How Does Shakespeare Make This Act 1 Scene 5 Drama

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How does Shakespeare make this act 1 scene 5 dramatically effective? Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play written by William Shakespeare in 1589. The play is made dramatically effective through the playwright’s use of contrast. There are two contrasting themes, these are love “star- crossed loves” and hate “ancient grudge”. Before Romeo and Juliet meet, the audience is only aware that he is a Montague and that she is a Capulet. Act 1 Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet this is a very important scene to the whole play of Romeo and Juliet, mainly because it’s where Romeo and Juliet first meet and fall in love. Shakespeare also uses imagery; an example of his use of imagery is when Romeo first sees Juliet he says “Like a rich jewel in a Ethiope's ear.” What he's saying is that she is a bright jewel on a dark surface. This gives us the image that she is bright and everything around her is dark. Another way Shakespeare makes the play dramatically effective is using oxymorons. This gives the play a sense of tension and confusion. Shakespeare also uses Dramatic Irony and fate. The playwright uses this to make the play really effective because we know that the play is going to end in a death which is what we hear from the prologue, and in part of the play Romeo himself also thinks he will die. Even though the story was written many years ago, people still relate to it, they watch the films which some directors have made. The play is still relevant to audiences today, this is because people can still really hate each other, and people still fall deeply in love, as did Romeo and Juliet. In the start of the play, Shakespeare uses language and contrast to create mood and expectation for his audience he creates the atmosphere dramatic. Shakespeare introduces us at the beginning of the Act 1 Scene 5 lord Capulet greeting his guests and his repetition of the word “welcome” shows us how
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