Category: Speaking

(Act 1 Scene 5)

Capulet welcomes his guests to the party and invites everyone to just have fun and enjoy. While Romeo is looking for Roseleyne (the only reason he secretly came to the party), he sees Juliet, and falls in love straight away. Tybalt  recognises Romeo and tells Capulet that he wants to fight him, Capulet tells him to calm down, he doesn’t want his party to get ruined.

This was a Capulet  party, so how did Romeo know? Fate. Capulet’s  servant couldn’t read ( as only wealthier people had education, and  poorer people were illiterate), so he went to two wealthy looking men(coincidentally Romeo and Mercutio) and asks them to read the list of names that were going to attend the party. At that time Romeo was insanely in love with Roseleyne, and her name was in the guest list. He saw this as his chance to meet Roseleyne, but when he gets to the party, he completely forgets about Roseleyne as soon as he sees Juliet.

This is a key aspect of Shakespeare’s play, because a large amount of the play consists of ‘fate’ and this is an exceptionally great example which portrays fate. If the servant asked someone else or he went to look a minute later, Romeo wouldn’t be there, and the whole play wouldn’t work. This is the first example of fate, and in my opinion the best example. Fate, I believe are lyk big pieces of a jigsaw, where the whole jigsaw picture can’t be seen without the big chunks, whereas without the smaller pieces, you could still be able to work out the final picture.                            (Easiest example I could think of, not very good, but it explains what I mean.)

The Elizabethan era was a time associated with Queen Elizabeth I’s reign.The world saw and realised the beauty of English poetry, music and literature. This was also the time during which Elizabethan theatre showed its beauty, and William Shakespeare and many others composed plays that people actually enjoyed . It was an age of exploration and expansion abroad. Travellers were exploring  new islands and countries.

The Elizabethan Theatre was a very popular business. People loved the Theatre. The Elizabethan plays and theatres were as popular as the movies and cinemas of today. A lot of money was made from this business. Soon purpose-built playhouses and great open theatres were being constructed. An example of a theatre made for Shakespeare performances is the all world famous ‘Globe Theatre’.