Romeo And Juliet Act 1 Scene 1 Analysis

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This scene is about how Romeo had a dream about something bad happening later on if he goes to the Capulet party. As Romeo tells his friend Mercutio, Mercutio thinks Romeo’s dream is about Rosaline, a girl that Romeo has fallen “in love” with. Mercutio has had enough of Romeo’s fantasizing so Mercutio starts telling Romeo about Queen Mab.

Climax Mercutio starts talking about Queen Mab in Line 6.
Character Development Mercutio- releases and defines his true inner self “That was deep”
Theme
Love is a simple illusion that can be broken as easily as waking up from a dream
During the first couple lines everyone is all gathered around Mercutio, hearing everything he has to say. Later as Mercutio starts telling Romeo about Queen Mab, Benvolio …show more content…

The people who financially support me sit in the seats on the second or third floor.
The peasants get to be up front in the pit where they can see everything.
The actors are on the stage.
There are two levels for the acting areas but the first floor is practically used all the time.
Nothing too dramatic just a nice patio or open space.
No I do not need any additional levels.
No i do not need any special effects.
Once again no special effects needed.
No, there are no curtains. With the lack of curtains the audience will most likely see the setting get changed.
There is all kind of lighting but mostly artificial lighting. With the artificial lighting a person can control it so that the lights are equally spread out or all/some on one person.
In this scene there is no additional scenery. If there was additional scenery it could be used as improv or something and it will come and go from backstage.
The actors natural improv will determine where they want to start and end the show. Some of the actors movements are dictated by their lines and once again implied movements would just be the actors efforts of natural