Interest and Tension in William Shakespeare's Act One of Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare was a famous and successful play writer who lived
in the Elizabethan times. Some of his most memorable and famous plays
were Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Twelth Night and Hamlet. He was
successful because he was able to entertain a whole range of people
from groundlings to royalty. He used a technique that would grab the
attention of anyone, his dialogue. He would use different genres like
comedy, romance, action and violence, so it would appeal to all ages
and genders. Often he would add a rude joke to lighten things up.
In the Elizabethan era it was not known for theatres such as the Globe
and Rose to use scenery, props and costumes. In most plays the
audience would not know where the scene was set, the time or the
weather, but Shakespeare would describe all of these things in the
dialogue. The audience could visualise the surroundings of the actors
better with this technique.
Humour was one of the main genres which contributed in grabbing the
audience's attention. Shakespeare uses humour before the fighting
because he wants to show the audience how the two enemies provoke each
other before the violence starts. This is effective because Sampson
and Gregory have an exchange of harsh and rude jokes, the audience now
knows that there is going to be fighting but yet are amused.
At the start of Act 1 Scene 1 Sampson and Gregory start the scene off
with humour. Sampson and Gregory start an argument over a simple
misunderstanding. Sampson says 'Gregory, on my word, we'll not carry
coals'. Gregory takes what Sampson says the wrong way and rep...
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two lovers are so into each other it will be hard to break them apart.
In Act 1 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare has used a number of
techniques to capture the audiences attention. He has used a number of
genres including Comedy, Violence and Action and Romance and Sex to
grab the audience's attention and to make it appealing to different
types of people from groundlings to Royalty. The variety of characters
would add more interest as each character was unique. Dialogue and
poetic language make it more appealing and creates tension and
suspense. Tybalt was aggressive and was a famous swordfighter; this
would give tension as the audience would know with Tybalt's temper a
fight would start.
Overall Shakespeare has created interest and tension for his audience
of Act 1 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet.
Act 1 scene 3 and Act 3 scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
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whether he was really in love with Rosaline, or did he just want to be
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