Audience's Sympathy in William Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet
by Lillian Bonar
Essay: Audience's Sympathy in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
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Audience's Sympathy in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare was a very experienced play writer who engaged the
audience making them feel mixed emotions. In the play "Romeo and
Juliet" one of the main emotions felt by the audience is sympathy. In
this essay I will explain how Shakespeare does this.
In act scene 1 Romeo is lovesick over a young lady named Rosaline.
When Romeo speaks, generally he speaks in poetry, especially when it
is something he feels passionately about. In scene 1 Romeo's form of
speech is already in contrast with the other characters in the play.
For example at the start of the play Sampson and Gregory are boasting
and laughing about how they wish to deal with the Montague women. "Tis
true, and therefore women being the weaker vessels are ever thrust to
the wall." This manner of speech contrasts with the way in which Romeo
speaks about women, "She is too fair, too wise, wisely too fair, to
merit bliss by making me despair." This builds up the audiences love
for young Romeo and when the audience likes a character they are
likely to feel sympathy for that character if something tragic happens
as is did in this play.
In the famous balcony scene Romeo and Juliet find themselves speaking
in poetry and using a lot of similes and metaphors. Also the speech of
Romeo and Juliet is very love orientated yet very innocent unlike some
of the speech used by Mercutio. "O speak again bright angel for thou
Romeo and Juliet is very love orientated yet very innocent unlike some
of the speech used by Mercutio. "O speak again bright angel for thou
art as glorious to this night, being o'er my head, as a winged
messenger from heaven."
Romeo is a very honest character that falls in and out of love easily
and because of that Mercutio teases him, but in ...
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