Act 1, Scene 1 how does Shakespeare engage his audience?stage directions,action sequences,comedy,drama,language

Shakespeare engages the audience in Act I, scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet with his use of puns.  A pun is a play on words.  In this scene, Shakespeare uses the servents of the Capulet and Montague households to begin quarrelling.  The banter back and forth exemplifies this technique of Shakespeare's.  For example, in the first three lines of the play, the words coals, colliers, choler, and collar are used in the conversation between Sampson and Gregory.