Engaging the Interest of an Audience in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Engaging the Interest of an Audience in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare makes the opening of Scene 5 dramatically interesting by

having the servants are under a lot of pressure and they are in a

hurry, dashing around the place. While in the last scene there is

sadness in Romeo's speech. As he talks about his fate and how it is

not revealed yet to him but it is already ordained in the stars.

In Scene 5 the servants talk in everyday language and the rich and

famous talk in a rhyme or in couplets. The way that Shakespeare grabs

the attention of the audience is by making them laugh with the

servants.

Shakespeare makes Lord Capulet appear very welcoming by making his

guest feel wanted and appreciated. He says, "She, I'll swear, hath

corns; am I come near ye now?"

He says this because he wants the ladies and gentlemen to start

dancing. This lightens the mood because only poor people would have

corns on their feet so; there should be no reason why the ladies at

the ball should not be able to dance.

Lord Capulet says this to his cousin that they are too old to dance

now and they should just sit back and watch while the young people

have their fun. The reference which is made by Lord Capulet to his

cousin is, "Nay, sit, good cousin Capulet, For you and I are past our

dancing days."

They also had an argument on how long ago they both went to a masked

ball. This is humorous as it is a petty topic to argue over. There is

a contrast between old and young age as Romeo and Juliet will never

know what old is as they kill themselves.

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Tybalt does not like Romeo because he is a Montague and he has

gatecrashed the Caplets party. Tabalt threatens to kill Romeo he says,

"To strike him dead I hold it not a sin".

In Lord Capulet's response he speaks very highly of Romeo and says