How Shakespeare Creates a Variety of Dramatic Moods in Act 1 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet

How Shakespeare Creates a Variety of Dramatic Moods in Act 1 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet

One of the most well known plays ever to be written was ‘Romeo and

Juliet’. William Shakespeare’s play originated from the poem, by

Aurther Brooke, ‘The Tragicall Historye Of Romeus And Juliet’ which

was published in 1562. This play, by Shakespeare, was first performed

at the Globe theatre. This was at the time of the Renaissance, this is

very important because people started to disbelieve in God and believe

the scientific way of how the world was made.

In the build up to act one scene five Romeo has lost the love of his

life, Rosaline, therefore is very upset. Lord Capulet is very

persistent in getting his daughter, Juliet, to marry Paris. Meanwhile

cousins of the families have a sword fight. This is important because

this is the first time the audience see that the two families don’t

like each other.

Shakespeare creates a variety of dramatic moods in Romeo and Juliet by

making the characters express their mood changes, in the play, the

audience can clearly see now a dramatic mood is created by the

characters behaviour towards each other.

From having sudden mood changes within different characters it makes

it more obvious to the audience how the characters are feeling.

Shakespeare involves the audience by ‘dramatic irony’ where tension is

created and the audience know more than the actors do.

“If he be married, my grave is my wedding bed”

Act one Scene five, lines 135.

This is dramatic irony because Juliet ends up dying in her wedding

bed.

At the beginning of Act one Scene five, when the servants are

preparing for the party, there is a hectic mood as you can tell from

the their punctuation and speech.

“Where’s potman, than he not help take away? He’s shirt a trencher? He

scrape a trencher?”

Act one Scene five, lines 1-2.

They ask lots of questions show they are rushing and worried about not

getting the party perfect.