Guide Questions Act I 1. In the Prologue‚ what does the chorus say will happen to the two lovers? 2. What does Escalus say he will do to anyone who fights in the future? 3. How does Benvolio say the fighting began? 4. According to Benvolio and Mercutio‚ how has Romeo been acting recently? 5. What remedy does Benvolio suggest for Romeo’s problem? 6. In scene 2‚ what does Capulet tell Paris he will have to do in order to marry Juliet? 7. Why does the servant ask Romeo to read the list of guests
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Shakespeare creates a tense and exciting scene for his audience using language tools and techniques to demonstrate a fight scene in the streets of fair Verona‚ Italy where the fortune of our ‘star crossed lovers’ changes severely for the worse when Tybalt and Mercutio lose their lives‚ knowing that the Prince had forbidden all fights. The writer’s successful use of a variety of devices such as similes and metaphors results in a dramatic scene where suspense is felt by the readers. In addition to this
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other. If Romeo and Juliet had never met‚ this situation would have never came about. What if Romeo and Juliet never met each other? There were many causes of Romeo and Juliet death‚ they would have never met if Romeo and Benvolio had never appeared at the Capulets party. Benvolio talked Romeo into going which should had never happened. Romeo was just in love with Rosaline‚ and then he meets Juliet and falls head over hills in love with her. On top of him being at the Capulets party‚ Romeo was a Montague
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Romeo and Juliet: Act III Study Guide Scene 1 1) At the beginning of the scene‚ Benvolio thinks he and Mercutio should leave. 2) Tybalt hopes to fight with Romeo. 3) Tybalt calls Romeo a villain. 4) Romeo won’t fight Tybalt because they are now family since he married Juliet. 5) Mercutio gets stabbed when Romeo stands in front of him and Tybalt accidentally stabs him under Romeo’s arm. 6) Mercutio keeps repeating “A plague o’ both you houses” because he knows his death
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Despite being originally published during the late 1590’s‚ Romeo and Juliet is still remarkably well known today. How did a play remain prominent for over four centuries? The tale of the two star-crossed lovers dying at the mercy of unfortunate circumstances is still considered one of the greatest literary works of all time due to its unique plot‚ use of diverse characters and how well written it is. First of all‚ the story of Romeo and Juliet is like no other. The entire story is one big oxymoron
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families Capulet and Montague. The Prince was quick to take action after only 4 street brawls‚ the latest of which occurred yesterday‚ resulting in the deaths of Tybalt Capulet‚ the prince’s cousin Mercutio‚ and the banishment of the ever popular Romeo Montague. “ An envious thrust from Tybalt hit the life/ of stout Mercutio‚” recalled Benvolio Montague on yesterday’s events in the town square‚ adding that Romeo’s response was completely in the right and that the prince of cats completely deserved it(Shakespeare
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attraction of this play is the diversity of characters‚ from the impulsive and sensitive Romeo‚ to the angry and stubborn Tybalt. The way that the play can suddenly switch from comedy to tragedy engages the audience. An example of this is in Act 3 Scene 1 where Mercutio and Benvolio are walking in the street; Mercutio is letting his emotions run wild as usual and then Tybalt shows up and the situation soon escalates into a sword fight and Mercutio ends up dying.
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Sampson who was a Capulet Servant wants to fight but‚ in the movie Sampson was just walking around and bumped into a Montague servant. In Act 3 Scene I Tybalt‚ Juliet’s cousin‚ came back to fight after he killed Mercutio but‚ in the movie Tybalt just walks away and Romeo ran after him to start another fight. In the book when Romeo was killing Tybalt he got hit in the neck‚ but in the movie he got hit in the heart. In Act 4 Scene 3 in the book Capulet pushes Juliet when she is supposedly dead but in
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of the Montagues was killed by Tybalt of the Capulets‚ who was later killed by Romeo of the Montagues. Witnesses say the altercation happened at around 3:15pm in Sunset Park. The Montagues and the Capulets have been feuding for generations‚ and not even Verona’s oldest residents can remember why. At approximately 3:10 on Friday afternoon‚ Tybalt approached Mercutio and Romeo in the park. Witnesses say it did not take long for the conversation to get heated. Tybalt instigated the physical fighting
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his darkness. As has been noted‚ Romeo becomes emotional because of his unrequited love‚ Rosaline‚ he reacts to this in a childish way. He creates himself an artificial night‚ locking fair daylight out. (I.I) His parents are worried for him‚ and Benvolio promises Romeo that he will find him another girl. “If day
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