Why is act 3 scene 1 an important turning point in Romeo and Juliet

Authors Avatar
Why is act 3 scene 1 an important turning point in Romeo and Juliet?

Act 3 scene 1 is a very important scene in Romeo and Juliet this is because after this scene is where the main factors of they plat occur, this is tragedy, heart brake and death. Before this scene Romeo a Montague and Juliet a Capulet get married in secret. However the Montague family and the Capulet family do net get along and have an "Ancient feud" which has been going on for many years. We are told the feud is ancient in prologue of the film.

Act 3 scene 1 is set in a public place in the streets of Verona. Even though one of the main characters Juliet is not in this scene, it plays a great influence on what happens to the future of her and husband Romeo. The scene starts of very calm with the cousin of Romeo, Benvolio and Romeos best friend Mercutio, they are aware of the presents of the Capulet's but do not take notice to them. From the start we are given the personalities of Mercutio and Benvolio , we can see that Benvolio is a man of peace he states " I pray thee good mercutio lets retire; the day is hot and the Capulet's abroad, and if we meet up we will not escape a brawl" from this we see that he is a peace keeper however mercutio then says that Benvolio is looking for a trouble and one to start a fight, "why thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath more hair or less hair in his beard than thou hast" from this conversation we see that they both have different views. We see that Benvolio throughout the play tries to keep the peace even in the first meeting we see in act 1 scene 1 between the Montague's and the Capulet's were he says "I do but keep the peace" when he tries to stop the servants of the Montague's and Capulet's fighting.
Join now!


As act 3 scene 1 continues the rival family of the Montague's the Capulet's arrive lead by the cousin of Juliet Tybalt . Already from act 1 scene 1 we see that Tybalt is a violent character from where he says to Benvolio "what dawn and talk of peace, I hate the word" this shows that he is a very aggressive character and that he is loyal to his family and all for the family war. When Tybalt arrives on the scene mercutio starts to intimidate him. From what we know already Tybalt seems to be the type ...

This is a preview of the whole essay