Examination of Shakespeare's Use of Dramatic Devices in Act 1, Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet
Romeo & Juliet is a story of love and hate with a tragic end. Act 1,
Scene 5 is of particular significance as it is where the romantic
adventure between Romeo and Juliet starts, in contrast of hatred from
both families.
This scene uses a lot of dramatic devices; A Dramatic Device is
elements of the play, which allow the writer to build up tension or
other effects. These effects influence the actor of the play and the
response of the characters and audience.
Some examples of dramatic devices are; Varying the pace and
atmosphere; developing characterisation through action and speech and
the use of contrast.
Varying the pace helps the audience to understand the characters
feelings. A slower pace shows calm, happy, hopeful and relaxed
behaviour, but a faster pace tends to show anger, excitement and
tension of the character, which rapidly leads to the creation of
tension. The pace can also affect the mood of the atmosphere, for
example; romantic, joyful or aggression. This could immediately show
their feelings. Shakespeare uses a lot of poetry and prose throughout
the scene to indicate many facts about the characters personality and
background. The speech of the characters develops throughout, which
clearly describes the body language. Shakespeare use of simile, in
contrasting people and objects can alert the audience to the
characters emotions.
The first dramatic device used and introduced in Act 1, Scene 5 are
from lines 1-14, as the servants fast paced atmosphere. They are use
to bring on props and prepare the audience for the part...
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knowledge, use of rhyming couplet, show us their quick thinking, and
true feelings about the event. He also used a combination throughout
the scene between anger and romance, love and death, continuously
disturbing and switching, this causes difficulty as we want to find
out more and it to continue. Romeo and Juliet's sonnet reflects back
to their view of romance and romance to each other. Also dreaded fact
after each other's background discoveries. Romeo also uses the
contrast of light and dark to describe Juliet's feature and what he
sees in her. Finally, the continuous intrusion of Romeo and Juliet's
word of love by Tybalt and Nurse caused pressure and ignorant reminder
of the audience and the difficulties to come. It also warns them for
their future friendship, which we know will be tricky.
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The Ways that Shakespeare Makes Act 1 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet Dramatically Effective
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