The Ways that Shakespeare Makes Act 1 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet Dramatically Effective

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The Ways that Shakespeare Makes Act 1 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet Dramatically Effective The play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was written by a well-known person called Shakespeare in 1595. In the play Shakespeare has dramatically presented the tragic story of two family’s enemies. The whole play revolves around the two major themes of the play which are love and hate. Both themes have an astonishing effect on the play. If we put these two themes together it develops in to a tragedy just like it does in the play as Shakespeare shows this in an amazing way in this play. We know that this play is going to be a tragic play right from the beginning as it says in the prologue that the madness between the two families would end with a tragedy. The story takes place in a city called Verona, where there are two respectful houses which are the Montagues and the Capulets and these two families have been at war with each other for many years. The son of Montague is Romeo and he is deeply in love with Rosaline. As a "cure" for his love, his friend, Benvolio, suggests that he should go in disguise to a party in lord Capulet’s house. Romeo arrives at the party, where he meets Juliet, the daughter of Capulet they both fall in love immediately as if it was magic. Only after the party they discover that they are from rival houses. Romeo expresses his love to Juliet and they marry each other the very next day, secretly. Tybalt is enraged by Romeo’s unwanted "visit" and he swears revenge. When he sees Romeo again he insults Romeo and kills Mercutio, another Montague. Romeo kill's Tybalt for killing Mercutio and as a punishment he is told to leave Ver... ... middle of paper ... ...his new generation, the themes are used a lot in many films such as ‘The west side story’ in Asian Bollywood films and etc. I think that this scene plays a major part in the whole play as this scene reveals a lot about the characters and the main theme of the play. With out this scene in the play I don’t think that ‘Romeo and Juliet’ would be a successful play of Shakespeare because this scene is the only scene that contains the real understanding for the audience. I think that this play from Shakespeare is one of the best that I ever read as Shakespeare used an amazing vocabulary to describe every scene in tremendous amount of descriptive detail especially act one scene five, yet leaving spaces of using imagination. The play was really hard to understand at first but when I got used to it I really enjoyed it a lot.

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