Romeo and Juliet comic relief examples in act 4?
The preparations for Juliet's wedding are humorous. The servants are joking around with the master. Act 4 Scene 2 CAPULET Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks. SECOND SERVANT You shall have none ill, sir; for I'll try if they can lick their fingers. CAPULET How canst thou try them so? SECOND SERVANT Marry, sir, 'tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers: therefore he that cannot lick his fingers goes not with me. Act 4 Scene 4 CAPULET Come, stir, stir, stir! the second cock hath crow'd, The curfew-bell hath rung, 'tis three o'clock: Look to the baked meats, good Angelica: Spare not for the cost. NURSE Go, you cot-quean, go, Get you to bed; faith, You'll be sick to-morrow For this night's watching. CAPULET No, not a whit: what! I have watch'd ere now All night for lesser cause, and ne'er been sick. Act 4 Scene 4 CAPULET Make haste, make haste. (Exit First Servant) Sirrah, fetch drier logs: Call Peter, he will show thee where they are. SECOND SERVANT I have a head, sir, that will find out logs, And never trouble Peter for the matter. (Exit) CAPULET Mass, and well said; a merry whoreson, ha! Thou shalt be logger-head.
Comic Relief Romeo and Juliet?
There's only one large example of comic relief, but there are a few funny lines and moments. I-i SAMPSON True; and therefore women, being the weaker vessels, are ever thrust to the wall: therefore I will push Montague's men from the wall, and thrust his maids to the wall. (Dirty joke) I-ii The interchange between Romeo and the Capulet servant is comic. (Look for Shakespeare's servants for comic relief.) I-iii The Nurse's part in this scene is all comic, and I would say this is the main comic relief of the act. I-iv I would disagree with the first respondent who said that Mercutio gives comic relief. Other than the line that was quoted, which is a lewd joke, his main part in this scene is the Queen Mab speech, which is certainly Not funny.
Comic Relief in Romeo and Juliet?
Jamesmom gave you a good example. The nurse is one of the comic characters in R&J. There is also a funny scene where she talks about a time when Juliet was a child and fell. Probably the single most famous funny scene in all of Shakespeare is Mecrutio's death scene from R&J. It is full of puns. He also has a very funny scene where he describes a sexual dream it is called the Queen Mab Speech. Shakespeare is not easy to read and understand but there are several good film versions that you could listen to/ watch along with the script and you might get a better idea. Comic relief is in R&J because it is needed to break up the tragic elements of the play.
Comic relief example in romeo and juliet?
Juliet’s nurse, the woman who breast-fed Juliet when she was a baby and has cared for Juliet her entire life. A vulgar, long-winded, and sentimental character, the Nurse provides comic relief with her frequently inappropriate remarks and speeches. But, until a disagreement near the play’s end, the Nurse is Juliet’s faithful confidante and loyal intermediary in Juliet’s affair with Romeo. She provides a contrast with Juliet, given that her view of love is earthy and sexual, whereas Juliet is idealistic and intense. The Nurse believes in love and wants Juliet to have a nice-looking husband, but the idea that Juliet would want to sacrifice herself for love is incomprehensible to her. “rosemary and Romeo begin with [the same] letter” (II, iv, 220). Romeo asks what of it, and the Nurse has no logical reply because it was simply another of her passing fancies; but the very incongruity of the remark will cause audiences and readers to remember it. Rosemary is the flower symbolizing the remembrance of the dead. It is important to note the way the Nurse gives her mouth free rein, and also the extent to which she is driven by her emotions.
How is the nurse in Romeo and Juliet a contradictory character?
The nurse seems to care for Juliet and is a bit of a mother figure but she betrays Juliet in the end.
The Nurse in Romeo and Juliet??
Glad you are enjoying this play. Maybe this will help: The Nurse - Juliet’s nurse, the woman who breast-fed Juliet when she was a baby and has cared for Juliet her entire life. A vulgar, long-winded, and sentimental character, the Nurse provides comic relief with her frequently inappropriate remarks and speeches. But, until a disagreement near the play’s end, the Nurse is Juliet’s faithful confidante and loyal intermediary in Juliet’s affair with Romeo. She provides a contrast with Juliet, given that her view of love is earthy and sexual, whereas Juliet is idealistic and intense. The Nurse believes in love and wants Juliet to have a nice-looking husband, but the idea that Juliet would want to sacrifice herself for love is incomprehensible to her.
What are the similarities between Romeo and Juliet and a Midsummer Night's Dream?
The sub plot of Hermia and Lysander’s love story is probably most similar to Romeo and Juliet’s love story. Both Hermia and Juliet are told to marry a man, but reject their parents’ choice for a love marriage. Both take drastic steps in order to be with the one they love, and both attempt to leave their homes and families for the person they love.Shakespeare’s plays tend to follow a structure of order-chaos-order. Midsummer follows this very clearly. It begins in Athens, a place of law, and with a set of lovers’ allegiances. These are then uprooted in the chaotic woods, and reordered back as they re-enter Athens. Romeo and Juliet begins with a fair amount of disorder and conflict, which escalates and increases before finally being resolved.Its always been my opinion that most of the tragedies take place in times of war or conflict, and that the influence of conflict makes people more extreme, desperate, and brutal. If Athens had been in chaos, or Verona at peace, then Hermia and Juliet’s story might have been the same.Beyond this, both plays have some typically Shakespearean elements. Both plays have ‘fool’ characters in Bottom and the Nurse, and both ‘fools’ are unintentionally the play’s comic relief. The fairy plotline in Midsummer is echoed by Mercutio’s Queen Mab speech.
What was so special about the nurse in Romeo and Juliet?
The Nurse's main role within the play is to act as a go-between for Romeo and Juliet, and is the only other character besides Friar Laurence to know of their wedding. The Nurse, despite being a servant in the Capulet household, has a role parallel to that of Juliet's mother and regards Juliet as her own daughter. In contrast to Juliet's youth, the Nurse is old and enjoys complaining about her aches and pains. Because of her age nurse wasn't able to understand the true feelings of love. For her, love is just a physical relationship and lusty passion, a source of the fulfillment of sexual desires. That's why when she heard about Romeo and Juliet's wedding she get excited only for the wedding night but not for the two soul mates get united. she can't understand the intense and spiritual love Romeo and Juliet share.
What is an example of comic relief in Act 2, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet?
I think Shakespeare in general is meant to be funnier in the original accent which is hard to relate in the written word but there is a kind of joke or at least moment where you think he’s talking about something else:Romeo: “O, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied?”Juliet: “What satisfaction canst thou have tonight?”Romeo: “Th' exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine.”
In Romeo and Juliet, the nurse has a monologue in act 1 scene 3. What is the meaning? (paraphrase please)?
The nurse is a comic-relief character. She is giving background information about Juliet. She is talking about how old Juliet is. Juliet will be 14 years old on Lammas Eve. (Lammas is a day in the fall to celebrate the completion of the wheat harvest.) The nurse "proves" that she knows the date by giving various time-marks. First of all, her own daughter, Susan, was born near the same time. Susan died. At the time, it was common for wealthy women (like Juliet's mother) to have a servant nurse the baby. The mother would usually find someone who had lost a baby about the same time as her birth, so that her milk was flowing. The wet-nurse (another term) would then be instrumental in raising the child - like a nanny. Nurse goes on to say that it had been 11 years since she weaned Juliet, the same year as a big earthquake. She weaned her by putting a bitter herb (wormwood) on her breast so that the baby would not want to suck and would begin accepting other food. Another sign of her age at that point was that she was already walking and running. The day before she was weaned she had been running and fell, hitting her forhead. The nurse's husband (also now dead) tried to make a joke of it. "Why did you fall on your face? When you are older you will enjoy it more to fall on your back (in position to have sex). Juliet, at 3, stopped crying and agreed with him (not understanding what he was saying, just happy to have the attention.)