... characters but important and change the course of the play of Romeo and Juliet. The secondary characters of the play greatly contribute to the plot, character development and the themes of the play. The secondary characters are vital to the play. Tybalt, Friar Lawrence and Capulet greatly contribute to the plot. Tybalt contributes to the plot by killing Mercutio. When Tybalt kills Mercutio it causes Romeo to retaliate and kill Tybalt, this ... results in Romeo being exiled from Verona when the prince arrives. Benvolio proves this when he speaks to the Prince upon his arrival, "Tybalt, he...

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... which are in the category of tragedy are "Romeo and Juliet", "Titus Andronicus", and "Julius Caesar". In the category of history, three plays are "Henry V", "Richard II", and "Richard III". Romeo and Juliet is set in the thirteenth or fourteenth century in Italy in Verona and Mantua where the Montagues and the Capulets live and fight. Although this is where Shakespeare intended for this play to be based in, it really had ... mischance slain and Romeo, enraged, kills Tybalt. The Prince punishes Romeo by banishing him from Verona. Juliet's father insists that her marriage to Paris go ahea...

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... bottom of a tomb." Juliet has a vision of Romeo dead in a tomb, which is where Romeo ends up in the end of the play. Hence, the characters have dreams and omens of what fate has in store for them. Several preplanned events influence the destiny of Romeo and Juliet. If Romeo and Benvolio had not bumped into the Capulet servant, Romeo and Juliet may not have met. Romeo did not receive the message from the Friar ... John because of the quarantine in Mantua. Friar Laurence then has the misfortune of accidentally tripping over gravestones while running to meet Juliet. Friar Lawrence's fall d...

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... I read or watch "R&J", it seems as if it is the first time.... There is a reason the classical production Romeo and Juliet is the most enduring, most often performed and adapted, most often recalled and remembered, play. There is such depth and breadth to the story, to the language and to these characters that we all think we know so well. What a challenge it must have been then for ... dead. Friar Lawrence promises to send word to Romeo to meet her when the potion wears off and to rescue her to Mantua, where Romeo is currently staying. There they would live happily ever after. Unfortun...

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... bodies, or that the Friar isn't being truthful, and is trying to kill her. The picture perfect plan seems to good to be true, which it was. The Friar Lawrence was suppose to send a message to Romeo telling him the entire plan, but sadly Romeo gets a wrong interpretation of the letter, and is the first to find Juliet and believes she is dead, so he commits suicide ... . Juliet wakes up early only to find Romeo dead. She doesn't want to live without her spouse, Romeo, so she kills herself too. Misinterpretations, misunderstandings, and wrong impressions lead to the death ... they ever got...

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... at Mercutio in language intended to expresses her intention to thrash him; but she unintentionally uses a series of terms with double meanings which describe sex instead. So while her intended message is "I'll beat any man who bothers me" what the audience hears is "I'll have sex with any man that approaches me." The original audience probably found this hysterically funny ... the dialogue to concentrate the scene. The Friar's last speech provides plenty of justification for Zeffirelli's staging. Lots of foreshadowing here. Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Setting- The play takes pl...

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... he can not get the message to Romeo to say she is really dead. The biggest influence though is probably the two families if they had not had a grudge in the first place then there would be no problem with Romeo and Juliet being together. In the film version of the play Romeo and Juliet by Baz Luhrmann, Romeo is depicted as being quite clumsy and a bit of a disaster waiting to ... happen! I believe this is to represent the immaturity and child-like nature of Romeo's character. Another interpretation by Baz Luhrmann is of the theme of fate, Luhrmann ... ...

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