Shakespeare’s unique language techniques interests the audience, and also links to historical context and is relevant to the time in which it was created.
Main Section
In this section of my essay I will outline and discuss the importance and key significance of Act 3 Scene 1.
Act 3, Scene 1 is most impotant to the play as it creates dramatic tension and links to earlier and later on in the play.
Shakespeare really would capture the audience in this scene as it contains acts of violence ‘TYBALT under ROMEO’S arm stabs MERCUTIO and flies with his followers’ and exciting drama.
When Tybalt challenges Romeo and Romeo refuses this is good use of dramatic irony leading the audience to believe Romeo is soft and cannot fight ‘(TYBALT)
”Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries
That thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw”… (ROMEO) “I do protest, I never injured thee,
But love thee better than thou canst devise,
Till thou shalt know the reason of my love:
And so, good Capulet,--which name I tender
As dearly as my own,--be satisfied”. This part of the scene is good as it links back to earlier on in the scene and Tybalt is angry at Romeo for attending the Capulet ball.
Some good oxymorons are used in the play to show Romeos confusion in his life.
The deaths of both Tybalt and Mercutio have excellent effects on the audience as it has a variety of genres (Drama/Tragedy/Action), which would interest a wider audience.
Conclusion
This last part of the essay is to sum up why I fought Act 3 Scence 1 was important.
Overall the audience would be most pleased and excited with this scene. It contains a lot of action and interesting and intellectual quality.
This scene creates a turning point in the play because the deaths and the murderer (Romeo) inflict how every other character acts from that scene onwards and creates the build up to the tragic faunally.
I loved the scene personally as it featured the most violence which would interest me and grab my full attention, and would fill me with information I would need for later on in the play.