Shakespeare's Use of Violence and Conflict in Romeo and Juliet in Act 3 Scene 1

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Shakespeare's Use of Violence and Conflict in Romeo and Juliet in Act 3 Scene 1

For this essay I will be analyzing in depth Act 3 scene 1, examining

Shakespeare’s use of language and character. This essay will explore

the tragic play of Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo and Juliet focuses on how “two households, both alike in

dignity” where “a pair of star crossed lovers” pursue their love for

each other despite the fact that their families have been at odds with

each other for decades.

Despite being a play about love and romance, the play also has scenes

of violence and conflict.

In Act 1 scene 1 we are introduced to a series of characters these

being Tybalt Capulet, Sampson and Gregory who are servants of the

Capulet’s, Benvolio Montague, and the Montague’s servants Abram and

Balthasar.

When we are presented with the two families, already without

speaking, we are shown tension and an extremely bad atmosphere between

the two families. This shows conflict and hatred before the play has

even properly begun.

The Montague and Capulet family demonstrate hatred and violence as

soon as they are introduced to the audience. The families seem to be

in competition with each other. When the characters first approach

each other the Capulet’s begin to quarrel with the Montague’s before

we even begin to understand the characters.

The first scene is very prompt in the way that it is put across to the

audience. As soon as the characters begin to speak we can already feel

and understand the hatred between the characters and the families.

In this essay I will discuss how Shakespeare creates atmosphere,

conflict, dramatic effect, viol...

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... deceitful to their families by the way they communicated with each

other. Towards the end they had both had enough of all the hatred

between the families and of all the hassle that had been caused, that

in the end they both ended up committing suicide. So this for me was

the most memorable scene.

Personally think that Act 3 Scene 1 was the most violent scene in the

play; I wouldn’t refer to it as the most powerful, but definitely the

most violent. I think this because two important characters were

killed both so unexpectedly and rapidly that he surprised me

immensely.

My favorite scene as I’ve already said is Act 5, everything about it

I loved the way the characters were towards each other the words that

they said to each other, everything about that scene I loved, it was

just so sad to see both of them die.

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