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“Double-talk open to various interpretation; has more than one meaning Act 3, Scene 5 - Romeo leaves Juliet final farewell - Lady Capulet informs Juliet that she is to be married to Paris - Juliet refuses the marriage p. 82, ll. 68-69: - Romeo left Juliet is crying Lady Capulet: “Why, how now, Juliet!” Juliet: “Madam, I am not well.” Lady Capulet: “Evermore weeping for your cousin’s death?” - Lady Capulet assumes that Juliet cries because of Tybalt’s death - reader knows the actual reason J. is sad because R. left - J. lies about sorrow love to R. must stay secret l. 74 Lady Capulet: “Some grief shows much of love, But much of grief shows still some want of wit.” Juliet: “Yet let me weep for such a feeling loss.” - Juliet refers to Tybalt’s death - reader could also think she means Romeo she just “lost” him because he left she misses him l. 93 - Lady Capulet wants to take revenge on Romeo for killing Tybalt Lady Capulet: “[…]That [Romeo] shall soon keep Tybalt company, And then, I hope, thou wilt be satisfied.” Juliet: “Indeed, I never shall be satisfied With Romeo, till I behold him – dead – “ - creates 2 meanings: 1. for her mother 2. conveys her true feelings - dash in front of “dead” special emphasize

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Page 1: “Double-talk“ - IFWeblog Web view“Double-talk “ open to various ... - to create comic scenes / comic relief- humor acts as a balance to the tragedy in the play- to amuse the

“Double-talk“

open to various interpretation; has more than one meaning

Act 3, Scene 5

- Romeo leaves Juliet final farewell

- Lady Capulet informs Juliet that she is to be married to Paris

- Juliet refuses the marriage

p. 82, ll. 68-69: - Romeo left Juliet is crying

Lady Capulet: “Why, how now, Juliet!”Juliet: “Madam, I am not well.”Lady Capulet: “Evermore weeping for your cousin’s death?”

- Lady Capulet assumes that Juliet cries because of Tybalt’s death- reader knows the actual reason J. is sad because R. left- J. lies about sorrow love to R. must stay secret

l. 74

Lady Capulet: “Some grief shows much of love, But much of grief shows still some want of wit.”Juliet: “Yet let me weep for such a feeling loss.”

- Juliet refers to Tybalt’s death- reader could also think she means Romeo she just “lost” him because he left she misses him

l. 93- Lady Capulet wants to take revenge on Romeo for killing Tybalt

Lady Capulet: “[…]That [Romeo] shall soon keep Tybalt company, And then, I hope, thou wilt be satisfied.”Juliet: “Indeed, I never shall be satisfied With Romeo, till I behold him – dead – “

- creates 2 meanings: 1. for her mother 2. conveys her true feelings

- dash in front of “dead” special emphasize- without “dead”: there is nothing more dear than seeing R. again confesses love!- “dead” added: wants Romeo dead corrects herself because her mother must not know her true feelings hides her love by “double-talking”- foreshadowing Romeo’s death

Page 2: “Double-talk“ - IFWeblog Web view“Double-talk “ open to various ... - to create comic scenes / comic relief- humor acts as a balance to the tragedy in the play- to amuse the

Why Shakespeare uses “double-talk” in “Romeo and Juliet”…- to create comic scenes / comic relief- humor acts as a balance to the tragedy in the play- to amuse the audience/hold their interest groundlings had fun and at the same time other people were not offended (cf. role of the theatre in Elizabethan times / Elizabethan audiences)