Romeo and Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet Essay

Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies. Other Shakespearean tragedies include Hamlet and Macbeth. If something bad occurs at the start of the play it’s always resolved at the end. Pain, suffering and anguish are sustained during this time and people die or get injured along the way. The prologue is an overview of the whole play squashed into a few lines but the actors fill in all the rest of the play as it unfolds. It describes the main parts of the play and prepares the audience for what they’re about to see. Act 3 Scene 1 is relevant and is of high significance to what goes on in the rest of the play. Events that occur in this particular scene ultimately lead to the rest of the play falling apart and heading for a tragic ending. It also includes some events mentioned in the prologue and is crucial to the play as a whole.

Act 3 Scene 1 is extremely tense. Emotions start running high as Tybalt finds Romeo asks for a word with him; Also when he does talk to him he starts verbally assaulting him, ‘thou art a villain’. Tybalt implies Romeo is a villain for the things that have happened between them and others. Romeo attended a Capulet house party when he wasn’t invited. This angered Tybalt and conflict arose between the pair of them. Romeo replies to Tybalt, ‘villain am I none’, contradicting what Tybalt had earlier said. The conflict will most definitely build up and a fight is seemingly inevitable. These emotions have no positive side to them, they’re all negative.

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Benvolio says ‘By my head, here comes the Capulet’s’

Mercutio replies ‘By my heel, I care not’

Benvolio’s warning about the ‘Capulet’s’ arriving doesn’t get through to Mercutio as he replies ‘I care not’ as if he’s looking to start trouble. Mercutio doesn’t pay attention to Benvolio’s warning as if he doesn’t care about what happens when the Capulet’s come over to them. Tensions will rise enormously if Mercutio doesn’t calm down quickly.

The characters in Act 3 Scene 1 have a lack of knowledge. Romeo suggests Tybalt has a lack of knowledge about him as he ...

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