12/21/2023 0 Comments Juliet monologue![]() In my other monologue unpacked for this scene, I spoke of the importance of honouring the stakes of the scene, and the importance of Juliet clearly playing to her targets around her. So please forgive me, and don’t assume that because I love so quickly that it is not honest and serious. I should have been more aloof! But you heard me talking about my love while I didn’t know you were even there. Truthfully, handsome Montague, I like you too much, so you might think my behaviour is lacking in substance.īut trust me, gentleman, I’ll prove to be more honest than the cunning girls who play hard to get. I’ll play hard to get and tell you ‘no’ so you have to work a little harder!īut nothing else could make me act that way. Oh gentle Romeo, if you do truly love me, say it honestly. I’d happily deny what I’ve said and use good manners, but forget manners.ĭo you love me? I know you will say “yes” and I will believe youīut if you promise me of it, you might be lying. Otherwise you’d see me blushing for the things I’ve said out loud tonight. Impute: “represent (something, especially something undesirable) as being done or possessed by someone attribute.” Modern Translation Montague: Romeo is of the house ‘Montague’, Juliet is a Capulet Perverse: Playing hard to get, “showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable.” Jove: Roman God of Thunder, equivalent of Zeus in Greek Myth. Perjuries: “the offence of wilfully telling an untruth or making a misrepresentation under oath.” Unfamiliar Languageīepaint: Her cheeks would be painted red with her blushingįain: Compelled, willing under the circumstances Therefore pardon me,Īnd not impute this yielding to light love, I should have been more strange, I must confess,īut that thou overheard’st, ere I was ware, Than those that have more cunning to be strange. So thou wilt woo, but else not for the world.Īnd therefore thou mayst think my haviour light.īut trust me, gentleman, I’ll prove more true I’ll frown and be perverse and say thee nay, Or if thou think’st I am too quickly won, If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully, ĭost thou love me? I know thou wilt say ‘Ay’,Īnd I will take thy word yet, if thou swear’st, What I have spoke but farewell, compliment. Thou knowest the mask of night is on my face,Įlse would a maiden blush bepaint my cheekįor that which thou hast heard me speak tonight.įain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny She’s an incredibly intelligent and thoughtful character, and this speech we’re looking at today reflects the conflict between the feelings she’s experiencing and what her rational mind is telling her. Juliet may be young, (13, in fact…) but she is far from unwise. Romeo spy’s on Juliet as she confesses her love to him, Romeo springs out on her and they share an exchange of love and vows. The two are from warring families whose conflict spans countless generations. Later that night, Romeo climbs the walls of the Capulet mansion to try to be close to Juliet. Two star crossed lovers have met and instantly fallen madly in love with each other. It’s one of Shakespeare’s most famous scenes. We’ve already had two of Shakespeare’s most famous lines said in this scene, from Romeo’s “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?” to Juliet’s “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo”. Let’s look at a monologue from the heart of the famous ‘balcony scene’ in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
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