1. Where does this quote appear in the play?
2. What has happened before and what happens after this quote?
3. Reword the quote in your own words.
4. Select a word at a time and analyse is in detail for deeper meaning and links with the essay topic.
LADY CAPULET
What say you? can you love the gentleman?
This night you shall behold him at our feast;
This night you shall behold him at our feast;
this is when Lady Capulet is talking to Juliet before the ball and she has just told her about Paris and that she wishes for her to marry him. Lady Capulet is asking what Juliet thinks and if she can love him, also she says that Juliet will meet him at the ball.
ReplyDeleteAct 1 Scene 3
ReplyDeleteLady Capulet is very to the point and just wants an answer. She seem's less considerate of her daughter's decisions compared to her husbund who descibes Juliet as the "hopeful lady of his earth".
Behold has connotations of a happy and fuitfull relationship, in this case between Paris and Juliet."Feast" implies a celebratory atmosphere to this scene, however this has been embedded by Shakespeare, to correlate how Lady Capulet perhaps wants to see Juliet "eat in" to Paris, perhaps to get to know him before the wedding.
ReplyDeleteThis quote appears in Act 1 Scene 3. Just after Capulet and Paris spoke (QA1). Lady Capulet says that 'Can you love him, you will meet him tonight'. Which shows how the family want her to marry him due to his wealth and background. Although they have not met yet, but LC says she will meet him at the ball and expects her to like him.
ReplyDelete1. Act 1 Scene 3, before the Capulet's ball.
ReplyDelete2. Capulet talks to Paris before and after Mercutio gets Romeo and friends in tothe ball.
3. Is there a chance you could love him? You shall dance with him at the ball tonight.
4.'gentleman' suggests that he is a kind and loving man and will take good care of Juliet
This is from the scene where Lady Capulet is with Juliet before their ball that they are holding in their home, they were both talking about how Paris wishes to marry her. Lady Capulet hopes that when Paris and Juliet meet that night that they would hit it off and she will accept to marrying him so that her mother is at ease with whom she is to marry.
ReplyDeleteThis is the scene where Lady Capulet is talking to Juliet before the ball in their mansion, although Lady Capulet is asking Juliets opinion she also believes that when they meet on the night they will fall in love.
ReplyDeletethe verb 'behold' makes Lady Capulet sound like shes talking about Paris like he is a prize for Juliet and hes this amazing man that Juliet can be with.
ReplyDeleteAct 1 scene 3. Juliet has been discussed between Lord Capulet and Paris, as Paris wishes to marry Juliet but her father thinks she should mature as a lady. After she meets Romeo and falls in love, Paris is forgotten.
ReplyDeleteCan you love him? Will you take to him tonight?
This is from the scene where Lady Capulet is with Juliet before their ball that they are holding in their home, they were both talking about how Paris wishes to marry her. Lady Capulet hopes that when Paris and Juliet meet that night that they would hit it off and she will accept to marrying him so that her mother is at ease with whom she is to marry.
ReplyDeleteThi quote is in act one scene 3. After Juliet has been told about Paris' request t marry her. the scene before is when Capulet and Paris are talking about Juliet. After this scene Mercrucio encourages Romeo and his friends to go to the ball. Do you think that you will love him? the word 'gentelman' shows us that Paris is quite a lot older then her, and he is mature, contrasting to Juliet as a child that is a 'stranger to the world'
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