When the play begins Romeo is madly in love with Roseline and Juliet’s parents want her to marry Paris. Romeo Mercutio and Benvolio decide to go to the Capulets ball were Romeo and Juliet fall in love. Over the next few days their love grows for each other and they get married. Tybalt one of the Capulets is very annoyed that Romeo came to the ball and goes looking for revenge. This leads to the most important scene in the play act 3 scene 1.
At the beginning of act 3 scene 1 Benvolio and Mercutio are talking Benvolio wants to leave.
‘I pray thee good Mercutio lets retire?’
Benvolio wants to leave because the Capulets are coming looking for a fight.
‘We shall not scape a brawl’.
The capulets arrive and approach the Montagues looking for Romeo
‘Mercutio thou consortest with Romeo?’
Romeo arrives.
‘Well peace be with you sir, here comes my man’.
Tybalt approaches Romeo.
Tybalt starts of by insulting Romeo.
‘Thou art a villain’.
Tybalt challenges Romeo to a fight.
‘Therefore turn and draw?’
Romeo rejects the challenge, Mercutio believes Romeo has made the wrong decision.
‘O calm, Dishonourable, vile submission’.
This would make the audience feel excited because there was a fight brewing.
Mercutio challenges Tybalt to a fight.
‘Good king of cats, nothing but one of your nine lives?’
Tybalt accepts.
‘I am for you’.
Mercutio and Tybalt begin to fight Mercutio gets stabbed.
‘I am hurt’.
As Mercutio dies he puts a curse on both families.
‘A plague on both your houses’.
Mercutio puts a plague on both the families because it’s there feuds that have caused his death.
This could make the audience feel upset because Mercutio was a good guy.
Romeo goes after Tybalt, Tybalt returns.
‘Here comes the furious Tybalt back again’.
Romeo and Tybalt begin to fight, Tybalt falls.
‘The citizens up and Tybalt slain.
Romeo leaves.
This makes the audience feel good because Romeo has got his revenge.
Prince arrives and wants to know what happened.
‘Where are the vile beginners of this fray’.
Benvolio explains what happened to the Prince. The prince decides to banish Romeo for his crime.
‘Immediately we do exile him hence’.
This makes the audience feel bad for both Romeo and Juliet because they will be separated.
After the fight scene Romeo leaves to mantua. Juliet’s parents arrange for her to marry Paris. Juliet and Friar Lawrence come up with a plan. Juliet takes a drug and her family think that she is dead. Juliet is taken to the family Tomb were she is laid to rest. Friar Lawrence sends a letter to Romeo telling him what’s happened but Romeo fails to receive the letter. Romeo hears that Juliet has died and he goes to the tomb to see her. When he arrives Paris is there, they fight and Paris dies. Romeo enters the tomb and sees Juliet dead so he drinks a deadly poison and dies. When Juliet wakes up she sees Romeo dead, so she takes his dagger and kills herself.
I think that act 3 scene 1 is so important because it leads to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. If the fight scene hadn’t happened then Romeo wouldn’t have killed Tybalt, and he wouldn’t have been banished, meaning Romeo and Juliet would have still been together and lived happy lives.
Robert Mason