In this essay I will explore whether Act 3 Scene 1 is an important scene in Romeo and Juliet. This scene is important as bawdy comedy sinks into tragedy after Mercutio`s death. This is seen through the language which becomes darker after this scene. Certain characters change e.g. Romeo becomes violent after this scene. I will also discuss themes that arise and the fact that the play is an oxymoron.
Act 3 Scene 1 is important because the play changes within it from comedy to tragedy. In this paragraph I will explain that the play is a bawdy comedy before the scene. As we can see in Act 1 Scene1 the servants make bawdy jokes “I will cut of their maidenheads” “My naked weapon is out”, we can see that the servants continues to make rude jokes in this scene. These puns would have made the Elizabethan audience laugh. The nurse is also a comic character “Suffer every nerve to use me at his pleasure”, so the nurse makes a double-entendre without knowing it.
Even into Act 3......

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Title: Romeo And Juliet Act 3 Scene 1
Approximate Word Count: 675
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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