How does shakespeare create tension un Act3 Scene 1?
Tension abounds in Act III, scene 1. Shakespeare changes the hopeful, almost peaceful tone of Act II dramatically in Act III, scene 1. He creates a series of events that change the play to one filled with tension and tragedy. Romeo kills Tybalt in a rage when he believes that his innocent intercession between Mercutio and Tybalt has led to Mercutio’s death. With his killing of Tybalt, a Capulet, Romeo becomes directly and inextricably involved in the brutal conflict between the Montagues and the Capulets. Tension rises with the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt in the same scene. The deaths, together with Romeo’s subsequent banishment, has set in motion a chain of events over which Romeo and Juliet will never have control. The events: Tybalt has come to Verona to fight Romeo. Romeo appears, innocently believing that his marriage to Juliet has tempered his identity as a Montague. He is quite wrong. Tybalt seeks revenge against Romeo because a Montague appeared at a Capulet ball. Romeo, naiv
