Analyse the dramatic importance of Romeo and Juliet's first meeting and the fight scene.

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Taibah Rehman 10E        

“Romeo and Juliet”

Analyse the dramatic importance of Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting and the fight scene.

This essay will analyse the dramatic importance of Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting and the fight scene. The play shows the fate of two lovers victimized by the disputes and misunderstandings of their elders and by there own quick temperament. Shakespeare borrowed the tragic story of the two young Italian lovers from a long narrative poem, the story was originally written by English writer Arthur Brooke. Shakespeare however added the character of Mercutio and increased the roles of the friar and the nurse. The two scenes in Romeo and Juliet are dramatically important because the two scenes are the major causes of the story line. The first scene this essay will be analysing is Act 1 Scene 5; this scene is where Romeo and Juliet first meet. The other scene the essay will be analysing is Act 3 Scene 1 this scene is where Tybalt challenges Romeo to fight but refuses, so Mercutio challenges Tybalt which results in his death. Within the play they portray love and conflict in negative and positive ways. In Act 1 Scene 5 Romeo and Juliet’s passion for one another over comes the fact that they belong to families that hate one another. The religious imagery in their speech indicates the depth of their feelings. However, in this scene the aggression of Tybalt’s language shows how love and conflict sit side by side in this play. in Act 3 scene 1 Tybalt is bursting with aggression and is determined to pick a fight, even Romeo feels he must fight his cousin (by marriage) when Mercutio is killed. The violence contrasts with the peace, surrounding the lovers whilst they are together. The love between Romeo and Juliet is so deep and passionate that it is more powerful than hatred or death.

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 Death is constantly predicted in the play. At the beginning of the play the prince threatens to put to death anyone found fighting in the streets. In Act 1 Scene 5 Juliet says she will die if she cannot marry Romeo. In Act 3 Scene 1, Mercutio and Tybalt die violently, this event ensures that Romeo is banished and eventually brings about the death of Romeo and Juliet. Families at the time this play was written were very traditional family units starting from the father as the head of the house then downwards. People were very religious and believed in ...

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