Reaction to killing Paris:
Tone: accusatory, blaming others, ambivalent--he is conflicted, and critical, He is also blaming himself.
Imagery: dark, gloomy, at the door of the tomb, They are fighting over love in the dark.
Romeo is crazy! He is desperate. He did not want this to happen but THIS is his fault. He is annoyed. He is confusing love and hate.
Connection: Very similar to the Tybalt scene. He gets in the way of the sword and his anger. He kills Paris without knowing who he is.
Romeo is like an animal.
He takes the light to look at the victim's face and realizes that it is Paris and then he feels remorse.
He says that love has slaughtered Paris and Romeo and that love is their grave.
"I'll bury thee in a triumhant grave (5.3.83).
Romeo's final speech (88-119)
Tone: sad and depressing
Imagery: line 95 crimson lips are now black
She doesn't look dead. She is still beautiful. Dramatic irony. We know she is not dead.
Ideas about hate: Romeo cannot live without her. LIne 101 He looks at Tybalt and feels ashamed and compassion for him. Forshadows the end of the feud.
He can't imagine Juliet without him.
He is happy to be dying.
Connection: the balcony scene He says he would rather die than live without her love.
He is so rash and irrational that the scene evokes pity.
Friar trying to lure Juliet to a nunnery . . .
The tone changes because the Friar is afraid and does not understand what is going on. Plus, he does not understand love. He is responsible, in a way, for killing Romeo and Juliet.
A greater power than we can contradict has thwarted our intents
He says: COME, I'LL DISPOSE OF THEE . . .
He refers to her as garbage, baggage, a body, something that is already dead. Yikes.
What would her life be like in a convent.
Connections: The scene with the nurse who "advised" Juliet to forget about Romeo and marry Paris.
Connections: The scene where he married them. He married them to try and stop the feud and didn't take into account how young they were.
He wants to dispose of Juliet to hide his sins which is ironic because he's a priest. This entire society is corrupt. Reveals a negative attitude toward the church.
When the Friar tells Romeo to be a man and face the consequences, yet he can't face his problems.
He wants to cover his tracks.
The characters blame their problems on fate.
Juliet's final speech
Tone: Love and sadness, She called him kind names after he is dead
no "friendly drop" for poison
Imagery: She still loves him even though all the problems they have faced sprung from his mistakes--killing Tybalt, for example.
Importance: Juliet is representing her ability to be responsible for her own actions. We could blame the Friar and the Nurse but it is her actions she must account. She doesn't want to give up. She is dedicated to Romeo. She is fearless.
Connections: Romeo risked his life many times. Juliet was the practical one, aware of consequences. Romeo is responsibe for these deaths. He is impatient, too emotional.
Lord Montague's speech, Lady Montague is dead
Tone: Shocked that his son has died before he has
Setting: The tomb. His wife has just died due to her mourning over Romeo's
banishment.
Not a lot of imagery here. These deaths of the three young people has brought silence to all. They must see the errors in their ways and face real emotion.
The Friar recalls the entire story. He uses oxymorons
greatest able to do least
He feels he is to blame but he is a man of God so they will forgive him.
The prince is indifferent to Lord Montague's pain and does not offer consolation. He says to stop the mouth of outrage until we clear these ambiguities, let's figure out what has happened and stop being rash
Actions without thinking.
In reality, these are three teenagers all lying in this tomb (creepy) Two suicides, one death. This is a traumatic scene!! All are guilty. All must look closely at this tragedy and weigh its tragedy and learn from it.
The feud has caused it all.
Prince's final speech:
He confirms the Friar's story. Points out that hatred has caused the death of love!!
Love for hate is resolved by death. He has a haughty tone I told you so but he also feels responisible for letting the feud go on for so long. You can't ignore ignorance.
Connection: Romeo's love caused the death of Tybalt and Paris. That is so ironic.
Tone: pragmatic, regretful, sad, reflective,
Final last three speeches
End of the feud. They work out their problems.
Tone: joy, peaceful, that the feud is over. They feel fate has brought them together.
Imagery: I will raise their statues in pure gold. Gold is real so their love was genuine.
There never was a story of more woe.
The greatest love in all of history.
This love was fate. The chances of a Capulet and a Montague meeting was rare.
Some shall be pardoned and some shall be punished.
The love and hate: the families are only equal when two people die
Connections: Mercutio and Tybalt died, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
