The general themes of the play are tragedy, fate and impetuosity. When in the play the theme tragedy comes in is when Romeo makes mistakes many times during this play for example not seeing the message sent to Fine Lawrence, not fighting back against Tybalt when he is beating him up and also thinking that Juliet is dead when she is actually alive. The general theme of fate comes in as what the prince says about if they were too then someone would get killed. The theme impetuosity occurs generally in the play for example Romeo are minute loves someone then the next someone else. By him doing this he doesn’t care about anyone else other than the person he loves and will do anything to see them even if that means him getting killed.
In those times nearly everyone went to the plays even poorest people but paid less as they had to stand at the front. So because the plays were so long, they had to be exciting wit past tense as it they weren’t well the audience would throw rotten fruit and vegetables at the actors and not come again. So thats why the plays need to have people dying and and everything happening without much sense as this would keep the audience interested compared to something the opposite.
Where Act 3 scene 1 fits into the play as a whole is being like kind of a pivotal point. What I mean by this is that important people such as Mercutio and Tybalt die and also keep the audience interested. By two characters dying the prince’s words cine true as he said to the people (the two sides) if you were to fight again then someone would fie so this is how this scene is linked with the rest of the play.
The methods Shakespeare uses to create mood and atmosphere at the start of the scene is things such as pathetic phallus. For example in the scene Act 3 scene 1 he uses this dramatic device by expressing the feelings of the characters which is angry and short tempered. An example of this is when Benvolio says ‘let’s retrieve; the day is hot...it we meet we shall not escape a brawl’. The language he uses such as escape means that if the weather is hot it means Shakespeare’s play that everyone is short tempered and it is even less chance for them to escape a fight. This method is pathetic as everyone is not headed for example the Montague’s as they went for revenge on the Capulet’s for covering to a Montague party without being invited. Also the fact that the weather is also hot conveys the feelings of the characters which is short tempered and also the mood and atmosphere by using the characters language. So basically Shakespeare uses the dramatic device of pathetic phalay to create mood and atmosphere at the start of the scene to make it more interesting and exciting.
The way Shakespeare contrasts the mood of this scene with the romantic atmosphere of the previous scene (act 2 Scene 6) is that in the previous scene Shakespeare shows Romeo and Juliet all over each other and really lively in love. We know this by when Romeo says ‘an Juliet, if the measure of thy joy be heaped like mine, and what they still be more blazon it, then sweeten with thy breath this religion as. The writer also makes what each character says to each other longer and more detailed compared to the other scene. For example in Act 3 scene 1 the people don’t care about each other and are harsher. When Mercutio says ‘be my heel, i care not’. This shows us that he doesn’t care if he hurts anyone. Also everything they say to each other is not as much detail and thoughtful like before in the other scene with Romeo and Juliet. The main contrast that Shakespeare alone is that in the previous scene the mood is good and very romantic and of religious and the other isn’t. A good reason how Shakespeare does this is by doing the scene with people which don’t like each other.
How the scene links with the previous extension play is that in act 1 scene 1 they had a fight with each other and the prince said if this happens again somebody who die as a result. Then in Act 3 scene 1 the two families fight again and two characters do get killed. So basically it links together by what the prince had said about someone dying ‘your lives shall pay for the forfeit of the peace’. Then in the other scene Act 3,1 when they fight again then someone does actually die and pay by their life for distributing the peace.
When Romeo refuses to rise to Tybalt’s challenge make the scene interesting exciting and important is by the audience understanding why Romeo won’t fight Tybalt. But Tybalt not understanding, the effect of this dramatic irony in this scene is that it makes it more interesting for the audience to watch as they would find it funny to see Tybalt getting more angry for not knowing why Romeo wont fight him (basically not getting his way because if Romeo doesn’t fight him this is not what he wants and Tybalt will then have no excuse to hit him it Romeo acts like he likes him). ‘Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee oath much excuse the opportunity rage to such a greeting!! See the main effect of this dramatic irony is it gets the audience interested and makes the play more enjoyable for them.
Shakespeare uses dramatic devices in Act 3 scene 1 to make it such an interesting, exciting and important scene to show the conflict between various characters and its impact on the audience is by using much smaller and less word lives then at the beginning of the scene which there was no conflict but when the conflict started with less detail was said to each other.
Before Mercutio’s death Shakespeare makes everyone speak in probes with no rhyming couplets. But after Mercutio’s death it became more poetic, until nearer to the end of the scene the whole verse is poetic. What this shows is that by Shakespeare using the dramatic device of the probe how is showing everything is out of control and all over the place. But after when Mercutio dies Shakespeare makes everything rhythm it show that everything makes sense and goes together, He does this to show what a difference the death of Mercutio makes to everyone.
Overall i think this scene affects the audience making them really get into the souls of the characters and make them have numerous different emotions. What I mean by this is that when Tybalt dies they would have all been happy but Mercutio dying they would have been upset. This is mainly done with all the different dramatic devices Shakespeare uses.
The think that makes act 3 scene 1 the turning point in the play is two people dying and Romeo being not allowed in Verona. So if Romeo is not allowed in Verona how is he going to see Juliet? So basically it thinks starts everything by Romeo needing a plan to see Juliet as he loves her.
How the prince’s words at the end of the scene interest and involve the members of the audience by him choosing what happens to Romeo. Also the fact that he audience knew what the Prince said lost time and know would order what is going to say to time and they can’t disobey him.
What i think of the scene is this it is very detailed and to the point and what people like to hear which makes them interested. So because of this that why probably people want to watch the play.
BY RAM KANADIA
