how does act act 1 scene 5 and act 3 scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet affect the tragic ending of the play?

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How does act 1 scene 5 and act 3 scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet affect the tragic ending of the play?

In my essay I will be analysing the two scenes, act 1 scene 5 and act 3 scene 1 from the play Romeo and Juliet.  

        

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The well known play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, is about a young boy and girl who fall in love. They do not realise that they are from enemy families that have been involved in a long feud for many years. They first meet at a party held by Juliet’s parents the Capulet’s. Romeo and his other Monatgue friends have snuck into the party uninvited. The moment the two first meet they fall madly in love. They secretly meet and within a couple of days they are to be married. However as the family feud continues, more blood is shed as Tybalt (Capulet) kills Mercutio (Montague). Because of this Romeo seeks revenge by killing Tybalt. The prince banishes Romeo from Verona upon hearing the death of Tybalt or he too will have to face death. Romeo leaves Verona, as Juliet mourns for him not believing what he has done. Although Juliet still defends him, and becomes upset from the prospect of never seeing him again, and says she wants to die. Similarly does Romeo, however Friar Lawrence persuades him otherwise telling him that he will see Juliet again. However, Juliet’s parents are forcing her to marry Paris, as they do not know she is already married to Romeo. She goes to Friar Lawrence and he comes up with the idea of a sleeping potion that will make her appear dead. Everyone is busy preparing for the wedding when the nurse finds Juliet “dead,” they soon turn to funeral arrangements. Romeo hears from Balthasar that his love is dead, and so he visits an apothecary. He asks him for a lethal poison, and although the apothecary doesn’t want to sell it to Romeo, he desperately needs the money.  From this act of greed Romeo goes to the tomb were Juliet lies. At the same time the Friar has sent Romeo a letter informing him of their plan, and that Juliet isn’t dead. But sadly Romeo doesn’t receive it. Paris sees Romeo opening Juliet’s coffin to see her one last time - and at this he thinks he is going to vandalise it. The pair begin to fight and Paris dies. Romeo realises that Paris was to be Juliet’s suitable match and lays him in the coffin with her as a mark of respect for him. Seeing Juliet lying in the tomb, he takes his own life with the poison. Juliet then awakens to find Romeo dead with the empty bottle in his hand and tries to kiss him taking the poison from his lips. This doesn’t work, so she takes Romeo’s sword and stabs herself. When the prince discovers the story of the two lovers, he makes the Montague’s and the Capulet’s agree to end the feud, and the Capulet’s erect a gold statue of Romeo and the Montague’s one of Juliet to symbolise their forgiveness.

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At the beginning of the play we see Sampson and Gregory two servants of the Capulet’s, and Abraham and Balthasar servants of the Montague’s fighting in the street. The fight soon becomes bigger as Benvolio (Montague) and Tybalt (Capulet) join in. The prince of Verona hears of the fight and quickly goes to the scene. He makes a powerful speech warning of a death penalty if there are any further fights between the two families.

        We first meet Romeo as a lovesick boy who has fallen for Rosaline, however she does not reciprocate his love. Benvolio, a close friend ...

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