Romeo & Juliet Directior Notes

I am going to undertake the task of being a director for act 3 scene 5, of Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo & Juliet. In becoming director I will analyse the characters and find how Shakespeare manipulates the characters to add effect.
      Romeo and Juliet are two teenagers that fall in love but are tore apart the feud between their families; Juliet being daughter of Capulet and Romeo son of Montague. The ancient grudge between the two powerful families results in many street bawls throughout the play, some resulting in death.   The play ends in both Juliet and Romeo take their lives in dramatic and complex circumstances.
      Act 3 Scene 5 is set in an open gallery to Juliet’s chamber and is overlooking the garden. Romeo, banished, has just spent the night with Juliet and is preparing to leave. Lady Capulet followed by Capulet enter, after Romeo leaves, tries to persuade Juliet to marry Paris. Juliet refuses making Capulet angry.

[A cry of a lark]

[Enter Romeo and Juliet]

Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet day:

It was the nightingale and not the lark,

That pierc’d the fearful5 hollow of thine ear;

Nightly she sings on yond pomegranate tree:

Believe me6, love, it was the nightingale.

      1   Juliet loves Romeo so doesn’t want Romeo to leave her and stops him so. Juliet’s hand physically stop Romeo from going while her words stop him going mentally and persuade him to stay. She wants him to stay and that’s why she asked “wilt thou be gone?” when she knows the answer to that question.
      2 She giggles slightly to suggest that there is something wrong with Romeo ears and that he must have misheard. And does it in his ear as a joke; can he hear her.
      3 This is her putting her foot down and saying that no, that he can’t go. She is blocks his way and has both his hands so that he can’t go any where. This shows the audience that Juliet is the dominant figure in their relationship.
      4Her leaning on him also signifies that she is...