Romeo and Juliet - Written Response

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GCSE Shakespeare Coursework

Romeo and Juliet – Written Response

        The scene I am going write about in this essay will be on Act 3, scene 1. This is where Tybalt and Mercutio fight and where Tybalt also dies. I choose this scene because it’s one scene that you’re most likely to remember and is one of the scenes with lots of key things happening.

        Act 3 is all about when Mercutio wants a fight with Tybalt. Romeo hears that there going to fight, and he knows Tybalt is going to be his brother in-law, so Romeo turns up to the fight and tries to stop it. Tybalt ends up killing Mercutio when Romeo got in the way. This makes Romeo angry and he then kills Tybalt, but the Prince has said that the next one to start another feud will be barred from Verona.

        I will set this scene in an open but deserted playground. The hot, wild sun with blistering heat. Cracked soil, sand, little weed’s trying to grow from the large mellow orange cracks. The sound of children walking past as if nothing’s going to happen, they don’t know 2 people are going to die in the park near them. Nice cool breeze, sound of birds in the background whistling there enchanted melody. Baby blue; clear sky, almost timeless.

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        I would have the fight scene at midday, signifies something important at midday – importance. The fight would be traditional with a twist. Tybalt will be armed with a small dagger with a pistol in his gun pouch, Mercutio will have a fencing sword and a Pistol in his belt and Romeo will be armed with a Tazer. I say traditional because most of the gang wars that happened back when this play was set, used swords, and I’m using a mixture of modern and old weapons. Mercutio > “Good king of Cats”, when Mercutio says this, you could have the ...

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