Comment on the Importance of Act 3 Scene 1 in Shakespeare's ‘Romeo & Juliet’.
‘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 of young people throughout but ultimately it’s a tragedy because at the time where it is looking up for Romeo and Juliet their plan to be together goes tragically wrong and results in their death.
After reading the scene, we are immediately drawn into one of the main themes of the play, Disorder. The other themes covered in the play includes: Love versus hate, Disorder, Fate, Friendship and Revenge. The atmosphere at the start of act 3 scene one s one of calm, Benvolio and Mercutio of the Montague household are walking along when Benvolio suggests that they ‘retire’ inside because if they should cross paths with the Capulet’s a brawl would be inescapable. Mercutio is a fiery young man who likes fighting the Capulet men whereas Benvolio is also fiery but has heeded the warning of the prince and doesn’t want to fight. The Capulet men come across them and Mercutio torments them and in doing so starts a fight, Romeo who has just married Juliet then enters this scene Tybalt challenges Romeo to a sword dwell and Romeo having just married Juliet and now Tybalt's kinsman says he can’t fight him but wont tell him why.
The scene takes place in Verona’s town center, in a very public place. The sort of setting where we would expect to see a lot of laughing and a joking, but instead we see shame and dishonour, the development of characters and their feelings towards each other that we expect to see does not come into fruition.
We are then introduced to the characters with
After reading the scene, we are immediately drawn into one of the main themes of the play, Disorder. The other themes covered in the play includes: Love versus hate, Disorder, Fate, Friendship and Revenge. The atmosphere at the start of act 3 scene one s one of calm, Benvolio and Mercutio of the Montague household are walking along when Benvolio suggests that they ‘retire’ inside because if they should cross paths with the Capulet’s a brawl would be inescapable. Mercutio is a fiery young man who likes fighting the Capulet men whereas Benvolio is also fiery but has heeded the warning of the prince and doesn’t want to fight. The Capulet men come across them and Mercutio torments them and in doing so starts a fight, Romeo who has just married Juliet then enters this scene Tybalt challenges Romeo to a sword dwell and Romeo having just married Juliet and now Tybalt's kinsman says he can’t fight him but wont tell him why.
The scene takes place in Verona’s town center, in a very public place. The sort of setting where we would expect to see a lot of laughing and a joking, but instead we see shame and dishonour, the development of characters and their feelings towards each other that we expect to see does not come into fruition.
We are then introduced to the characters with