From the minute the play starts the audience are aware that the "star crossed lovers" Romeo and Juliet are going to die‚ this makes it clear that the play is a tragedy. A Tragedy is a traditional form of theatre where the main characters in the play die as a result of their tragic flaw‚ for example in the tragedy play Macbeth‚ Macbeth’s vaulting ambition leads him to his death. Romeo and Juliet’s flaw is the powerful love between them and it means their relationship has to be secret and this leads
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and Juliet‚ Shakespeare manages to effectively depict the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. One way he achieves this is by creating sympathy for Romeo and Juliet‚ which consequently affects the reader and audience of the play. Three ways in which Shakespeare is able to create sympathy for them is through the general setting and plot structure‚ the language used‚ and also the characterisation of Romeo and Juliet. From the very beginning of the play (in the prologue)‚ Shakespeare begins
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How does Shakespeare create sympathy for Juliet in Act 3 Scene 5? By Fahad Khan In Act 3 Scene 5‚ Romeo and Juliet are separated because Romeo is sentenced exile as a penalty for his berserk and regretful actions which lead to Tybalt’s unfortunate tragedy. Juliet is left devastated over the separation with her husband and is furthermore misunderstood by her parents. A soon as Romeo departs‚ Lady Capulet tells Juliet about Capulet’s plan for her to marry Paris on Thursday‚ explaining that he
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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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Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play about love‚ romance‚ relationships‚ families and violence. Although mainly about love‚ there are many scenes that contain violence and conflict. This play opens with a fight and ends with reconciliation. The violence in this play occurs from a long standing disagreement between two families (Montague’s + Capulet’s). The events lead to the tragic deaths of ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ In this essay I will discuss how Shakespeare uses conflict to create the tragedy in which
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In this essay I will explain and show how Shakespeare makes the audience feel increasingly sympathetic towards Juliet in Act 3‚ Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet. This play is one of the most well known love stories in history. Shakespeare’s uses of dramatic devices cleverly create twists and tension throughout the entire play. Towards this climax Shakespeare uses the following events that build up to the scene. These are traditional/historical aspects of marriage and family loyalty; cross purposes
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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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How does Shakespeare create tension in act 3 scene 1? Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy about “two star crossed lovers‚” each from a family with an ancient grudge against each other. After a party at the Capulet mansion Romeo and Juliet fall madly in love. However‚ Juliet is being forced to marry Paris who is desperately in love with her as the play was written in a patriarchal time. With conflict between the Capulets and Montagues it becomes difficult for Romeo and Juliet to see each other. After
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and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1591 to 1595. It is a Romantic Tragedy. In this essay I am going to write about the conflict in Act 3 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a play motivated by conflict and conflict means a struggle between to or more things .Although the conflict between the two houses Montuque and Captulet act 3 scene 5 concentrates on the inner conflict between “lord” Capulet and his daughter Juliet. In Act 3 Scene 5‚ Romeo and Juliet are
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