In Act 1 scene 5 Romeo sees Juliet for the first time at the Capulet's feast. Write about how Shakespeare creates tension and makes this scene interesting for the audience.

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In Act 1 scene 5 Romeo sees Juliet for the first time at the Capulet’s feast. Write about how Shakespeare creates tension and makes this scene interesting for the audience.

The play Romeo and Juliet is based on two families, the Cauplets and the Montague’s who are enemies. The play is set in Shakespeare’s time. In Shakespeare’s time there were different rules. The girls had little choice on who they wanted to marry they didn’t have any equality in marriage also they didn’t always know or like the man before the marriage.

Women had very few rights in marriages, marriages were not often close and the girls would often get married when they were young. Romeo from the Montague family and Juliet from the Capulet family fall in love and secretly get married but suddenly separate. It involves a poison potion for Romeo but a Dagger for Juliet as they both end they own death.

 

In Shakespeare’s time there were famous type of entertainment such as Bear Baiting and Cock Fighting But the most famous and common type of entertainment was the theater such as the globe.

The audience were told the prologue before the play began so they would get a brief understanding off the play. It was cheap to go to the theater that’s why a lot of people went there because all of Shakespeare plays were acted out there.

 

In my coursework I am going to write about Shakespeare creates tension and makes Act 1 Scene 5 interesting for the audience.

In act 1 scene 5 Romeo meets Juliet for the first time at the Capulet’s feast. Romeo is to interested in Juliet to notice that Tybalt has found out that there is a Montague at the Capulet feast he also finds out that its is Romeo. Tybalt is angry to find out Romeo is there and says to his uncle, Lord Capulet

”Uncle this is a Montague our foe”. [1 I5-60]

Saying that there is a Montague our enemy here at our feast and it is a disgrace.

Romeo wants to kiss Juliet in order for him to do this he uses religious words such as when they are touching each others hands, Romeo encourages Juliet to let him kiss her by saying,

                

                “…Let lips do what hands do”. [1 I5-102]

Romeo is being religious and saying to Juliet let our hands do what our lips do so he can kiss her. This is causing great tension for the audience as they are thinking what’s going to happen next? Are they going to get caught? Is Romeo going to die since Tybalt has found out that he is at they feast?

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Romeo finds out that Juliet is from the Capulet family and says I owe my life to my enemy the Capulet before Romeo leaves the party Juliet wants to know more about him and sends her nurse to find out more about him. The nurse comes back saying,

                “His name is Romeo and a Montague…” [1 I5-135]

Now that Juliet has found out more about Romeo she falls more in love and also says,

“My only love sprung from my only hate”. [1 I5-137]

At the end of this scene the audiences are caught with great tension to ...

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