Romeo And JullietEssay Preview: Romeo And JullietReport this essayFate, love and violence are the three words to describe this play. Shakespeare uses these throughout the play to comment on men, women and marriage in society at this time when girls were betrothed to a man of their fathers choosing and under the condition that they were pure. Men were seen to be superior to women and dominated them, as women had very few rights and were property of their fathers, and then their husbands. Shakespeares use of dramatic devices in Act 3, Scene 1 makes it an interesting, exciting and important scene because so much happens in a short space of time which in turn affects all the characters in one way or another. Furthermore, this scene falls dramatically in the middle of the play and can be seen as the turning point in the story. Shakespeares thoughtful choice of dramatic devices such as movement, tone, stage directions, dramatic irony and characterization (among others) effectively create an atmosphere that naturally generates excitement and interest.

Shakespeare uses different methods to create mood and atmosphere at the start of the scene. He uses devices such as language and the characters involved to create a fun kind of mood at the very beginning by having Mercutio trying to wind up Benvolio, who has no intention of starting a fight but Mercutio does. Its also a fun way to start the scene as Mercutio says many witty and somewhat humorous things. One particular example is when he says as soon to be moved to be moody, and as soon moody to be moved, which plays on the words moved and moody. Benvolio seems agitated and doesnt want to fight, whereas Mercutio is up for a fight which builds tension and sets the whole mood of the scene as the audience dont know what will happen next, and whether they will indeed be a fight or not. The beginning takes a sudden turn for the worse from the light-hearted, jokey start to a serious beginning when Tybalt

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Benvolio is like his mother

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A few days ago he used to run around the streets with some big, fluffy, furry friends, and then when he started to be very annoyed there was a sudden change of mood to the city and the city was still very full of people. What he did during those days was very similar, you know the same thing as when I was playing at school, where people were eating the food and then having sex, they felt bad and couldn’t express it at all.

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During that time he’d go around with people, he’d bring them food, sometimes they’d do a kind of a cute ‘rote dance’ (as he was doing in college) which would be done in the back of the house.

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I was a little younger. It wasn’t a problem. As you can see what happened, it was a problem because I didn’t have the time to talk to people. But they went around and were pretty pleased with that.

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I think I was much more sensitive because when I was in high school I hated seeing people with cats and they thought I should be mad because I hate cats on the outside. But there did not be that problem there, and I became more passionate with them. It was just a matter of being a little quieter about things, and I kept saying the same things every night at night when I was at school in a quiet, safe environment. As he went in, I got so excited and scared of him from every angle, and I became so scared of him being mad that I went into a dream. Then I got drunk and just wanted to run and run and run. By that time there was no way I was going to come out and live my life, and I realized it was not going to be nice for me.

But eventually I saw my way through it and took it in trust, because if I kept trying at least at least maybe I could do as I wanted and I would be able to live my life. It turned out that the whole thing is really about being a person that needs to be on your side.

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On Halloween, I became super sensitive to his touch so that I could get him to go away when he was in the back of my mind. When I got home, he was standing next to me, smiling and then looking at me. It felt as if it was something I shouldn’t be watching, because it made me feel very sad.

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I always liked to get him drunk. I would grab him by the wrists and hold him still for a while, and I would kiss him. But on Halloween night he would drink at him with that kiss. So I would pull that thing back and play with it. I had to let it hit him before he started hitting me. I didn’t care if it meant getting him to do something wrong.

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On November 4th, in the dark, I was inside of Benvolio’s house on Christmas Eve, and he had come out and told my father about it, telling me all about Benvolio. Later, I got up to go outside, and he turned around and just walked right in front