"Romeo and Juliet" is the tragic tale of forbidden love‚ fate and destiny. The prologue is important as it introduces these key themes and creates dramatic irony. It is introduced by a chorus - to give us a commentary and summary of the action. The dramatic irony whets the audience’s appetite for the play‚ and the prologue helps the lower class audience understand the storyline easier. Act 1 Scene 1 grabs the attention of both the higher and lower classes of audience with the use of poetry for the
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Romeo and Juliet is the most famous love story in the English literary tradition. Love is naturally the play’s dominant and most important theme and is shown frequently throughout Act I scene V. The second most dominant theme is that of hatred‚ the contrasting theme to love; the theme of hatred permeates Romeo and Juliet and can be seen in an array of different forms throughout Act I scene V. In this essay I will discuss key themes in plot‚ characters and language. This scene alternates between the
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drama to effectively catch public attention. The first scene in every movie is the most important as it can draw the audience in and set the tone for the rest of the piece. In Act I Scene I‚ Luhrmann’s movie version of Romeo and Juliet was more compelling and accurate in presenting the intended atmosphere of the original Shakespeare play through the use
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How Is Violence Represented In Act 3 Scene 1 In ‘Romeo and Juliet’? In this essay I am going to analyse how Shakespeare portrays violence in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and‚ more specifically‚ Act 3 Scene 1. Shakespeare did not create ’Romeo and Juliet’ but took the idea from a poem by Arthur brooks. ’Romeo and Juliet’ is a tragedy and was written between 1591 and 1596. It is one of the greatest love stories ever written however violence‚ hate and conflict are very prominent. For example‚ at the start
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‘Romeo and Juliet’ is about the love hate relationship of two families‚ the Capulet’s and the Montague’s‚ it is set in Verona‚ Italy. Act 3 scene 1 is a very important part of the whole Romeo and Juliet play. There are various mixed emotions the audience will endure throughout the scene and horrific blows are struck within this particular scene. The story is about the love of two young people form two families which are at ‘war’ with each other. The play is a tragedy in the sense that there is death
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The scene that was selected for this modern transformation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is Act 3‚ Scene 1. This scene was selected because it develops the themes of the role of violence in society‚ the consequences of hate‚ and the consequences of irresponsible or rash actions. The scene was made relevant to readers by changing the scene into a modern context. The modern context is one in which social media is a common commodity. This modern setting was selected because it is one
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In Scene I‚ Act I‚ of Romeo and Juliet‚ Romeo bitterly complains to his cousin and friend‚ Benvolio‚ about being “in love” with another girl. However‚ I think he is being dramatic about his love for this person. Romeo repeatedly describes how beautiful this person is‚ but has not stated more rational reasons as to why someone might love another person (ex – his or her personality). Romeo also said‚ “She will not stay the siege of loving terms‚/nor bride th’encounter of assailing eyes‚/nor ope her
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Act 3 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet is set in Juliet’s chamber. Romeo is preparing to leave because he believes he heard the morning lark “It was the lark‚ the herald of the morn”(pg 148) Juliet encourages Romeo that the bird he heard was the nightingale who often sings on the pomegranate tree. Romeo agrees to stay because he is content and does not fear being arrested or executed “Let me be ta’en‚ let me be put to death.”(pg 148) Juliet says that is infact morning and encourages Romeo to hurry away
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Capulet‚ nephew of the Lord Capulet’s wife‚ was allegedly slain by Romeo Montague‚ son of the great Lord Montague. Mercutio‚ kin to Prince Escalus‚ was the other casualty. He was allegedly slain by Tybalt‚ using Romeo as a shield when trying to break them up. Benvolio‚ of the Montagues‚ was an eye-witness to the terrible scene and was interviewed for hid full report on what happened. According to him‚ Tybalt wanted to fight Romeo‚ but Romeo declined and tried to mediate the situation also making alleged
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Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare portrays the sadness of Romeo’s Banishment and Juliet’s forced marriage. Act 3 takes place in Verona and Mercutio and Benvolio are discussing the hot day and the possibility of a quarrel of the two families. Tybalt enters looking for Romeo and rudely addresses them. Mercutio and Tybalt are about to fight when Romeo enters. Romeo tries to avoid the conflict because he is now married to Juliet. Mercutio cannot stand Romeo
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