How Shakespeare makes Act 3 scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet dramatically effective

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How Shakespeare makes Act 3 scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet dramatically effective

Act 3 scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet is the turning point in the play as it involves the death of Tybalt and Mercutio; the first deaths in the play. This prepares the audience for the eventual tragedy in the play and starts a downward spiral where heated emotions lead to violence and then death. Romeo treats Tybalt kindly but this soon turns to thoughts of revenge in which he blames Juliet. Because of his actions Romeo is banished.

Dramatic tension is anything in the play, which makes you look forward to the next twist, surprise, nasty happening, wonderful experience or other turn of events.

Shakespeare’s Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet is dramatically effective. Most of the dramatic effect comes from the language used, the mood and how it is created and changed throughout the scene, how the audience contribute in this scene, use of contrast and the structure of the play.

This scene is dramatically effective. If a scene is dramatically effective it means when the audience feels as if they are involved with the play and it should grip their attention. It should also give a better understanding of what is going on in the play so the audience can develop more ideas. For example as the audience already knows that Romeo and Juliet are married they will be thinking a level ahead of what will be Tybalt’s reaction.

This scene is entertaining, involving and moving because it is full of everything. It has humour emotion, action, words of hate and words of love. It’d violence forms a direct contrast with the previous scene in which Romeo and Juliet have just got married but then deaths occur.

Most of the play takes place in Verona – an attractive little town in Italy. The action moves quickly between the Capulets and Montugues. The Elizabethan stage had no curtains, and then of course the theatre sold no programmes, and the characters themselves tells the audience where they are. The play starts on a Sunday morning in the middle of July and less than five days later it was all over. This is dramatically effective for the audience because all the action happens in a very little time.

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The different ways that modern plays are made effective are by graphics, sound effects, modern technology and so on. This gives directors a bigger advantage to make it dramatically effective. In the olden days, there weren’t any modern effects. Instead Shakespeare used language to make his plays dramatically effective.

 

Shakespeare makes the scene dramatically effective by the language he sues. For example this line was used when Mercutio was dying, “A plague on both you houses”. These words show the fact that his death is a result of the hate between Montugues and Capulets. The word plague” is a ...

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