... but to kill her so that the marriage between her and Romeo be broken. If I was Juliet the same thoughts would be running through my head as well, because I wouldn't know what was going to happen and what the possible outcomes of the situation would be. Juliet then thinks if she wakes up before Romeo comes to redeem her then it would be a fearful sight ... ; To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in, And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? Environed with all these hideous fears? And madly play with my forefathers' joints? And pluck the mangled Tybalt from his shroud? As with a...

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... both must go with him". Romeo kills Tybalt, Benvolio says, "Hence be gone away." Romeo stays but a citizen of the watch takes Romeo away before the Prince comes. Prince (asks Benvolio) "Who began this fray?" Benvolio "Tybalt, here slain, whom Romeo's hand did slay." Prince "Immediately we do exile him hence." The ... it started in the 16th century. This is called manslaughter today. The film that is effective to me is Baz Lurhmanns Romeo and Juliet because it is a very imaginative and less boring towards Franco Zeferelli. Baz made it modern but still kept the same old dialect, it fells l...

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Friar Laurence helps Romeo and Juliet in numerours ways. In act two, scene three, Romeo comes to Friar Laurence with hopes that he will understand his love and perform the marriage between he and Juliet. The Friar agrees and marries them off. Romeo and Juliet come from two feuding families in Verona, Italy, the Capulets and the Montagues. The Friar does not tell the parents what he has done for their children ... , hoping that in time the marriage will bring peace to Verona. In act four, scene one, Juliet comes to Friar Laurence ... because she has just been told she must marry Count Paris. ...

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... it was very unusual for a female to be independent and not to be under the influence of the men around her. Juliet is a unique character, for someone of her time, as she does not follow the above criteria. Instead she has the strength to be self-willed and to act differently to the other females around her; consequently it is because of this that ... the play really creates its shape. It is unknown why Juliet acts as she does, is seems likely that her parents were never really around during the time she ... her. Anyone else in this situation would consider having a second chance in lif...

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... the course of their lives that led up to their deaths. If their parent's had not been feuding and if the Nurse had not betrayed Juliet, the outcome of this story would have been different, although fate could not be changed. Act III, Scene V of Romeo and Juliet is significant for it is the most pivotal scene of this tragic play.   Although prior scenes present ... the beginning of the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet when Juliet is first introduced, she is introduced as a young girl who is very faithful to her family, the Capulet family. In being faithful to her family, she is very...

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... a couple of twists of fate. There were several events in this play that occurred out of the control of both Romeo and Juliet. It was these following events that sealed their destiny. The first incidence of fate first comes into play in Act I, scene II, where Benvolio is trying to convince Romeo Montague to get over his latest love, the fair Rosalind. Rosalind had ... decided to take a vow of chastity and joined a convent. Benvolio thinks the best thing for Romeo would be to go and meet the other fair maidens of the town. It ... hated Montague family. His anger is compounded by an accid...

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... self killed Mercutio due to haste. His hasty actions led to wasted deaths. Benvolio keeps the play moving by reporting events but Tybalt does that by initiating conflicts. In act 3 scene 1, after Mercutio died and Prince Escalus comes into the scene, he conveys the whole incident to the Prince. Instead of reporting events, Tybalt initiates conflicts that drive the storyline further into chaos ... and disorder. He ignited a conflict between Mercutio and himself and then killed him. This then led to Romeo killing Tybalt, which resulted in him being banished. This caused Juliet to seek Fri...

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