Explain How Shakespeare Makes Act 3 Scene 1 Dramatic?

During fight

During the fight Shakespeare makes it dramatises by making Romeo happy and joyful as he meets his best friend Mercutio but his joy soon turns to anger when Tybalt appears and a fight is started.  Romeo tries to interfere with the fight and stop it, as he must feel guilty if anything should happen to Tybalt because he has just married Juliet. Romeo is at first placid but as the scene goes on he becomes increasingly agitated and angry until finally he totally loses control and stabs Tybalt to death. At this point Romeo rejects all logic and becomes a revenge hero “away to heaven respective lenity and fire eyed fury be my conduct now. This is dramatic language, which contrasts with Romeo’s earlier mild replies to Tybalt’s taunting.  When Mercutio is fatally stabbed, he still manages to retain his sense of humour. His jokes in the face of death are dramatically effective. “no,’ tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door. But tis enough. ‘twill serve. Ask me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man. This is a example of  black humour and this would build tension .As he drops to the floor,he  manages to put a  plague on  both the Capulets and Montugue’s houses.  This dying man’s curse is a warning of the tragic advents that are to follow “a plague a both houses” repeated three times this shows his he anger. Suddenly there is a sad atmosphere and now it is obvious bad will happen to both of the families.

Shakespeare uses images of death in his language to emphasise the sense of doom and tragedy i.e. “ask for me tomorrow and you will find me a grave man” and also for now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring  

After fight

After the fight, Tybalt is killed and the two bodies are carried away .The Prince speaks to Benvolio who tells the whole story but at the same time being generous to Romeo keeping the blame on Tybalt but complimenting Tybalt to sweet talk the prince in the tense sombre mood “was stout Tybalt slain” as the tension builds up Lady capulet screams out “Romeo slew Tybalt. Romeo must not live.” this makes it dramatic by the use of emotive language and the tension and different moods in the room at the time

Conclusion

In the 16th century, the theatre was one of the biggest sources of entertainment. It was where everyone wanted to go to and something that everyone talked about. In those days all sorts of different people could go to the theatre rich, poor, educated, famous, illiterate, old, young it was something for everyone. In the 16th century the hygiene was very poor compared to what it is today. So when people went to theatre they took there urine pots and there faeces just in case what they paid for was not that good. In the days when Romeo and Juliet was 1st performed, theatre companies could not afford props and scenery so it had to be explained in the story. So in today’s performances it would be a bit more effective and more pleasant to watch. Over 400 years people’s emotions and feelings have not changed that much to this present day so I think people would still react the same to the loving parts of the play and tragic scenes. But the humour has definitely changed so I think today’s audiences would not find the jokes as funny or just might not understand them. But today's audience would be much more polite and patient if the play got a bit slow or boring, as in Shakespeare’s time people would have thrown rotten fruit and their excrement at the actors, who would have carried on.