Romeo and Juliet act 3 seen 1.

Once Romeo arrives on the scene after Mercutio says ‘I will not budge!’ a fight looks like its going to happen, Excitement increases in the audience as it seems a duel is going to break out between Mercutio and Tybalt, but Romeo doesn’t know that Tybalt is out to get him because he never got Tybalt’s letter, Romeo is so happy and anxious to see everyone else happy because of he has just secretly married Juliet in friar Lawrence’s cell, the friar agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet with out the consent of their parents because he thought that it would bring the Montague’s and Capulets together. There is dramatic irony (when the audience knows something that the characters on stage do not) here because neither Mercutio nor Tybalt know about Romeos marriage to Juliet, Romeos attitude towards the Capulets has now changed he now fells that he is part of their family. Romeos behaviour surprises Mercutio and Tybalt because he is not defending himself from Tybalt’s insults instead he is being friendly to Tybalt and Mercutio sees this as a lack of honour to his family and the fight turns from Tybalt and Rome to Tybalt and Mercutio. Mercutio responds to Romeos dishonourable praise of the name of Capulet by fighting Tybalt to try and regain Romeos honour by doing this Mercutio ends up being killed by Tybalt’s sword under Romeos are, at first Mercutio is just saying that it is a scratch But when he falls on the floor dead the rest of the Montague’s realise that he is dead and at this point Romeo fells that he had killed Mercutio so he goes off to find Tybalt so he can fight him so that he can avenge Mercutio’s death and in fighting Tybalt Romeo kills him and Romeo’s character changes.

Romeo after killing Tybalt changes back into a blubbering boy like he was at the start of the play, instead of being mature and sensible he is like he was with Rosiline, he was always sad and feeling sorry for himself now he is doing the same in friar Lawrence’s cell, but Romeo is only looking at the negative points when he has a lot going for him he has not been Executed he has only been banished which is so much better the only down point for Romeo is that he will never be able to see Juliet ever again .

The Affects of Romeo killing Tybalt on Juliet is that she has changed to crying as well she now keeps using oxymoron’s she hates Romeo for killing her cousin Tybalt but loves him because he is her husband but when the nurse says ‘shame come to Romeo’ Juliet defends him by saying ‘Blistered be thy tongue’ just because he killed Tybalt the nurse thinks that Romeo has turned into a fiery impetuosity killer when he is not. After Romeo’s banishment Juliet’s father tells her that she is going to marry Paris because he doesn’t know that Romeo and Juliet are already married, and because of this Juliet argues with her father saying that she is not going to marry Paris which was not done in them days the children had to do what their parents told them otherwise they were thrown out of the household like lord Capulet says ‘Hang thee young baggage, disobedient wretch! I tell thee what get thee to church a Thursday, or never after look me in the face, speak not, reply not do not answer me!’ this is what lord Capulet tells Juliet when she defies him. Even though she is told to marry Paris she still tries to find away to be with Romeo she tries to find away around her marriage to Paris by going to see friar Lawrence to see if he can help and he gives her a poison that will make her seem dead when she is not then he will send a letter to Romeo telling him what is happening, but unfortunately the letter gets to Romeo late and Balthasar a Montague servant gets there first and tells Romeo that Juliet is dead hearing this Romeo rides back to Verona and on that night goes and gets a poison from a Apothecary then goes to see Juliet seeing that is what he thinks to be dead he takes the poison and within a few seconds he is dead and not long after Romeo had killed himself Juliet wakes up and sees Romeo dead on the floor so she takes his dagger and kills herself just so she can be with Romeo.      

The changes in Romeos character and behaviour are brought about by the prince’s sentence at Romeos trial by the two families arguing over Romeos fate the Capulets want Romeo dead because he killed Tybalt but the Montague’s are Arguing that Romeo was just keeping up the law Tybalt killed Mercutio so Romeo killed Tybalt but in the end the princes verdict was that Romeo should be banished. Romeo took this sentence really badly this verdict means that Romeo and Juliet cannot be together, Juliet takes the death drug; fate stops the letter reaching Romeo, Paris dies outside Juliet’s crypt, Romeo and Juliet’s death and the re union of the two families,

By Stuart Gregory 10T2