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1、ShakespeareshowshisdramaticskillfreelyinRomeoandJuliet,providingintensemomentsofshiftbetweencomedyandtragedy.BeforeMercutio'sdeathinActthree,theplayislargelyacomedy.Afterhisaccidentaldemise,theplaysuddenlybecomesveryseriousandtakesonmoreofatragictone.Still,thefactthatRomeoisbanished,rathe
2、rthanexecuted,offersahopethatthingswillworkout.WhenFriarLawrenceoffersJulietaplantoreuniteherwithRomeotheaudiencestillhasareasontobelievethatallwillendwell.Theyareina"breathlessstateofsuspense"bytheopeningofthelastsceneinthetomb:IfRomeoisdelayedlongenoughfortheFriartoarrive,heandJulietmay
3、yetbesaved.Thisonlymakesitallthemoretragicwheneverythingfallsapartintheend.Shakespearealsousessubplotstoofferaclearerviewoftheactionsofthemaincharacters,andprovideanaxisaroundwhichthemainplotturns.Forexample,whentheplaybegins,RomeoisinlovewithRosaline,whohasrefusedallofhisadvances.Romeo's
4、infatuationwithherstandsinobviouscontrasttohislaterloveforJuliet.ThisprovidesacomparisonthroughwhichtheaudiencecanseetheseriousnessofRomeoandJuliet'sloveandmarriage.Paris'loveforJulietalsosetsupacontrastbetweenJuliet'sfeelingsforhimandherfeelingsforRomeo.TheformallanguagesheusesaroundPari
5、s,aswellasthewayshetalksabouthimtoherNurse,showthatherfeelingsclearlyliewithRomeo.Beyondthis,thesub-plotoftheMontague-Capuletfeudoverarchesthewholeplay,providinganatmosphereofhatethatisthemaincontributortotheplay'stragicend.Shakespeareusesalargevarietyofpoeticformsthroughouttheplay.Hebegi
6、nswitha14-lineprologueintheformofaShakespeareansonnet,spokenbyaChorus.MostofRomeoandJulietis,however,writteninblankverse,andmuchofitinstrictiambicpentameter,withlessrhythmicvariationthaninmostofShakespeare'slaterplays.Inchoosingforms,Shakespearematchesthepoetrytothecharacterwhousesit.Fria
7、rLawrence,forexample,usessermonandsententiaeforms,andtheNurseusesauniqueblankverseformthatcloselymatchescolloquialspeech.Eachoftheseformsisalsomouldedandmatchedtotheemotionofthescenethecharacteroccupies.Forexample,whenRomeotalksaboutRosalineearlierintheplay,heusesth