first stanza goes de Dum de dum dum and the first line follows with the same rythm. This is metre.
Another example is this;

My name is Adam if we put this in metre it would be

A DAM
This is spondaic because the A is stressed and the dam isn’t. If you put this into a phrase
It would be / ‘ / ‘ / ‘
Adam watches catfish
That is a spondaic monometer.
This is language helps getting the audience interested in his plays

Character:

Character really helps people get engaged for sly and cunning to loyal and happy. It can also help because sometimes the reader can relate to a character. It can also help in plot twists

For example in the beginning Macbeth is a valiant solider and is loyal to his friend and king of Scotland; king Duncan. But later in the play his desires take him over and then kill his best friend to become king of Scotland. His character changed from loyal and valiant to selfish and deceiving. This proves that one character change can change the whole plot to a story. Another example is Lady Macbeth. She was a strong and powerful woman who then in then in the later play became a weak and traumatised lady that then committed suicide due to stress.

This is why character is so important to the audience and to the story plot.

Narrative techniques:

Narration is very important because without it we couldn’t know what was going on. But sometimes the narrator lets you imagine where someone is or what someone is .unfortunately I don’t know what this technique is. Also sometimes the narrator gives suspense for example when Macbeth sent three murderers to kill macduffs wife and son we, only get told that the son dies but as soon it’s the mothers turn the narrator says exeunt and gives suspense to the reader.
Also the narrator tells us where something is happening which tells the audience if it will be calm or dangerous. This is sometimes a form of pathetic fallacy. For example when Banquo is about to die rain appears. Rain represents sadness; this tells the audience that something bad is about to happen.
This is why narrative techniques help the audience stay engaged in all of Shakespeare’s plays throughout the whole thing.

Theme:
Theme is very important so the reader knows what he is reading. If the reader wants to read a tragedy but instead reads a comedy he/she won’t be very pleased. Sometimes Themes are the ideas that Shakespeare explores dramatically through the experience of his characters, and they define the play. There are common themes in all of the plays, such as appearance and reality, but in addition to those, each play explores its own issues, which are dramatised in the language, the actions of the characters and in the setting.

The three witches are seen throughout all of the play, but do we know they are real. They could just have been Macbeth’s imagination. This example shows theme of appearance and reality.
This also helps the reader get engaged in the plays

in conclusion shakespare keeps his audience intrested in his plays by using various different kinds of language devices