Discuss the dramatic significance of act 3, scene 1 of romeo and juliet.

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Nicola Hallen

Romeo and Juliet, one of the most famous love stories ever written. It is a typical love story, girl meets boy, and they like each other, but they had distinctive troubles, as their families were feuding, thus they are unable to see each other. In this play though, there is a difference, it has dramatic significance. Dramatic significance is when the play has depth and meaning, which influences the rest of the story. Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, which results in Romeo being banished from Verona. This scene is the turning point, as it affects many things later on in the play, i.e. Juliet kills herself as she cannot see Romeo any more. I will be, in my essay explaining the dramatic effects of language, themes, characters and their actions, historical and social context, dramatic devices and finally audience response in Act 3 Scene 1.

This play isn’t an original idea, Shakespeare actually took this from Arthur Brooks poem, it was originally called ‘Romeus and Juliet’ written in 1562. Shakespeare cleverly rewrote the poem and made it much more of a success than Brooke’s poem, because Brooks poem was extremely boring. Shakespeare was a genius, and made it powerfully vivid. The Elizabethans used descriptive language instead of technology, as they did not have sufficient technology to do this. Fate was used in everyday life, and most Elizabethans, believed in it.

Before this scene, Romeo said that he loved Rosaline, and that he couldn’t get her out of his head. This is why Mercutio and Benvolio decide to take him to the Capulet party. Romeo agrees, and meets Juliet. He goes to her window, and they arrange to get married. Romeo says he will send someone to tell her the plans. They get married at Friar Laurence’s cell.

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To start this scene, Mercutio and Benvolio are taking a walk in the middle of the day. Benvolio is telling Mercutio that they should go back to the Montague house, to avoid meeting any Capulets, as it is the time of the day most Italians have a rest, and if the were to meet anyone, they would be aggravated. This is where repetition comes into play. Repetition is where words are repeated to give more intensity to the emotions of the character.  Mercutio repeats quarrel a lot.

“Thy head is as fun of quarrels as an egg is ...

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