How does Shakespeare create tension for the audience in Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 3?
… series of questions. For example in Romeo and Juliet in act 1 we meet the characters and at first Romeo is in love with Rosaline, but at the end falls for Juliet, this leads us to question the authenticity of his love. In Act 2 of a Greek tragedy the complication begins, for example in Romeo and Juliet we see the star crossed lovers realise that they are from opposing families as they struggle to get married, and the Nurse and Friar Lawrence involve themselves. In Act 3 of a Greek tragedy we see the pivotal point. Act 4, the beginning of a resolution, for example in Romeo and Juliet we see the plan that Friar Lawrence tries to install on them. Lastly in Act 5 of a Greek tragedy there is the moral and, of course, the ending tragedy, for example in Romeo and Juliet, this being their deaths. Romeo …
