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How do the prologue; Act 1 scene 1 , Act 3 scene 1and act 3 scene5 show the importance of the theme of the conflict in Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet`?
Consider:
Shakespeare’s use of language to create effects.
social and historical contexts.
Stagecraft and theatricality.
Audience response.
Dramatic structures.
Conflict is important in every film or T.V drama or a play because it keeps the audience interested and makes the audience want to watch the rest of the play and makes storyline more tenser. In Romeo and Juliet the conflict is very important in this play because with out the conflict there would not be any storyline . The use of so many conflict related words such as ’mutiny’, ’strife’, ’rage and therefore the audience are getting ready to watch a play full of arguing and fighting.
The first section of the play begins with a prologue: all play at Elizabethan times began with a prologue. The prologue gets the audience ready to watch the play in this case a play conflict. The prologue does mention love but only linked to the conflict in the introduction of the prologue it tells the story of ‘to star crossed lovers’ who both took there life because of the ancient grudge break to new mutiny witch is were civil blood makes civil hands unclean when Romeo and Juliet take there life both of the families bury their strife.
This come straight after the prologue so the audience will expecting conflict and fighting and maybe some information about love, they need to be conflict because it will interested the audience they’d want to watch something exciting with fighting with swords and also love on the stage Sampson and Gregory are ready to fight they have there swords and shield ready to fight, audiences enjoy the rude jokes at the beginning of the play but soon afterwards Capulet and Montague’s servants begin to fight Benvolio is the more important member of society and he tries to stop the fight by using the word peace and the audience...
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