Why did shakespeare leave out words in his writings?

Answer 1

He left the wedding ceremony between Romeo and Juliet out because nothing interesting happens at it, and watching it would not help the audience understand any better that they were married. He also leaves the wedding ceremony out of The Taming of the Shrew, although he describes it. This may have been because of Petruchio's swearing in church, which might have been hard to get by the censors. On the other hand, he included the wedding ceremony between Hero and Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing which is extremely dramatic and ends with Hero shamed and left at the altar. He kept the wedding scene in As You Like It because it is there that the reveal of who "Ganymede" really is takes place. On the other hand, the weddings in Midsummer Night's Dream are not portrayed, although the entertainment after and the departure of the couples to their marriage beds is. The wedding between Olivia and Sebastian in Twelfth Night is likewise not portrayed because nothing dramatic happens at it.

Generally, Shakespeare did not portray weddings unless there was something of overriding dramtic importance which happens at the wedding. They are not interesting enough.

Answer 2

It would add nothing to the plot. We already know that they are planning to be married, and in the next scene Romeo acts atypically while saying things which show that they did indeed marry. It might be spectacular but it does not push the plot forward.

Besides, there could be problems in depicting a religious ceremony on stage in Shakespeare's day. It might be hard to get by the censors. In The Taming of the Shrew the wedding is described, not shown, even though it has been depicted on film with hilarious results. The wedding in Much Ado About Nothing is cut short so we do not actually see the religious part of the ceremony. We don't see the weddings in A Midsummer Night's Dream either. Probably it was felt that depicting the wedding was blasphemous.

This is not confined to weddings. The funeral of Ophelia in Hamlet is shown because it does push the plot forward, but there is no religious content because she was a suspected suicide, and thus Shakespeare was able to Dodge the censors.

Answer 3

In some of his works, Shakespeare followed an iambic pentameter pattern, which was a pattern with stresses and unstresses. He would cut words short and leave letters and syllables out so he could write what he wanted the character to say without messing up the iambic pentameter.

Answer 4

He left the wedding ceremony between Romeo and Juliet out because nothing interesting happens at it, and watching it would not help the audience understand any better that they were married. He also leaves the wedding ceremony out of The Taming of the Shrew, although he describes it. This may have been because of Petruchio's swearing in church, which might have been hard to get by the censors. On the other hand, he included the wedding ceremony between Hero and Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing which is extremely dramatic and ends with Hero shamed and left at the altar. He kept the wedding scene in As You Like It because it is there that the reveal of who "Ganymede" really is takes place. On the other hand, the weddings in Midsummer Night's Dream are not portrayed, although the entertainment after and the departure of the couples to their marriage beds is. The wedding between Olivia and Sebastian in Twelfth Night is likewise not portrayed because nothing dramatic happens at it.

Generally, Shakespeare did not portray weddings unless there was something of overriding dramtic importance which happens at the wedding. They are not interesting enough.

Answer 5

It's in there, Act II. It is the Friar's cell between Romeo and Juliet and the Friar.

Answer 6

So that he could write in iambic pentameter. Which he couldn't if he had all the words or he had the full words. Sometimes he misses out letters to stick to this.