The Dramatization of Act 3 Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

The Dramatization of Act 3 Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a very famous play about two lovers in two

different families who are rivals. Romeo and Juliet has love, passion,

fighting, sadness, madness, lust and jealousy packed into one. It was

written by William Shakespeare around 1595 over 400 years ago. Romeo

and Juliet is a great play for all ages and genders this is one of the

things that makes it so special. This is why it is still performed

around the world today.

Before Fight

This is how William Shakespeare makes the story dramatic before the

fight. In the play Shakespeare uses dramatic and emotive language for

example "for now those hot days, is the mad blood stirring". Before

the fight starts there is a light hearted mood. It is nice sunny day

where Benvolio and Mercutio are playfully fooling around, talking

about various subjects in their life. After a while they sit down to

rest, just chatting. Quite quickly Mercutio and Benvolio get bored and

restless. At this time the Capulets turn up and the mood suddenly

changes to a tense atmosphere They slowly walk over to Benvolio and

Mercutio and Tybalt was not in a good mood after the previous night .

Benvolio was first to see them "by my head here come the Capulets"

Mercutio reply's with a smile "by my heel I care not" this shows that

he's in a strange mood most probably bored and restless and is trying

to cause trouble. Straight away Mercutio is up on his feet and face to

face with Tybalt drawing attention to themselves. He gradually

provokes Tybalt e.g. "could you not take some occasion without giving"

but then Tybalt infuriates Mer...

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...ust in case what they paid for was not that good. In the days

when Romeo and Juliet was 1st performed, theatre companies could not

afford props and scenery so it had to be explained in the story. So in

today's performances it would be a bit more effective and more

pleasant to watch. Over 400 years people's emotions and feelings have

not changed that much to this present day so I think people would

still react the same to the loving parts of the play and tragic

scenes. But the humour has definitely changed so I think today's

audiences would not find the jokes as funny or just might not

understand them. But today's audience would be much more polite and

patient if the play got a bit slow or boring, as in Shakespeare's time

people would have thrown rotten fruit and their excrement at the

actors, who would have carried on.