Romeo And Juliet Fight Essay

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The Dramatic Importance of the Lovers' First Meeting and the Fight Scene in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

This essay will analyse the dramatic importance of Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting and the fight scene. The play shows the fate of two lovers victimized by the disputes and misunderstandings of their elders and by there own quick temperament. Shakespeare borrowed the tragic story of the two young Italian lovers from a long narrative poem, the story was originally written by English writer Arthur Brooke. Shakespeare however added the character of Mercutio and increased the roles of the friar and the nurse. The two scenes in Romeo and Juliet are dramatically important because the two scenes …show more content…

The other scene the essay will be analysing is Act 3 Scene 1 this scene is where Tybalt challenges Romeo to fight but refuses, so Mercutio challenges Tybalt which results in his death. Within the play they portray love and conflict in negative and positive ways. In Act 1 Scene 5 Romeo and Juliet’s passion for one another over comes the fact that they belong to families that hate one another. The religious imagery in their speech indicates the depth of their feelings. However, in this scene the aggression of Tybalt’s language shows how love and conflict sit side by side in this play. in Act 3 scene 1 Tybalt is bursting with aggression and is determined to pick a fight, even Romeo feels he must fight his cousin (by marriage) when Mercutio is killed. The violence contrasts with the peace, surrounding the lovers whilst they are together. The love between Romeo and Juliet is so deep and passionate that it is more powerful than hatred or death.

Death is constantly predicted in the play. At the beginning of the play the prince threatens to put to death anyone found fighting in the streets. In Act 1 Scene 5 Juliet says she will die if she cannot …show more content…

Tybalt now has a concrete reason to hate Romeo. The scene at this point is very dramatically important because it is the development of Tybalt’s character showing aggression which foreshadows the fight in Act 3 Scene 1. Tybalt’s exit after the threat makes the threat hang in the air, and more aggressive. In this scene the key themes in play include love, where Romeo and Juliet meet and death where Tybalt vows revenge. In this scene Romeo’s characterization is of a fair person who shows his affection, and real feelings no matter what the consequences. Juliet’s character is of a respectful person who also shows her affection and is not afraid to speak her mind.

Act 3 scene 1 is also dramatically important because it is the pivotal point of the play and ends in consequences. The mood of the start of the scene is a change from the rest of the scenes in the play; the scene is all about love and fun, with two rich families and no major aggression. At the beginning the plays mood is playful, from the comedy of Mercutio and the Nurse. The scene sees Mercutio joking at Benvolio’s expense. Here Shakespeare emphasizes that Mercutio is

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