In act 1 scene 1 we see a fight scene and we also see Prince Escales for the first time, he enters as he give a warning to both Capulet’s and Montague’s as they disturb the quiet streets of Verona. The fight happens on at the house of the Capulet’s on a Sunday, the fight starts as Samson and Gregory deify the Montague’s, over looking this is Tybalt who tries to fight with Benvolio. Tybalt is Lady Capulet’s nephew, and Benvolio is a good friend and cousin of Romeo.
Tybalt uses his words as if they are Montague’s, “talk of peace! I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montague’s and thee”.
Also we find out that both Lord Capulet and Montague become involved. We see in this scene how they dislike each other and how they are enemies with each other.
After the fight the Prince enters and tells both Capulet and Montague “If ever you disturb our streets again, the lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace”. This speech is important, as it is an official warning from the Prince not to fight again.
Act 3 scene 1, is a very important violent scene in the play, as two members of both Capulet and Montague die. This is a result of when Tybalt insults Mercutio and Romeo, as Romeo has not replied to the challenge sent by Tybalt. Mercutio shows signs of defiance as he tells Benvolio “By my heel, I care not”. This shows us that Mercutio cannot be bothered about the presence of Tybalt and his followers. As Tybalt and Mercutio talk, it quickly turns in to a raging argument. Tybalt asks Mercutio to have a word but Mercutio replies in anger “One word with one of us? Couple it with something, make a word and a blow.” After this Tybalt becomes annoyed and tell Mercutio, that if he finds him apt enough to that, he will give him a reason to kill him. Mercutio replies “could you not take some occasion without giving”, then Romeo enters the scene and Tybalt starts an argument with him. Mercutio interferes and says, “I will not budge for no man’s pleasure”. This shows us that Mercutio is volatile and very provocative. Tybalt accepts Mercutio’s challenge and they both fight Romeo intervenes between them and Tybalt takes the opportunity to stab Mercutio in his side. After this Tybalt flees. After Mercutio dies Tybalt and Romeo meet and they both fight, Romeo is furious that Tybalt killed Mercutio, and Romeo goes into a blind rage and Tybalt is slain. This is Romeo’s quid proquo. As a result of the deaths of Tybalt and Mercutio, the Prince has no choice but to exile Romeo from Verona, in doing this the Prince saves Romeo’s life as he is so highly regarded in Verona.
Act 5 scene 3 is a very important scene as both Romeo and Juliet die together. This scene is violent, as Romeo believes that Juliet is dead, and he goes to the apothecary to get a potion. As he gets to the Capulet vault he sees the County Paris searching for Juliet’s body. Romeo interrupts his search and Paris hides as he thinks that Romeo is a guard. As romeo walks into the vault he starts to talk and Paris steps out from the dark, they begin to fight, and the County Paris is slain and asks Romeo to lay him next to Juliet. Romeo tells the dying Paris “in my faith I will”. Romeo places Paris in the tomb, and looks back over the weeks action and how he long’s for his wife Juliet. Romeo opens the bottle and drinks the potion. Then Juliet wakes from her “death” and tries to wake up Romeo. After she sees that Romeo is dead she takes the bottle, and tries to drink the potion in desperation. As the bottle is empty Juliet pulls out Romeo’s dagger and stabs herself, as she wants to be with her husband.
After the friar tells the prince what happened both houses of Capulet and Montague make peace.
I believe that this play is violent as there are three fight scenes and 6 deaths. The first scene focuses on the Capulet and Montague feud, this play by William Shakespeare has both romance and tradigy.
The romance is between Romeo and Juliet, but also Paris admires Juliet aswell. The violence in the play is a major factor as 3 deaths are caused by violence and violent acts. These include the stabbing of Mercutio, the killing of Tybalt and the slaying of County Paris. The other three deaths are Romeo and Juliet as they do it for their love for one another, and also the death of Lady Montague, in which we do not know how she dies. The play varies with the different emotions as it contains romance, violence, anger and peacefulness, throughout the acts.