Who Is Responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s Deaths? Summary: In "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare‚ the characters that contribute most dramatically to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are Friar Laurence‚ Tybalt‚ and Juliet’s father Lord Capulet. Friar Laurence’s marrying of Romeo and Juliet and the confusion generated by his other actions contribute the most to their deaths. Tybalt’s actions cause Romeo to kill him and thus be banished from Verona‚ and Juliet’s parents cause Juliet to become
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love from their parents) take their lives. But there is more then one character within the play‚ one of which is Mercutio. Even though he does not like the Capulets ‚ he is still a good friend. Though Mercutio can make jokes at the worst of times‚ he is also a brave and loyal friend. Mercutio is the joker within the play. For example: when Tybalt asks if he consorts with Romeo‚ Mercutio if picks up a stick and calls it a fiddle stick‚ then he says (waving the stick like a maestro would) "..... here’s
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Fate Throughout Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet‚ fate manifests itself causing the destruction of many lives. Fate drastically affects the lives of Romeo‚ Juliet‚ and Tybalt throughout the tragedy. Destined to bump into the servant‚ Romeo discovers the Capulets party. Romeo goes to find Rosaline at Capulets party yet fate leads him to meet Juliet. He wants the outside power that rules his life to "steerage [his] course and direct [his] sail" (Act 1‚ Scene 5‚ Pg. 403) for he thinks that
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And between 1591 and 1595 he wrote Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is about 2 lovers from enemy households (the Capulets and the Montagues). Romeo and Juliet met each other at a Capulet party that Romeo and other Montagues snuck into. Then the next day‚ they got married. On their marriage day‚ a feud broke out‚ resulting in Romeo getting banished for killing Juliet’s cousin Tybalt in revenge for killing his dear friend Mercutio. In a chain of events and misunderstanding‚ Romeo thought Juliet died
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Juliet’s relationship with her father?’ At the beginning of the play‚ Paris asks lord Capulet for Juliet’s hand in marriage. However‚ lord Capulet replies ‘my child is yet a stranger in the world’. This shows us that lord Capulet does not agree with Paris and Juliet’s marriage‚ he has proven this to the audience by describing Juliet as a ‘stranger in the world’. By using the word ‘child’ and ‘stranger’‚ lord Capulet is implying that his daughter is not mature enough and that she still hasn’t seen the
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and Juliet meets audience are aware Romeo is Montague and Juliet is a Capulet‚ this adds the scene being so dramatically effective because this is the part when the fatal couple Romeo and Juliet met and they fell in love instantly. He forgets about Rosaline- who he was deeply in love at the beginning of act 1 scene 5. This scene includes pleasant speech of Capulet‚ romantic speech of Romeo and hatred‚ harness speech of Tybalt‚ direct contrast with that of Romeo and drama when two lovers
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couldn’t love until they were parted by death. Every discord between the Montagues and Capulets pulls at the heartstrings of the audience who just wants Romeo and Juliet to be together. The fighting and hate between the two families causes the relationship to be less and less possible. When a Capulet is responsible for the death of a Montague or vice versa‚ the families hate each other more and more. When Romeo kills Tybalt‚ Juliet is very torn between
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between the Capulets and Montagues affects Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. William Shakespeare carries the theme hatred towards others will drive your loved ones away‚ in many different ways throughout the piece of Romeo and Juliet. The first way he shows this theme is in the balcony scene where Juliet explains how she loves Romeo‚ but she worries because he is a Montague. Another time Shakespeare shows this is when there is a fight between the Capulets and Montagues. Romeo kills Tybalt resulting
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shows that there are different types of love including idealistic love‚ parental love‚ and love between friends. Romeo and Juliet show idealistic love. However‚ Nurse‚ and Capulet show. there is also so a lot of hatred going around and a bad feud between the Capulets‚ and the Montagues. No one knows how the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues began but know it’s been going on for a long long time and is why there is more hatred the love in this story‚scene‚play‚ or etc… I would think that there
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When Mercutio who is Romeo’s cousin is killed and dead by Tybalt who is Juliet’s cousin makes a huge impact on Romeo as now he seeks for revenge. He has nothing in his mind accept of killing Tybalt now as he cares about his cousin and want to take revenge for his cousin killing. Romeo killed Tybalt and his other cousin Benvolio persuades Romeo to leave the town (crime) place by saying‚ “Romeo‚ away‚ be gone! The citizens are up‚ and Tybalt slain. Stand not amaz’d: the prince will doom thee death if
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