Highlight lines 91-96. What does Romeo notice about Juliet? Explain the dramatic irony. 2. Highlight line 167. What does Juliet realize about the situation? 3. Highlight lines 169-170. Explain the lines. 4. Why is Paris at Juliet’s tomb? 5. Romeo gives Balthasar two reasons for entering the Capulet’s tomb. What are those two reasons? 6. Why does Paris think that Romeo has come to the tomb? 7. What is it about Juliet that should have told Romeo that she was not dead?
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“One pain is cured by another. Catch some new infection in your eye and the poison of the old one would die.” -William Shakespeare Romeo Montague is the only son of Lord Montague and his wife. He serves as the male protagonist and has a consistent presence throughout the play “Romeo and Juliet”. Romeo is driven by his fatal flaw and can be identified by his impulsiveness and obsession with love. The two traits bond together to prevent him from changing as a character. These two qualities in Romeo’s
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existence. Despite valiant attempts at free will‚ Romeo and Juliet suggests that fate is the true force governing one’s life. Irrespective of all attempts‚ fate intends to ensure Romeo and Juliet are never truly together. Romeo attempts to challenge his own fate to be with Juliet. When Balthazar relays the news that Juliet is dead‚ Romeo angrily announces "Is it even so? Then I defy you‚ stars!" (5.1.24). He has a plan to make sure that he and Juliet end up together despite the plan his fate has set
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its unpredictability and ability to create catastrophe. In the ground breaking play of the century‚ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ two star-crossed lovers die due to unfortunate circumstances. Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were products of fate’s evil plan‚ and can only be described as tragic. Firstly‚ fate created an unwanted battle through the actions of Romeo’s friend‚ Mercutio. When Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt due to his recent marriage into the Capulet family‚ Mercutio is angered at
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expression should be think before you do. Romeo and Juliet both make very idiotic choices killing themselves to be with each other. Juliet is 13 and had an entire life ahead of her. Even if it wasn’t going to be with Romeo she still had friends and family. Romeo and Juliet had full power about how their lives played out. As does anyone else. Others may think love is based off of fate but true love comes with hard work and good decisions. Some may say Juliet is blinded by love‚
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Romeo and Juliet was a play written in 1594 by William Shakespeare‚ depicting a story of love which turned into one of the most famous plays ever written in British history. Love is evident throughout the entire play through Shakespeare labelling each character as a type of love. Shakespeare used the relationship of Romeo and Rosaline‚ Paris and Juliet to present courtly love. Romeo is terribly in love with Rosaline but the love is not returned which turns out Romeo’s unrequited love to Rosaline
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The Downfall of Romeo and Juliet This summary is going to be about when Romeo killed Tybalt and how Romeo and Juliet committed suicide also how Romeo and Juliet committed suicide at the end of the book and how the feud between the two families ended when the both died. In Romeo and Juliet‚ impulsivity of youth is responsible for the youth lover’s tragic downfall because of the death of Tybalt and because of Juliet marring Paris. During the middle of the book‚ Romeo and Juliet decided to get married
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Who or what is to blame for the tragic outcome of Romeo and Juliet? Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet depicts the story of two star-crossed lovers from feuding families who‚ after a series of fateful events‚ choose to take their own lives rather than live without each other. The tragic outcome of Romeo and Juliet can be blamed on Friar Laurence‚ the family feud and the impulsive actions of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence makes several irresponsible decisions throughout the play such as his unwise
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They talk bad and fight with each other the whole story IV. Third similarities between the Montagues and Capulets is they both have a teenager who is in love with each other A. Juliet Capulet is in love with Romeo B. Romeo Montague is in love with Juliet V Conclusion Hazelrig 2 Noah Hazelrig Comparison/Contrast Essay 9th Grade Honors English 13 December 2012 My essay on Romeo and Juliet is about their families similarities. There are three similarities between the Montagues and Capulets.They were both very powerful families
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The influence of William Shakespeare’s plays on modern culture is apparent in a multitude of media settings. Hamlet is the basis for Disney’s The Lion King; Arthur Laurents’ West Side Story is loosely based off of the plot of Romeo and Juliet; Twelfth Night has been the basis for countless moderately successful teenage romantic comedies (Fallon). Aside from repeatedly using the same plots for blockbuster movies‚ public figures frequently quote Shakespeare in their speeches‚ interviews‚ and even on
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