... Immediately after her mother arrives to tell Juliet of her marriage to Paris. Juliet is stunned and tries to change her parents mind about the wedding. They are furious at her for not listening to them and threaten to disown her if she does not marry Paris. Her nurse argues ... of the drug, but finally gets up enough courage to drink it and immediately falls into a deep sleep. Scene 4--- On the morning of the wedding, the nurse is sent to awaken Juliet as the household is busy with last minute preparations. Scene 5--- The nurse discovers Juliet's apparent lifeless body, ... and the hou...

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... and are married. The Nurse, who is privy to the secret, procures a ladder, which Romeo will use to climb into Juliet's window for their wedding night. The next day, Benvolio and Mercutio encounter Tybalt "Juliet's cousin "who, still enraged that Romeo attended Capulet's feast, has challenged ... Juliet disregards her advice and hurries to Friar Lawrence. He concocts a plan to reunite Juliet with Romeo in Mantua. The night before her wedding to Paris, Juliet must drink a potion that will make her appear to be dead. After she is laid to rest in the family's ... that Romeo and Juliet are ...

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... love. Romeo and Juliet's love is incompleted. Romeo can not woo Juliet openly as Paris can; they decide to marry in secret on the balcony in a hurry. They have their wedding without friends, relatives even parents. They do not have enough time to stay with each other to figure out the future. The total time they spend together may be less ... so Paris asks Lord Capulet to marry his daughter and wants to marry her as soon as possible, they can not publicize their love so Juliet's parents arrange the second wedding for her to man she does not love at all which compels her to take the risk...

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... were married young. Even though Juliet was acting maturely towards Romeo's courting methods in act 2 sc. 2, she acted her age when she couldn't wait to hear the news about her wedding from the Nurse in act 2 sc. 5. She was rather like a child eager to unwrap her presents from father Christmas. In contras, in the famous balcony scene, Juliet thought of the ... . She pauses because a black cat is sitting on the sundial and starts saying "Lord, how my head aches ) The cat is representing bad luck thus over shadows the young lovers' wedding. Juliet is unaware of the black cat and get hold of...

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... cause of their hatred we never know of. Knowing that they must be together Romeo and Juliet secretly marry with the help of Juliet's nurse and Friar Lawrence. After the wedding by misfortunate timing Romeo finds himself in a feud with Tybalt the leader of the Capulets, by defending Romeo Mercutio his friend is slain and dies. Outraged that Mercutio is dead ... family conflict Romeo kills Tybalt and is then banished from Verona Beach. Back at the Capulet mansion Juliet is told that she is to marry Dave Paris in an arranged wedding. Deeply disturbed by this Juliet goes to the friar and th...

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... love. Romeo and Juliet's love is incompleted. Romeo can not woo Juliet openly as Paris can; they decide to marry in secret on the balcony in a hurry. They have their wedding without friends, relatives even parents. They do not have enough time to stay with each other to figure out the future. The total time they spend together may be less ... so Paris asks Lord Capulet to marry his daughter and wants to marry her as soon as possible, they can not publicize their love so Juliet's parents arrange the second wedding for her to man she does not love at all which compels her to take the risk...

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... was seen weeping by her father, Lord Capulet, who was led to believe that she was crying over Tybalt's death. Thinking that he could comfort her, he decided to stage a wedding. In desperation, Juliet went to see Friar Laurence and ask him for help or she will kill herself. Fearing the worst, he devised a plan with the use of a poison which ... friends, beg pardon from the Prince, and bring Romeo back from Mantua, to end the family feud. But Lord Capulet had other ideas, such as moving the wedding date a day earlier, announcing Paris and Juliet's wedding, and Romeo not receiving the lett...

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... Juliet is marrying a man of noble commands named Paris. He seems to be quite a gentlemen but somewhat he has a filled mind of himself. Lord Capulet is getting ready for the wedding, he's summoned numerous amounts of entertainment. It's going to be a diverting time. I've been seeing Juliet roaming around with Friar Laurence. They both seem quite suspicious in my eyes. I haven ... Paris. Today is a new day, and Juliet is marrying Paris. I'm somewhat excited, but sad at the same time. Thinking about how Romeo's doing in Mantua. Wait one second, this isn't a wedding! This is a funeral! Balt...

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... . Right after meeting Romeo at the masquerade party, she says to her nurse "Go, ask his name – If he be married, my grave is like to be my wedding bed" (1.5.148). This means she would sooner die rather than marry anyone else other than him. Later that night in the garden Romeo and Juliet declare their love for ... .4.31). After Juliet makes her plan with the Friar to drink the potion, she tells her father she will gladly marry Paris. He is so happy that he changes the wedding to Wednesday instead. He says "send the County; go tell him of this: I'll have this knot knit up to-morrow morni...

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... Juliet runs in Romeo rushes to her, and they cannot keep their hands off each other. Soon enough Friar Lawrence breaks them up,and they get on with the wedding. As the wedding is going on, Romeo and Juliet do not seem serious. Friar Lawrence advises them to "love moderately", and not to rush into things. Yet all Romeo and ... ...

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... , Juliet's mother, the nurse cares for Juliet, knows exactly when she was born, and has fond memories of her childhood. The Nurse acted like a messenger, meeting with Romeo to discuss wedding plans for him and Juliet. The love of friends was necessary for any future love to blossom. The next form of love was for enemies. The hatred between the houses ... hasty and forced Juliet to marry Paris. Juliet saw her only option was to fake her death and wait for Romeo to return to her. On the eve of her wedding, Juliet drank a poison that made her appear to be dead. Romeo had not found out about...

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... the untimely deaths were a series of chain reactions steaming from the family feud; this greatly influenced spontaneous, blind and vile actions, preformed by certain characters. In a brawl soon after Romeo's wedding to Juliet, Mecutio dies by Tybalt's hand. Benvolio announces to Romeo his death" O Romeo, Romeo, brave Mercutio's dead" ( Act-5,S1,L-115P-149). After Mercutio's death Romeo vows that either Tybalt ... untimely demise of the main characters. Lastly irony has a large part in the main characters tragic and unfortunate conclusion. As irony would have it Romeo was banished soon a...

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... all the audience that at this stage they are both truly in love with each other. The next time they meet is the day of the wedding. Although this should be a wonderful and celebrated day their wedding is held in secret. This is a short scene, but the language used when Romeo and Juliet speak to each other is filled with love and ... ...

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... Lawrence's cell There stags a husband to make you a wife." (Shakespeare II. vi. 73-74). This quote shows that the nurse arranged the marriage of Romeo and Juliet. By arranging this wedding the Nurse created a situation where the families don't know of a marriage, and this is very dangerous when there is a feud going on. If the Nurse would have told anyone about ... selves, but not without the help of others like the Friar, the Nurse, and Mr. Capulet. The Nurse caused their deaths through her not telling anyone needed information about the wedding of Romeo and Juliet and by not supportin...

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... has to apologize to her father and make him think that she will marry County Paris. Her father is so pleased to hear Juliet say this that he moves the wedding day to Wednesday instead of Thursday. This makes it hard for Juliet to get word to Romeo in time about her plan but she tries her best. She takes the ... dagger and proceeds to kill herself, for the same reason that he killed himself. Had he received the letter this would not have happened, or if the day of the wedding had not changed this would not have happened. As you can see the ending of Romeo and Juliet was determined by man...

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... where she is getting married. When Juliet wants to propose to Romeo the Nurse takes the chance and does it for her. The nurse returns with the plans for their wedding, "Then hie you hence to Friar Laurence' cell,There stays a husband to make you a wife" (II, v, 68-69). Since Juliet is not supposed to see Romeo, the nurse ... ...

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... . It is evident that Juliet's affection for Romeo arises extremely quickly because right after their first encounter, Juliet states, "If [Romeo] is married, my grave is like to be my wedding bed"" (1.5.136-137). In Romeo's part, Romeo finds out the truth about Juliet's family background and declares, "O dear account! My life is my foe's dept."" (1.5.120). Juliet is already making ... ...

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... her closed cousin, Tybalt, has been killed. Her parents begin to think Juliet's crying over the death of her cousin, when she is really crying over Romeo. Her parents plan a wedding for their lovely daughter and Paris, which is what Juliet, doesn't want, even in the slightest amount. Both Juliet and Romeo want to keep their marriage a secret, from Lord Capulet ... ...

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... so overwhelmed by Romeo's presence that she cannot remember why she called him back. The following exchange foreshadows their parallel debate before their parting at dawn the day after their wedding. The first two lines of Romeo's final speech make clear that lovemaking is still very much on his mind. It is put most romantically, but the sense of his words ... ...

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... thine my sin is purged." (I.v.137) Juliet deeply loves Romeo also, because she already ants to give her life for him, she says," My grave is like to be my wedding bed." She loves her only enemy as she explains," My only love, sprung from my only hate." Love strongly represents itself between Romeo and Juliet when Juliet becomes ready to ... ...

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... prisoners were taken to their executions on. Capulet said it to his daughter about going to her preordained marriage. What kind of person threatens to take his daughter to her wedding as a prisoner? The fight in Act I was somewhat of a scare to Montague because he was unaware of the absence of Romeo. When Benvolio told Lady Montague that her son had ... ...

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... . The most important outcome of this scene is Romeo's banishment, as this leads to the miscommunication that leads Romeo to believe that Juliet is dead. The decision to move Juliet's wedding to Paris a day earlier is a move that sends Julie into a panic. Her lover for Romeo is such that she will never marry Paris. This motivates her to seek Friar Lawrence ... ...

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... such sweet sorrow" (II.ii.184) Upon examining this passage, Romeo and Juliet must have fallen deeply in love for the "woman" of the relationship to already be planning the wedding. Despite the fact that this was profoundly unconventional in the time, it shows how much society has evolved, as it has been known to happen in more modern times. Similar ... ...

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... the letter never reached Romeo. Both these events showed that the friar did not understand the significance of the plan himself. He told Juliet to drink the potion on her wedding day and made his letter to Romeo the basis of the plan, however he did not make sure that Romeo gets the letter. When Friar John returned from Mantua and ... ...

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... . Juliet's father insists that her marriage to Paris go ahead as soon as possible. She again asks for Friar Laurence's help; he instructs her to pretend to agree to the wedding, but to take the sleeping potion. The plan nearly works, except that Friar Laurence's message to Romeo explaining the situation is not promptly delivered. Romeo, hearing only of Juliet's "death ... ...

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