the Montague and Capulet family. Lord Capulet‚ Juliet’s father is one of the many people that were at fault for the death. In act three scene five lord Capulet tells Juliet about the arranged marriage to county pairs. Lord Capulet has very little respect for Juliet and doesn’t care about her‚ he just wants the family to be rich and well known. Lord capulet demand for Juliet to marry him otherwise he will disown her as her daughter and kick her out onto the streets. Lord Capulet calls Juliet a ‘wilding’
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both lovers‚ tragically. Forbidden love‚ when society prohibits two people from being together‚ is the principal conflict in the play Romeo and Juliet. Montague‚ family of Romeo‚ and Capulet‚ family of Juliet‚ are only surnames but serve as the reason Romeo and Juliet can not be together. The Montagues and Capulets had an ancient grudge‚ a feud that had gone back through generations and claimed many lives. A feud so long they do not even remember why they hate each other. The opening scene to the
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that exists between the Capulets and the Montagues in Shakespeare’s‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Dramatic irony in Romeo and Juliet occurs when Juliet and Romeo fall in love with each other at first sight‚ when Romeo’s friends don’t know that Romeo and Juliet have fallen in love with each other‚ and when Lady Capulet thinks that Juliet is crying about Paris‚ not Romeo. Romeo in the beginning of the play had been crying about how he could not get Rosaline‚ a Capulet. After all of the crying
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What are the main conflicts in Romeo and Juliet? Who are they between and how have they come about? How does Shakespeare’s use of stagecraft and language convey the conflict between the characters? What is meant by conflict? The dictionary defines "conflict" as "a struggle to resist or overcome; contest of opposing forces or powers; strife; battle‚ antagonism". No matter how hard one tries to avoid it‚ conflict enters our lives. All drama involves conflict‚ without conflict there is no drama
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the Capulets‚ one was a close relative of the Prince---were killed in the city of Verona. Tybalt‚ the one from the Capulets‚ was the cousin of Juliet on her mother’s side. Mercutio‚ Romeo’s good friend and a close relative of the Prince‚ Escale. Their murdered had led to a final tragedy for the Montagues family‚ which Romeo was evicted from the city of Verona. Mercutio and Benvolio‚ a cousin of Romeo‚ was wondering around on the street earlier today. Then they met their biggest enemy‚ Tybalt and
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main characters as decisions not fate. One immature decision that influenced the death of Romeo and Juliet was the choice to keep the feud going between the Capulets and the Montegues. Not until the end of the play did they decide to end the feud and come together and that was because children from both sides were dead. At the end Capulet said‚ “As rich shall Romeo’s by his lady’s lie‚ Poor sacrifices of our enmity” (V.III.307-308). When this was said you could tell that it had to come to the death
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indicates the feuds and tragedies that will occur later in the scene. The tension and aggression that is introduced at the beginning of the scene gradually develops as the scene continues. Tybalt enters the scene looking for Romeo to seek revenge on his presence at the Capulet Ball. Mercutio then begins to provoke Tybalt into a fight through the use of
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Tension and suspense is established when Benvolio says‚ ’The day is hot‚ the Capulets abroad‚ And‚ if we meet‚ we shall not ’scape a brawl’ The ’fiery Tybalt’ enters looking for Romeo. He felt that Romeo had insulted him by going to the Capulet masked ball and he wanted to exact his revenge. Mercutio deliberately insults him and draws his sword. Just as Benvolio tries to calm them down‚ Romeo enters. Tybalt tries to incite Romeo into fighting by insulting him: ’Romeo‚ the love I bear thee
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essay. Mercutio is a kinsman to the prince and friend of Romeo. He is neither Montague or Capulet but he stays on the side of the Montague because he is Romeo’s friend. Some of his most famous quotes in the play include; “Ask for me tomorrow‚ and you shall find me a grave man”‚ and “A plague a’both your houses! They have made worms’ meat of me.” Mercutio persuades Romeo at the start of the play to go to the Capulet party‚ which is where Romeo met Juliet in the first place. I don’t think he can blamed
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why is this play a tragedy? When did it all start? Where is the turning point in this play? I think that the turning point is Act 3 Scene 1. This is the point where the tragedy starts. This scene focuses much on Romeo. When Romeo kills Tybalt in this scene‚ the Capulets don’t just hate the Montagues‚ they hate them a lot. This essay will describe what happened in Act 3 Scene 1‚ why the scene is the turning point and why the tragedy happened. Romeo and Juliet are married straight before Act 3 Scene
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