GCSE/English romeo and juliet

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 Violent scenes in “Romeo and Juliet”

“Romeo and Juliet” is a tragic play, which is about two families the Capulet’s and the Montague’s. The Capulet’s have an only daughter, Juliet and the Montague’s only son, Romeo. Romeo and Juliet fell in love before they knew who each other was and by the time they did nothing could split them. Although the play is about love, there are many scenes that contain violence and conflict. The play opens with a fight and ends with a fight. The violence in the play happens because of an old argument between the families of Capulet’s and Montague’s, which then leads to the death of Romeo and Juliet. In this essay I will be focusing on violence and conflict. I will also be analysing four different violent scenes of the play and will be writing a paragraph on how I would like to direct a scene of the play.

 “Romeo and Juliet” was written by William Shakespeare and first performed in the globe theatre it is set in the 16th century. When Shakespeare wrote the play queen Elizabeth ruled England. She loved the theatre people in the 16th century were fond of any sort of entertainment. They liked watching plays written by William Shakespeare and was acted out at the globe theatre. It was important for Shakespeare to make his plays exciting as possible because people would regularly go to the theatre to watch his plays and did not like to see the same play to many times over. An audience in the 16th century would have liked “Romeo and Juliet” because it had a very interesting tale about two people who fell in love despite there family feud which is mixed with feelings of love and violence and has a sad ending to it.

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The first violent scene in Romeo and Juliet is in Act 1, scene 1, and is the opening scene of this play. It begins with Sampson and Gregory, Capulet’s servants, who are roaming Verona looking for trouble. They come across Abram and Balthasar two servants form the Montague household. A fight then breaks out but Benvolio, one of the Montague family, tries to stop the fight. Matters are made worse when Tybalt, a Capulet, arrives and sets on Benvolio. The fighting threatens to get out of hand as lord and lady Capulet arrive on the scene along with

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