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Who speaks first Romeo or Juliet?
The first single character to speak is Sampson, one of three named serving men in the play. A conversation between Sampson and Gregory leads to the first confrontation of the tragedy.
When Romeo and Juliet first speak they refer to each other as?
When Romeo and Juliet meet they speak just fourteen lines before their first kiss. These fourteen lines make up a shared sonnet, with a rhyme scheme of ababcdcdefefgg. A sonnet is a perfect, idealized poetic form often used to write about love.
How does Romeo speak in Romeo and Juliet?
Romeo speaks primarily in heroic couplets throughout the play. A heroic couplet is a rhyming pair of iambic pentameter lines. Iambic pentameter is a poetic line of iambs five metrical feet long. Oh…and an iamb is a foot of poetry that sounds like a heartbeat, just as the words “a-LONE” and “re-LEASE.”
Is Juliet actually in love with Romeo?
Juliet’s love for Romeo seems at least in part to be a desire to be freed from her parents’ control by a husband who can’t control her either. More experienced characters argue that sexual frustration, not enduring love, is the root cause of Romeo and Juliet’s passion for one another.
When Romeo sees Juliet for the first time?
In act 1, scene 5, Romeo beholds Juliet for the first time at the party hosted by the Capulets. In a room crowded with people and with much hoopla around him, Romeo notices his soon-to-be wife and is entranced.
How does Shakespeare use language to portray Romeo and Juliet first?
Shakespeare uses poetic language heavy with metaphor upon the first meeting of Romeo and Juliet. Juliet is a light; a rich jewel, a snowy dove all at once (1.5. 46-50). Then she becomes a holy shrine and his two lips are pilgrims.
Who speaks in rhyme in Romeo and Juliet?
In this play Shakespeare uses a combination of rhyme and prose to tell us more about certain characters. The servants don’t speak in rhyme at all, and this shows us their lower social status. Romeo and Juliet, on the other hand, sometimes share rhymes which shows how emotionally in tune they are.
What is the second person narrator?
Second Person Second-person narration a little-used technique of narrative in which the action is driven by a character ascribed to the reader, one known as you. The reader is immersed into the narrative as a character involved in the story.