was a Capulet and therefore his sworn enemy did not stop him from wooing Juliet and
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Submitted by: Sophia Obaidul Submitted to: Mr. Fraser Course: ENG2D Date Submitted: 6/13/2014 Victims of Circumstance The tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare‚ is a story of two families‚ the Montagues and Capulets‚ who have an ancient grudge against each other but their children Romeo and Juliet fall in love with each other. Bad blood between Romeo and Juliet’s families gets in the way of their love so‚ Romeo and Juliet reach out to Friar Lawrence for help
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In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ Providence manipulates events to restore social order and resolve conflict between Romeo and Juliet’s families. The ancient feud between the Montagues and Capulets requires divine intervention from Providence. Romeo and Juliet’s deaths are used by Providence as sacrifices to atone for their parents’ sins and to end the petty feud. Providence uses multiple characters to ensure they meet and fall in love and die as sacrifices. It disguises itself through a series
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of man that if he wants something he will try his best to get it. Romeo is a very depressed‚ sad man at the beginning of the play because he loves a woman but he can’t love because of the feud between their two families. This feud is between the Capulet family‚ and the Montague family; this feud has been going on for many years and has never ended. You can notice that Romeo is depressed because he locks himself in his
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idea of good and evil. “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” is no different. In this play written by William Shakespeare‚ there are multiple “main” characters‚ and every single one of them have two opposite sides. These people are Romeo‚ Juliet‚ Lord Capulet‚ the Nurse‚ and Friar Laurence. First of all‚ Romeo. Throughout the story he tries his hardest to make Juliet happy‚ even if it means his own life could be at stake. Romeo loves Juliet so much that he is willing to kill himself to be with her in
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are really essential to the plotline are Tybalt and Mercutio‚ two conflicting characters whose argument sets the play and its characters to another level of urgency. Though Mercutio and Tybalt share certain character traits‚ they are mostly opposites and can be juxtaposed to show the layers of contrast and complexity in each character. Though Mercutio and Benvolio are the classic "foils‚" I believe that this pair
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lives. The first event that paved the way towards the tragedy was the fight between the Capulets and Montagues. This event was caused by Romeo’s and Juliet’s respective families’ poor choice to engage in the battle. When the story started‚ the 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
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Short Summary The play is set in Verona‚ Italy‚ where a feud has broken out between the families of the Montegues and the Capulets. The servants of both houses open the play with a brawling scene that eventually draws in the noblemen of the families and the city officials‚ including Prince Escalus. Romeo is lamenting the fact that he is love with a woman named Rosaline‚ who has vowed to remain chaste for the rest of her life. He and his friend Benvolio happen to stumble across a servant of the Capulet’s
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place the blame on the Lord and Lady Capulet because they were forcing Juliet to marry Count Paris‚ but the hatred is evident even between Juliet and her father. The hatred is so evident that everyone in the town knows about it. Once Prince Escalus had enough he says “If you ever disturb our streets again‚ your lives shall pay the forfeit of peace.” (791) It does not take long before another fight breaks out Mercutio and Tybalt are killed. Since Romeo killed Tybalt he is banished to Mantua and both
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and fretting over the chance of encountering “the Capels” who “are abroad and if we meet‚ we shall not scape a brawl‚ for now‚ these hot days is the mad blood stirring.” This gives the audience the image that there has been some tension between the Capulets and Montagues for quite a while now and if they meet‚ there will indubitably be a fight. Shakespeare also uses the metaphor about “mad blood stirring” this can be likened to blood boiling which is often associated which anger and rage. It could also
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