Romeo And Juliet Act 3 Scene 1 Analysis

The events which took place in act 3, scene 1 played a significant role in creating the chain of events that triggered the tragedy that is Romeo and Juliet. At the outset of this scene Mercutio and Benvolio end up in a public place. Benvolio tries to convince Mercutio to go home because the Capulets would be there soon, however, Mercutio swiftly denies the chance of persuasion by expressing his views on Benvolio’s rarely aggressive ways, in one case using simile (3.1.11-12) “Thou art as hot a Jack in thy mood as any in Italy". This delay gives enough time for Tybalt with the company of others to make their way to the public place. This results in the death of two, Mercutio slain by Tybalt under Romeo’s arm and Tybalt slain by Romeo powered by impulse, anger and the determination to avenge the death of Mercutio, because of this Romeo suffers the punishment of exile. This subsequent exile plays a massive part throughout the rest of the play and ultimately leads to the tragic ending of Romeo & Juliet

Mercutio’s excessive, exuberant personality and Tybalt’s arrogant and aggressive side majestically clash in their final scene ultimately leading both of them to their deaths. As

Romeo learns of Mercutio’s death, Romeo goes to get revenge, this hasty act leads to Romeo’s banishment, something that he would’ve done well without because it cuts off communication with Verona and Juliet which in turn leads to his death. He blames fortune for killing Tybalt instead of himself with the use of (3.1.134) “oh I am fortune’s fool” blaming something else for his own actions shows his childish nature.
At the end of the scene the Prince, Montague, Capulet, their wives and others enter the public place Benvolio displays honesty by telling the Prince what had happened.

This showed that Benvolio is trustworthy but then after as lady Capulet tries to convince the prince to get Romeo executed he tries to persuade otherwise as to keep the peace displaying a cogent nature.

Act 3 scene 1 highlights the certain perspectives and characteristics that make adolescents who they are, bluntly suggesting that they are impetuous and brash. This is probably the most evident theme throughout the play and helps the theme of fate to create an unfortunate and unnecessary tragedy to take place. A couple of examples of this are when Romeo buys poison after news of Juliet’s “death” and the murder of during the

play.
The audience who would be watching this particular scene would realise the pure hatred the Montagues have with the Capulets and Vice versa, the way that they traded insults would have boosted the already thorough understanding that they were enemies which would’ve boosted the intrigue of the play. Those from the Elizabethan era would’ve been pretty enthralled to watch the battle’s play out, the treason that was involved and may have been baffled at the fact that Romeo’s punishment ended up being as lenient as it was especially when they got particularly horrible punishments for doing things such as begging. our era wouldn’t be nearly as enthralled because we are so used to seeing this kind of violence and worse in certain movies and the news and seeing banishment as his punishment would’ve seemed lenient to us aswell but our punishments are a lot less severe to those in the Elizabethan era and we would be