How Does Shakespeare Create Suspense In Romeo And Juliet

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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Literary Analysis The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet arouses excited expectations and uncertainty about what may happen. When two star crossed lovers meet and fall in love they soon come to realize that they are from feuding families. They decide to get married in secret but that will lead to the catastrophic end of the two lovers. There are multiple scenes in Romeo and Juliet that make the play suspenseful. Some of these scenes are the fight in Scene 3, when Romeo and Juliet took the poison and in the opening scene when the Capulets and the Montagues started fighting in the city streets. One of the many ways that Shakespeare used suspense in this story was during the fight in Act 3 Scene 1 when Tybalt wanted to fight Romeo because he snuck into the masquerade party. However, Romeo had no intention of fighting Tybalt because they are now related by marriage. Tybalt is unaware of this so Mercutio says that he will fight Tybalt and Tybalt kills him. Then Romeo fights and kills Tybalt. Next in Act 3 Scene 1 Benvolio states “...The prince will doom thee death if thou art taken. Hence, be gone, away ” (Shakespeare 3.1 page 429). This shows suspense by the …show more content…

Romeo goes back to Verona with the intention of picking up Juliet now that they are married. However, he leaves before he gets the letter from Friar. Paris was already there grieving over the death of Juliet and wants to kill Romeo for being there and Romeo doesn’t want to fight, but Paris insists on killing Romeo for being there. Romeo and Paris battle in the monument and Romeo stabs Paris, killing him. In Act 5 Scene 3 Paris states “O, I am slain! If thou be merciful, Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet” (Shakespeare 5.3 429). This is suspenseful because we don't know if more people are going to die because Romeo thinks Juilet is dead. Romeo honors Paris’ wishes and lays him in the

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