Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet; Act 1 and Act 2 Analysis Act 1 Scene 1 • The setting of the play is in Verona Italy. • The Capulet’s are people that like to start fights and say harsh things to the Montague’s; Example: Sampson: “I won’t eat dirt. If a Montague insults me. I will spit on him. And I will spit on all those Montague women too”. This is an example that tells us that the Capulet’s are harsh people who like to start a fight. • The Montague seem like peacekeepers and
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John Lenny Advanced English 11-Literary Paper Final Draft Miss Docktor March 20‚ 2013 Themes in Romeo and Juliet Everyone is affected by love in his or her own ways. William Shakespeare uses his intelligence to deeply describe the characters and how they make their next decision for one another. In Romeo and Juliet‚ the three important themes that are used throughout the play are the aspect of love‚ fate‚ and time and haste. In this paper I will be showing the three main themes in Romeo
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Romeo’s mood changes when he realizes that Mercutio is dying as he suddenly becomes regretful ‘that an hour hath (Tybalt) been my kinsman’ and decides that ‘others must end’ over ‘this black day’s fate’‚ whereas at the beginning of the scene he is very calm and peaceful and tells Tybalt ‘I love thee’ and that the reason he does excuses the need to react aggressively toward the ‘greeting’ Tybalt gives him calling him ‘villain’ as his hate can have ‘no better term’. Romeo is made ‘effeminate’ by Juliet’s
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married. Despite Friar Laurence attempt to settle the Capulets and Montague feud it didn’t help when the family found out about their secret marriage. Tybalt Capulet is also the main villain in the play‚ he did evil things like killing Romeo friend Mercutio which made everything
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Interviewer: “How did this fight start?” Benvolio: “Mercutio and I were walking through town‚ when we saw Tybalt and some of the other Capulets coming. They walked up to us and they started to ask about Romeo and if he had decided about the challenge. Romeo was walking by when Tybalt confronted him about fighting. Romeo told him that he did not want to fight. In result‚ Mercutio agreed to battle Tybalt.” Interviewer: “What happened during the battle?” Benvolio: “Since Romeo didn’t want to
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But Juliet’s parents kept asking her to marry Paris‚ which Juliet didn’t want to‚ she was still a virgin. She had already married Romeo nobody knew of this except the nurse. And then Tybalt and Mercutio have a fight‚ Tybalt killed Mercutio‚ and Romeo killed Tybalt in revenge for his cousin. The prince banished Romeo from Verona. That made it to where Romeo and Juliet could no longer see each other. The two lovers were both upset because they could no longer be in
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costuming in the play appropriately demonstrates how their love is fabricated because it shows the overcast of their lives interfering with relationships. The darkness in the characters is addressed through the dark clothing in the trailer. After Mercutio attempts to convince Romeo to dance‚ Romeo says‚ “Not I‚ believe me. You have dancing shoes / With nimble soles‚ I have a soul of lead / So stakes me to the ground I cannot move” (I.iv.14-16). Romeo’s love for Rosaline loiters in his mind because
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two families were already quarrelling. Then Mercutio and Benvolio further taunted and provoked the Capulet family by "biting their thumbs" at them. This caused the Capulets to become enraged and battle the Montagues. Because of the continuous fighting‚ the prince declared that anybody who fights again will be punished by death. This declaration foretold the final tragedy of the two young lovers. One can see that this event was directly caused by Mercutio and Benvolio’s poor judgment to further inflame
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prince of cats? Tybalt 9. What motivation does Friar have for marrying Romeo and Juliet? Friar is motivated to marry Romeo and Juliet for the glory of bringing the two houses together from enemies to friends and relatives. 10. How does Mercutio always act? Mercutio always acted like he was higher than somebody else and kind of had it coming to him with
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between Tybalt Montague and Mercutio (friend of the Capulets) cost them their lives. Romeo Montague is to blame for the tragic deaths of these two men. Prince Esculas stated that his punishment is to be exile from Verona forever. Romeo’s cousin Benvolio reports that the fight began after being provoked by Mercrutio. When the young Romeo Montague arrived on scene‚ he quickly interviened by holding back Mercutio. Unfortunatly‚ Tybalt took this as an opportunity to stab Mercutio through Romeo’s arms.
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