Discuss how Shakespeare presents the change in relationships between certain characters in Act 1 Scene 5, The Banquet Scene.

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Romeo and Juliet Essay

Discuss how Shakespeare presents the change in relationships between certain characters in Act 1 Scene 5, The Banquet Scene.

Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play about two lovers, from two different households, who, at the end take their lives. This play was written by William Shakespeare, and set in the 16th century.

The reigning monarch of the time in which Shakespeare wrote this play was Queen Elizabeth I. An audience in the 16th century would have liked Romeo and Juliet because it was really full of everything, lots of things going on at the same time, and it really creates many emotions. There is a lot of violence in this play and this is because of and ancient argument between the two families. This ends up with the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet. In this essay I will discuss about the ways in which Shakespeare presents the changes in the relationships between certain characters in the Banquet Scene.

Act 1 Scene 5.

Firstly I am going to talk about the relationship between Tybalt and Capulet in the Banquet scene. Many of the Montague family including Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio all go to the ball that had been made for all the Montague's and their friends. When everyone is at the ball Tybalt notices that Romeo is there. He is angered by the straight away because Romeo is a Montague and is therefore not a friend, he is and enemy, and so Tybalt goes straight to Lord Capulet to tell him this news.

"This, by his voice, should be a Montague".

"Uncle, this is a Montague, our Foe: A villain that is hither come in spite, to scorn at our solemnity this night".

Lord Capulet is not as enraged about the news as Tybalt. He just doesn't want any fights at his party and just wants everything to go well. Also he isn't greatly against the Montague's, well at least not
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nearly as much as Tybalt. So wanting everything to go well, he just says to tybalt to calm himself. Capulet doesn't want Tybalt to do anything about it, but Tybalt, so angered by the audacity of Romeo turning up to a Capulet's ball, wants to fight Romeo.

So the relationship changes in this scene by Tybalt being angered towards Capulet.

I am now going to talk about the change in relationship between Romeo and Tybalt in the Banquet scene. As I have already explained, Tybalt is angered by the audacity of Romeo to turn ...

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