If you've enjoyed this video, please consider making a small donation. Thank you.<br />https://www.patreon.com/literature_walkthrough<br /><br />Breakdown of Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Scene 5<br /><br />Nutshell Summary:<br />- Romeo and Juliet, husband and wife, have spent their first night together.<br />- Reluctantly, and with much poetry, Romeo leaves for Mantua before he is caught.<br />- Lady Capulet enters and thinks Juliet is upset about Tybalt’s death. Juliet cleverly equivocates, convincing her mother that she seeks revenge. <br />- Lady Capulet announces that Juliet will marry Paris in three days.<br />- Juliet refuses.<br />- Lord Capulet enters and demands obedience.<br />- Juliet turns to the nurse, who advises marriage with Paris.<br />- Alone, stoically prepared to kill herself, Juliet says she’ll go to Frier Lawrence for help.<br /><br />Themes Discussed:<br />(For more detailed discussion of THEME in Romeo and Juliet see https://dai.ly/x80qt0r)<br /><br />- T1 Wasteland: troubadour tradition of inauthentic marriages vs sacred marriage<br />- T3 Self vs Society: Society’s discordant demands of inauthenticity<br />- T3 Self vs Society: Authentic lives create harmony<br />- T5 Sacred Marriage: Union of opposites creates cosmic harmony; two in one; marriage bed as alter<br /><br />Characters Discussed:<br />(For more detailed discussion of CHARACTER in Romeo and Juliet see https://dai.ly/x80pud8)<br /><br />- C6 Juliet: Clever, guarded, equivocating, courageous, defiant; extreme thinking, all or nothing; dramatic irony<br />- C7 Capulet: Tyrant<br /><br />This video on Shakespeare’s LANGUAGE might also help: https://dai.ly/x80qtdh<br /><br />All commentary in this series is designed to help students:<br />— Prepare for GCSE, A-Level, IB, and AP evaluation<br />— Prepare for general high school and college quizzes, exams, and essays<br />— Generate ideas for analysis essays<br />— Participate knowledgeably in class discussions
