Shakespeare uses dramatic devices throughout the play particularly in this scene to make it interesting‚ exciting and important. His excellent choice of dramatic devices such as movement‚ tone‚ dramatic irony and characterisation creates an atmosphere that generally generates excitement and interest‚ especially in Act 3 scene 1. The scene contains the general themes of the play. Love is shown when Mercutio treats Romeo almost as if he is his own brother to protect his honour. Hate when Mercutio
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‘Romeo and Juliet’ is the story of two "star-crossed lovers who take their life". Their families‚ Capulet and Montague‚ are at a great‚ ancient feud; however Romeo and Juliet fall passionately in love ignoring the fact that they are‚ by household‚ enemies. The play was written in 1595‚ for an Elizabethan audience‚ and was performed at the Globe Theatre. Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona‚ Italy; Italy being a common setting for plays around the time for the great interest in Italian culture and an
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How does Shakespeare present love and hate in Act 1 scene 1 and Act 1 scene 5? Shakespeare wrote the play of two lovers’‚ Romeo and Juliet. Thought to be‚ one of the greatest‚ tragic love stories of all time‚ however‚ throughout the play‚ Shakespeare contrasts love with hate at every possible moment. The two themes‚ love and hate‚ are like twins separated at birth‚ brought up in different backgrounds‚ a totally different society. Combining these two themes‚ creates curiosity into how ’a pair of
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Act II‚ scene ii of Romeo and Juliet is commonly known as the "balcony scene‚" and although this designation may be inaccurate (Shakespeare’s stage directions call for Juliet to appear at a "window‚" not on a balcony)‚ this scene has been quoted from‚ played‚ and misplayed more than any other in all of the Bard’s works. It is proceeded by some astoundingly beautiful verse in Mercutio’s "Queen Mab" speech of Act I‚ scene iv.‚ and by the individual and joint speeches of Romeo and Juliet at the banquet
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Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare‚ the play is based on forbidden love and deathly consequences. The beginning of the play starts with a prologue‚ the main point of this is to get the audience’s attention and set the scene but to also explain the whole outline of the play. By doing this Shakespeare is also acknowledging one of the main themes of the play‚ which is fate. In the prologue Shakespeare chooses to use a lot of violent language- “Their death...Civil blood makes civil
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Romeo and Juliet Analysing Act 3 Scene 5 Act 3‚ scene 5 is a crucial scene in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. The scene is a springboard from which the play plummets to a grizzly end and the subtle climax of the series of events before it. It also contains elements of many of the main themes of the play‚ love‚ trust‚ family‚ hate‚ fate and some interesting theatrical techniques such as dramatic irony and double meanings. The scene is quite easy to analyse being constructed of four duologues
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MACBETH Act 1 Sc. I/The Witches/Character study of Macbeth • Charles lamb while speaking about the witches describes them as ‘…creatures to whom man or woman plotting some dire mischief might resort for occasional consultation. ….From the moment that their eyes first met Macbeth he is spellbound. That meeting sways his destiny. He can never break the fascination. These witches can hurt the body (refer to the Sailors of the “tiger’
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Romeo and Juliet Acts of Hastiness in Act 1 At the VERY beginning‚ Romeo drops Rosaline like a hot rock because she left off to become a nun. Romeo and Benvolio decide last minute to go to their enemy’s party in hopes of getting Romeo over Rosaline. Romeo and Juliet at the party fall in love in a matter of minutes Juliet doesn’t even know Romeo and she kisses him Juliet doesn’t know that Romeo is her arch enemy but "falls in love" anyway When Romeo sneaks out to Juliet’s "tower"
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Academic Essay Comment on Shakespeare’s stagecraft in Act 3 Scene 5 of ‘Romeo and Juliet’. William Shakespeare‚ the celebrated playwright‚ wrote many famous plays. Yet few are as renowned as his ‘Romeo and Juliet’‚ the tragic love story about two star-crossed lovers from feuding families‚ denied their chance to be together and died rather than be apart. Act 3 Scene 5 is a crucial scene in the play‚ one with the most dramatic tension and the turning point of the story where things take a turn for
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Analyse the dramatic importance of Act 3 Scene 5. Act 3 scene 5 is of huge dramatic importance as it is pivotal to the plot of the play. Act 3 scene 5 takes place the morning after Romeo and Juliet have spent their first night together following their marriage. In the first part of the scene‚ they are very happy and also very romantic as Romeo says “How are you‚ my love?” This shows that Romeo cares for Juliet and it also shows how much love‚ Romeo has just been banished from Verona for killing
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