Shakespeare coursework: Examine the dramatic effectiveness and significance to the play of Act 1, Scene 5

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Shakespeare coursework: Examine the dramatic effectiveness and significance to the play of Act 1, Scene 5

ROMEO AND JULIET: The tragic romance play, two lovers passion that is out growing

the immensity of both their families feud (Montague and Capulet). This play puts you in the place of two

star Since the 16th century Shakespeare has written many famous tragedy plays that has

struck lovers destined to life's final destination. Plays by Shakespeare entertained people especially Elizabethans who did not have TV unlike us today. The play Romeo and Juliet is very dramatic and full of foreboding 'a snowy dove trooping with crows' Crows are represented by death and darkness which states the

obvious that Romeo and Juliet are going to die. This imagery of a snowy dove trooping

with dove is using the lingual term of oxymoron as you do not get snowy doves trooping

with crows. White contrasts with black and the two colours represent different things:

White representing purity, cleanliness and light and black representing evil, dirtiness and

darkness. The contrasts would not happen.

Act 1 scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet is situated in the