How Does Shakespeare Use Dramatic Devices in Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet in Order to Make it s - page 7
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By Mose. on 01/09/2008
Level: GCSE Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11)
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adds to the interest levels of the audience. The exclamation marks show he is angry and shouting. “fire-eyed fury” is another reference to the word “hot” mentioned a few paragraphs above. This is interesting and exciting for the audience, as the audience listen to Romeo’s harsh words against Tybalt.
Benvolio’s further use in the play is to narrate. “ O noble prince I can discover all, the unlucky manage of t his fatal brawl.” Here Benvolio is informing the prince of what has occurred in previous events. By using this dramatic device, Shakespeare creates interest, as the audience are left in suspense as to what the prince has to say about the tragedy. The use of a rhyming couplet again as more interest to the play.
The mood of the current atmosphere is dramatically contrasted with the mood in act II scene 6. “ Ah, Juliet, if the measure of thy joy be heaped like mine, and that thy skill be more to blazon it, then sweeten with thy breath.” Here the mood of the play is, of a romantic stance. Both Romeo and Juliet are proclaiming their Love for one another. This refers back to the title of the play, the audience would have expected this play to be about romance and love. However the romantic atmosphere is demeaned, with the atmosphere in act III scene 1. “ This days black fate on more days doth depend this but begins the woe, others must end.” The atmosphere here is more violent, and has reference to superstition. This is completely opposite to act II scene 6. The contrasting moods make the play interesting, as the audience do not know what to expect leaving them in suspense at times.
Conclusion
Shakespeare uses many devices in making this scene interesting and exciting. This scene has an effect on the audience, as a lot of violence occurs within the scene. Also the scene makes has a turning point on the play as whole as it disrupts the relationship between the two main characters; Romeo and Juliet, as Romeo is banished from Verona. This add interest and suspense as the audience don’t know what will happen to their relationship.
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