Shakespeare creates tension in Act 1 Scene 5 by making Romeo, who is a Montague go to a Capulet party. This here creates drama as the two families are enemies so this makes the audience wonder what is going to happen next.
One of the ways in which Shakespeare creates tension in act 1 scene 5 is his use of dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something about present or future circumstances which the characters do not have any knowledge of. For example, the audience know that Tybalt sees Romeo at the Capulet party, but Romeo does not know Tybalt has seen him.’ This, his voice should be a Montague’. This creates tension because this makes the audience wonder what will happen next and how the Capulets’ would react to a Montague attending their party and also makes the audience wonder what will happen to Romeo and how he will react to the bad news. Another example is when Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love with each other, but they don’t their enemies. Is she a Capulet? My life is my foe’s debt’, ‘my only love sprung from my only hate’. This shows Romeo and Juliet have found out they are enemies. This creates drama because this also makes the audience wonder what will happen next and how the characters will react when they find out.
In my opinion this is one of the most important scenes in the play because this is where Romeo and Juliet and begin a relationship together. I liked the end of the scene the most because this where Romeo and Juliet find out they are enemies. Shakespeare’s use of dramatic irony in that section creates drama because it makes the reader/audience want to know what will happen next and how Romeo and Juliet will react to this news. ‘My only love sprung from my only hate’, ‘Is she a Cap...
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...speare makes the scene tense and makes the audience want to find out what what’s going to happen next. One example is at the end of the scene when Romeo and Juliet find out they are enemies.’ My only love sprung from my only hate!’ ‘My life is in my foe’s debt’. By using the dramatic irony Shakespeare leaves you on a cliff-hanger which makes this scene even more intensifying, and more interesting than other scenes in the play. Shakespeare symbolises a key theme, love. He symbolises it the most when Romeo and Juliet. This is effective because love and hate are not only throughout the play, but throughout the world as well. This is why this scene is most popular because Shakespeare uses a lot of affection which link to the themes of love and hate, to show how the characters feel, and to make this scene dramatic. I would give this scene **** out of 5.
By AKRAM ELSARKY
Romeo and Juliet is a famous play that was first performed between 1594 and 1595, it was first printed in 1597. Romeo and Juliet is not entirely fictional as it is based on two lovers who lived in Verona. The Montague’s and Capulet’s are also real. Romeo and Juliet is one of the ten tragedies that William Shakespeare wrote. In this essay, I aim to investigate what act 1, scene1 makes you expect about the rest of the play.
Act 3 Scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet There are several strong cases for Act 3 scene 5 being the pivotal, most important and significant scene in the play. To begin with, it is the last time that Romeo and Juliet are together, alive and well, after this scene Romeo goes to Manchua, and returns only to be near Juliet to die. Until this scene the audience will be convinced that Juliet has a very strong relationship with Nurse, they are obviously a lot closer than Juliet and her mother are, and Juliet relies on Nurse for advice and support. During Art three scene five, the audience's perception of Nurse changes, and Juliet no longer looks to her for support.
This scene shows a contrast in Lord Capulet's personality and how he reacts to other characters in this scene, most especially Juliet. The scene brings about violence and an ultimatum from Lord Capulet which leads to tragedy. A chain of events start which embark on the
Act 1 scene 5 is very important in the play because it is when Romeo
...rt”. She wants to see Romeo again so asks the Nurse to go to Friar Lawrence’s cell. Therefore the events of Act 3 Scene 1 strengthened Romeo and Juliet’s relationship, making them less able to live without each other. Had Shakespeare not used Act 3 Scene 1 to set up the rest of the play, Romeo and Juliet’s relationship would not have been intensified by the drama and trauma of the scene. It may have weakened as the exciting first phase of their relationship and marraige came to an end. If consiquently they were less in love with eachother, they may not have gone to such extreme lengths to be with eachother and may have not felt the need to end their own lives at the thought of living without their spouse. Act 3 Scene 1 has more effect on the future of the plot and the characters, therefore sets up the rest of the play substationally more than Act 1 Scene 5 does.
The Ways that Shakespeare Makes Act 1 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet Dramatically Effective
In my essay I will be discussing the many ways in which Shakespeare causes us to feel sympathy towards Romeo and Juliet in the final scene of the play, after a brief summary of the events previous. In the beginning, Romeo and Juliet meet each other for the first time at a party. They fall in love and eventually decide to get married. As a result of Romeo killing Tybalt for revenge, he is banished from Verona. Juliet is being forced to marry Count Paris. A plan comes about that Juliet is to be drugged which would cause her to appear dead and therefore preventing her from having to marry Paris. However Romeo fails to receive the details of the plan and thinks that she is dead. He therefore returns to Verona to pay his last respects and end his own life. This brings us to the final scene of the play.
The most obvious use of dramatic irony is in the prologue. The chorus summarizes the entire play in a fourteen line sonnet, revealing the plot and the conclusion of the play. The prologue creates a sense of fate because the audience knows and expects that Romeo and Juliet will die despite all their efforts to sustain their true love. In Act 1 Scene 5, at the masquerade ball, Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time, and fall in love before either is aware that they are supposed enemies. Juliet says “If he is married.
Shakespeare develops this tension by making the pace of the scene faster by using shorter sentences, exclamation marks and question marks. We see this when Capulet is in a rage with Juliet and says 'Speak not, reply not, do not answer me!' .The scene ends in sorrow, when Capulet leaves in a rage and Juliet is in tears. Act 3 scene 5 embodies the moods movement as a whole in the play.
One of the main catalysts in Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' is powerful, uncontrollable emotions; love, hate, wrath, infatuation, and outrage are all apparent in the play and have a direct impact on the tragic events that unfold. In act one, scene two, the strongest emotions conveyed are those of despair, love and sincerity. Shakespeare uses imagery, figurative language and powerful vocabulary to convey these emotions to the audience.
At the start the atmosphere remains calm. Capulet is worried about his daughter’s grieving for the death of her cousin Tybalt; however this isn’t the real reason for the upset. Shakespeare uses metaphors to compare the difference between the grief and good emotions. Capulet links Juliet to a s...
Romeo and Juliet is also a play which is full of anger, passion, and death. The secrecy of the marriage of Romeo and Juliet pointed out a form of dramatic irony. This is shown by Juliet’s “ double-edged ';phrases when Lady Capulet is denouncing Romeo. For example,
In the tremendous play of ‘Romeo & Juliet’, Shakespeare’s ways engages the audience straight away. The astounding methods he uses hooks the audience into the play and allows them to read on, wondering what will happen. The tragic love story of Romeo & Juliet, as mentioned in the prologue, sets a variety of themes throughout Act 1 Scene 5. Many of the recognisable themes are: youth and age, revenge, forbidden love, fate, action and hate. The main idea of the play is a feud that had been going on between two families, The ‘Montagues and Capulets’, the son of the Montagues and the daughter of the Capulets fall in love and the story tells us how tragic, death, happiness and revenge find them throughout the play.
The play veers between love and hatred. The acts get more and more powerful until the death of the two protagonists. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet are redemptive. Shakespeare is very good at using different techniques to tell their story, all while centring the theme around love and
Juliet's Feelings in Act 3 Scene 2 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet The act and scene we are analysing is a very important one. This is because of the way Juliet reacts towards the events that face her in this part of the story. This scene is the ultimate example to tell us how Juliet thinks, feels and reacts towards Romeo. Not only is it one of the most interesting parts of the story but it is the most exciting scene, truly we can explore how and why Juliet reacts in the ways she does.