Shakespeare soon introduces the character of Benvolio. Benvolio’s function as a character is to tend to Romeo’s inexperience and immaturity. He reassures Romeo and gives him smart advice. When the servant arrives and informs Romeo and Benvolio of the ball‚ Romeo realises that Rosaline will attend‚ and suddenly becomes determined to go himself. Benvolio retaliates‚ stating‚ “Take thou some new infection to thy eye‚ and the rank poison of the old will
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4 Romeo falls in love with Rosaline‚ a capulet - he is letting his heart fall for the enemy which is making him weak. 5 Capulet starts to arrange a marriage between his daughter Juliet and Paris. 6 Romeo gatecrashes the Capulet party‚ angering Tybalt. Romeo also falls in love with Juliet here‚ if he had not gone he would not have met her. 7 Romeo and Juliet kiss each other‚ sealing their evil fate for each other as from this point things start to get worse. 8 Instead of going home‚ Romeo decides
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In the early stages of Romeo and Juliet‚ the Montague parents send Benvolio to discern the cause of Romeo’s melancholy. They intervene in his relationship‚ but in this case it has no long-lasting effects. During Romeo’s relationship with Juliet‚ adults again intervene; sadly‚ though‚ in this case the effects are deeply felt and much more pernicious. Adult figures deter Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. The authoritative adults make decisions for Romeo and Juliet that contradict the interests of
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Rock Bottom Productions Presents: Romeo and Juliet By William Shakespeare Act 2 Mason Noteboom‚ Sean Guderian‚ Lailah Safi‚ Hadar Ziv‚ Jack Tanner‚ Elle Meyer‚ and Brendan Haines Table of Contents: Dramaturgy: Section 1: ● Paraphrase of Act 2 .......................................................Page 3 ● Glossary............................................................................Page 3-7 ● Description of Context....................................................Page 7 Section 2: ● Description
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example of how Shakespeare made his characters believable was Tybalt‚ who spoke only forty lines in the entire play. Though he spoke only forty lines the lines he spoke were very descriptive and showed the audience how angry and aggressive yet protective he was. His anger and aggressive nature instantly put Tybalt into a stereotype of an angry young man with a lot of anger and pain. The audience probably had the same sense of anger from Tybalt when he was on stage. Romeos personality would be difficult
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Capulet and Montague households create. Rosaline rejects Romeo which disheartens him because he is “out of her favour where I am in love” (1.1.162). Romeo’s dispiritedness causes Benvolio and Mercutio to escort Romeo to Capulet’s feast‚ where he can “[c]ompare her face with some that I [Benvolio] shall show/ And I [Benvolio] will make thee think thy swan a crow” (1.2.88-89). At the feast‚ Romeo and Juliet meet‚ fall in love‚ and vow to marry the following day. Friar Lawrence is capable of refusing
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outside the Capulet Orchard B. The main characters in this scene are Mercutio‚ Benvolio‚ and Romeo C. In this scene Romeo is going to see Juliet again. As he leaps the orchard walls he hears Mercutio and Benvolio coming. They are unaware the Romeo is listening and that he has moved onto loving someone else. Mercutio starts to tease about Romeos love for Rosaline without knowing that Romeo has moved on. Benvolio then persuades Mercutio to leave and stop teasing about Romeos love.
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refers to when Tybalt wants to get Romeo taken out of the Capulet party. Hate in this scene is seen in Capulets party being gate crashed by Romeo Montague and that the families are foes. The Luhrmann version of the film dramatises this scene as the characters are wearing clothes that reflect there roles in the play. Romeo wears armour and this makes him a knight in shining armour that will come to rescue Juliet. Juliet wears an angel costume to symbolise that she is young and pure. Tybalt wears a devil
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easily able to see the motherly care the nurse shows for Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. The counterpart to the love nurse displays for Juliet as a "mother" is the fatherly love the Friar gives to Romeo. The prince exiles Romeo because of his murder of Tybalt. This leaves the young man alone and scared of his future. The only person available to aid Romeo in his sufferings is the Friar. He tells the fugitive "Arise‚ one knocks/ Good Romeo‚ hide thyself" (Act III‚ Scene 3‚ Line 71). This shows that Friar
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punishments from the king before he killed Paris‚ not to mention Tybalt tries to kill Romeo for suspicion of talking bad about him and the Capulet household. For example Tybalt said “Come hither‚ covered with an antic face‚ Now‚ To fleer and
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