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William Shakespeare act 1 scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet  

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Essay Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare makes act 1 scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet dramatically interesting in several ways he uses language, comedy, structure, themes, and the attraction between characters. The most dramatic would be structure, Shakespeare structures his plays with a big feud at the beginning of the play this catches the attention of the audience and encourages the audience into the play. Shakespeare's play is set in Verona in the 12th or 13th century when the renaissance had already started in Europe, when Romeo and Juliet was written it was in a time of increased awareness of the tragedy of lives, as you can see in Shakespeare's romantic tragedy of the 'star-crossed lovers'. We are reading the oxford school of Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet that was published in 1982, but the original play was written around 1599. When this play was performed in the 12th and 13th...

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