Romeo and Juliet - How does Shakespeare make act 3 scene 1 dramatic?

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How does Shakespeare make act 3 scene 1 dramatic?

   Shakespeare creates act 3 scene 1 to be dramatically effective, by using dramatic irony, sympathetic background and other theatrical effects. A dramatic effect is something that is either emotional or sensational that creates tension and builds up a scene or event. Act 3 scene 1 is dramatically effect because it has emotional, sensational, climactic and thrilling events throughout.

   Before the start of the scene their was two very significant events which have helped create tension, one of these events, the marriage of Romeo and Juliet is used to create dramatic irony as the only people to know about the wedding is themselves and the audience. Therefore the other characters don’t know about it and this effect then allows the audience to visualise and wait with tense anticipation to find out what will happen and follow on from this huge event. The night before at the party causes plenty of anger and frustration for Tybalt this has effects on other characters as well

 “we shall not scrape a brawl, for now these hot days, is the mad blood stirring” L3-4.

   This was Benvolio almost predicting what is going to happen later in the day the word “blood” signifies hurt, anger and pain.  This adds to the excitement of the audience. Tybalt’s anger is always shown especially towards Romeo, and when Tybalt finds out about the wedding this is surely going to fuel is anger further. The audience can feel the tension brewing this makes them anxious.

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   The atmosphere created at the start of the scene is tense, weary and irritable, this is because of the alcohol consumed the night before at the party and because Romeo turned up at the party when he wasn’t meant to be there. The weather is also adding to this, as it is very hot

 “The day is hot”. L.2

This is called sympathetic background and it is mirroring the emotions felt by the characters.

   Tension starts to build further now because of the characters such as Benvolio, Mercutio and Romeo. Mercutio is an easy-going, ...

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