Question

Why does Shakespeare use music in this scene ( ACT V,SCENE I) ?What purpose does it serve?

Answer 1

In a typical Shakespearean play the climax comes in the fourth act. The falling of action or denouement, in the fifth act has to be quick to maintain the impact. Shakespeare here iterated the Renaissance belief in the music of the sphere; against it is the image of shylock," The man thag hath no music in himself...........Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils".

Music that sounds a lot more melodious in th stillness of daybreak than it does during the day time. The greater beauty of music can be attributed at the silence of night.