In Shakespeare's original text, there is humour created by serving men to
lower tension from the previous scene. Sampson, Gregory, Anthony and
Capulet welcomes his guests with humour "Ladies that have their toes
unplaged with corns will walk about with you."
In the text Capulet comes across as a real lady charmer who gets away
with flirting with any lady. "A whispering tale in a fair ladies ear...."
Capulet's lines are very descriptive this helps to create the atmosphere
"Come musicians play" this tells the audience that musicians are there .
"A hall " shows that the party is being held in a hall.
Capulet talks of quenching the fire ,he also says that the room is too
hot. All of this sets the scene, a lot of Shakespeare's work had to contain
word imagery as the props and the stage designs were primitive.
In the text Capulet doesn't dance, I know this because he says...
"Nay sit , good cousin Capulet, for you and I are past our dancing days."
More humorous conversation is had between Capulet and second Capulet .
Then we see Romeo for the time, enquiring about Juliet from a
Juliet is dancing with Tybalt who is dressed as a knight (This indicates
Juliet and Tybalts closeness as relatives, this is not brought across in the
Romeo then says his lines on how Juliet "doth teach the torches to burn
bright" This is like saying she shines brighter than everything , and that
"It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night" this means Juliet makes
the blackness of night beautiful. "Beauty to rich for use, for earth to
dear..." could this be a premonition of how Juliet will end up dead.
because she is too precious for the world?
She is described as a "snowy dove" among "crows" this tells the
audience how radiant she looks and that c...