The setting makes the scene dramatic for the reason that it is dark cold and it’s a graveyard. Romeo is there with his Page. There is a need to put the torch out
“Give me thy torch boy hence and stand aloof. Yet put it out for I would not be seen.”
Because Romeo isn’t authorized to be in the graveyard or even the town because he has been banished which gives an element of secrecy, which for the audience creates anxiety. As it is a graveyard there is a grim dark atmosphere.
Inside Romeo meets Paris its murky and gloomy. When Romeo and Paris fight and then Romeo kills Paris it has a dramatic effect on the audience. Inside the vault is where the whole of the members of the Capulet family go to be buried. The setting in the vault is grim and murky.
The language of the characters portrays the thoughts and feelings of them in the final scene Paris at first speaks in a sonnet for which gives a sense of ritual.
“Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bead I strew-
O woe, thy canopy is dust and stones-
Which with sweet water nightly I will drew”
Paris is laying flat on the ground, which shows he is trying to avoid detection. His Page says aside
“I am almost afraid to stand alone here in the church yard, yet I will adventure”
Romeo in contrast is not afraid in the slightest. He is very determined to get into the vault to see Juliet. He shows his violent behaviour when he smashes the vault door. When Paris confronts Romeo he doesn’t want to fight him he thinks Romeo has come to vandalise the vault and says
“Stop thy unhallowed toil, vile Montague! Can vengeance be perused further than death”
Romeo and Paris fight. When Paris is stabbed he says
“O I am slain! If though be merciful, open the tomb; lay me will Juliet.”
He replies in faith I will which shows his maturity and then he leaves. In Romeo’s long soliloquy he compares Juliet to being a light or a lantern
“Her beauty makes this vault a fisting presence full of light.”
When Romeo first set eyes up on Juliet he compared her to teaching the torches to burn bright. For the audience this is very moving and a great deal of pity and sympathy is felt for Romeo.
Panic and fear is brought upon friar Lawrence’s entrance he says have my feet stumbled on graves! Which is thought to be a bad omen. When Juliet wakes she refers to the friar as comforting .At this point she seems confused and asks for her lord. Friar Lawrence speaks with urgency he says I dare not stay and leaves. Juliet is being reasoned and decisive in contrast to Romeo who is rash and reckless.
All though Romeo and Juliet die this stops the family feud and it isn’t so bad for the audience and the deaths do not seem pointless. This scene is tragic because Juliet woke up moments after Romeo had arrived. The lovers are victims of circumstances such as they are from two feuding families and all the odd were against them.
The final scene is dramatically important because it is the climax of the whole play. Romeo and Juliet die to be together.