constructed of four duologues and Juliet’s soliloquy. It is therefore a good scene to look at in more detail. Shakespeare begins his play by establishing the core conflict that drives the plot of Romeo and Juliet; the pointless feud between the Capulet and Montague families
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confrontation with the Capulets however Mercutio deliberately provocative and tries to draw Tybalt into a fight just to wind Benvolio up. Romeo then appears much to the satisfaction of Tybalt who has been wanting to fight him for some time. Despite the atmosphere Romeo refuses to fight knowing that it will damage his relationship with Juliet: ‘I do protest I never injured thee‚ But love thee better than thou canst devise‚ which name I tender as dearly as my own’ however Tybalt and Mercutio just think
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“Romeo and Juliet” Once again the feud between the Capulet and Montague families has disturbed the peace and quiet in Verona. This time we have lost more than just peace we have lost lives. We still don’t know which party is too be blamed but we do have a story. According to witnesses the two groups of staff from each family erupted in fight on Thursday morning. Benvolio‚ Romeo’s cousin‚ managed to calm down the fight until Juliet’s cousin‚ Tybalt‚ arrived at the scene and thanks to a pass a byer
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was a Capulet and therefore his sworn enemy did not stop him from wooing Juliet and
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and don’t like to start fights; Example: Benvolio: “I’m trying to keep the peace here‚ Tybalt”. This tells us that The Montague men are very generous people and like to keep peace rather than hate • The hatred between the Capulet’s and Montague’s is very cruel. When Lord Capulet and Lord Montague entered the scene Lord Capulet said: “Tybalt! Let me help you” and Lord Montague said: “You villain Capulet”. From this it shows that not only the kids of both sides hate each other‚ the parents also
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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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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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receive immense disapproval. Yet‚ the secrecy doesn’t make it any less joyful for Romeo who faces Tybalt shortly after the ceremony. Romeo‚ who is still in an exuberant mood‚ talks of nonsense. He tells Tybalt that he loves him without adequately explaining that the reason is because they are now related. “Tybalt‚ the reason that I have to love thee/ Doth much excuse the appertaining rage” (3.1.63-64). Tybalt takes this earnest statement and takes it as a joke. He then threatens Romeo. In order to protect
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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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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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