Consider how Shakespeare crafts act 3:5 to appeal to the audience

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Consider how Shakespeare crafts act 3:5 to appeal to the audience

Leading up to act 3 scene 5 the audience will have mixed emotions/feelings; they will be tense and also being held in suspense. Act 3 Scene 4 a short scene where Lord and Lady Capulet agree to marry Paris to Juliet. This would leave the audience feeling tense and anticipating a climax.

In Elizabethan times when Shakespeare was around women were seen as chattels. They were seen only as daughter, wife and mother. This is emphasised in Act 3 Scene 5 where Juliet’s marriage is arranged. This leaves the audience feeling sorry for Juliet.

If I were to choose, I would place this scene at the beginning of the second half. It means that the audience could be left on a cliffhanger, and would become impatient and wants to know what happens next, therefore watching the rest of the play. I think this tactic would appeal to both Elizabethan and modern day audiences.

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At the beginning of the scene the mood within the characters is joyful which I think would also transmit to the audience. When Romeo and Juliet are in bed and Juliet does a ‘u’ turn on Romeo and tells him to leave, “It is, it is, hie hence be gone away.”

This would have a comic affect on the audience, as would when the nurse come rushing or, as it says in Shakespeare’s stage directions hastily, and gets Romeo out of the room. This aspect of comedy would appeal to the audience and make them enjoy the play more. ...

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