... talking to their families and getting their permission. Finally he was a big coward when events went wrong. When he and Juliet were in the tomb and the Friar hears some one coming and says "Stay, then. I"ll go with out you." {act 5 sc. 3 pg 80} This shows Friar Laurence was a coward and unwilling to accept responsibility for his actions. In addition to ... is responsible for the sad ending. Lord Capulet has a very short temper which makes him turn angry very easily. He always threatens Juliet by saying "If you will not marry Paris, you will no longer live in my house." {act 3 sc. 5 pg 5...

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... is getting himself into, and accepts. Soon Romeo and Juliet run out of things to talk about and start babbling, just so they don't have to leave each other .This scene represents how guarded Juliet is about the situation, while Romeo wants to rush into their love. Act II, Scene 3 In this scene we meet ... Capulets. This is a very important scene because it foreshadows a turn of events in Romeo and Juliet's future, and not in their favor. Act II, Scene 4 The scene starts with Benvolio and Mercutio entering the scene. They cannot seem to find Romeo, and are worrying about him. Mercutio come...

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... waiting two years. The nurse wasn't thinking logically to support two people who had only just met, get married. This well intentioned act turned out to be fatal to both of the characters. Friar Lawrence's decision to marry Romeo and Juliet and deceive their families was based on his well intentioned belief that the marriage would end the feud between the Montegues and the ... end up right in the end. But once again, a well intended act turned out to be destructive. Juliet's deception about taking poison to fake her own death had the most tragic consequences of all. The intention of her...

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... 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. "Tell me not, friar, that thou hearst of this, unless thou tell me how I may prevent it. If in thy wisdom thou canst give no ... that will put her in a death like coma, and will last for 48 hours, then when she wakes, Romeo will be waiting for her and they can escape to Mantua. I think the Friar helped Romeo and Juliet the most after their deaths by revealing his involvment and expla...

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... because of his fury. He was originally against County Paris's marriage to Juliet because he feared she was too young. He gives Paris consent to marry her as long as she consents. Then in Act 3 Scene 5 he explodes at Juliet because she refuses to marry him. This Outbreak could come from Tybalt's Death or his passiveness earlier in the play was just a cover up ... in front of Paris so not to show the real power hungry him. Capulet seems to be a very ... possessive character and hates to be disobeyed. I feel Juliet could never have told her father about Romeo for his anger could have led ...

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... to each other and that they will marry the next day. An example of this happening would be whenever Romeo asks Juliet to promise to marry him "The exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine." (ACT II, scene ii, line 126) Juliet also being so in love with this stranger agrees by telling Romeo that she already would, " I gave thee mine before thou didst request it ... ; And yet I would it were to give again." (ACT II, scene ii, lines 128-129 ... the matter after they know about their supposed love. They risk lots of them from Juliet's nurse to Friar Laurence. Whenever the Friar realizes...

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... asks a servant about her, Tybalt, a Capulet, recognizes Romeo's voice and becomes very angry. Capulet forbids him to fight with Romeo. Romeo and Juliet speak briefly together and immediately fall in love. After they have parted , they both learn they are the heirs of the families that are fighting. ACT TWO Scene 1---- Now that Romeo knows who Juliet is, he does not want to leave her house ... 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 lif...

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... boys were there to have a good time. Our source says that oddly enough, Romeo was seen talking to Juliet. It wasn't an angry conversation the source told us. He managed to get closer to them to over hear part of their conversation. It seemed like the couple was preoccupied with each other to care what ... later told us that they talked about something that has to do with pilgrims and saints. Then our source tells us that the next thing he saw was Romeo's lips touching Juliet's and they were engaged in a very passionate kiss. It was the last thing that anyone expected from a Montague and ...

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... because he is upset that a Montague (Romeo) attended a Capulets party. He recognises Romeo's voice. "This, by his voice, should be a Montague. Fetch me my rapier, boy". This acceptance of love brings maturity to Romeo. In act 2 scene 2, Romeo and Juliet decide to marry each other. They also arrange Juliet's nurse to act as their go-between. Romeo is more of a romantic lover because he has many ... ideas about love, and is using lots of descriptive words describing his love. "O speak again, bright angel, for ... audience may also feel a bit suspense. In act 2 scene 6, Romeo's feelings for...

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... to stay back, rather than leave with his friends. He visits Juliet at her room and risks the chance of getting caught, "The orchard walls are high and hard to climb, and the place death, considering who thou art, if any of my kinsmen find thee here." (Act II, Scene 2, L. 63-65) Romeo is so dazed with love that he loses common sense. "I have nights ... me, let them find me here. My life were better ended by their hate than death prorogued, wanting of thy love." (Act II, Scene 2, L. 75-78) Romeo's love for Juliet leads them to hastily get married, just one day after they first meet. When ...

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In act 3 scene 2 and 3 we see Juliet and then Romeo reacting to the fact that Romeo has been vanished from Verona instead of the expected death sentence. I am going to be comparing how Romeo and Juliet react, how Nurse and Friar Lawrence react, and finally a prediction of what will happen to Romeo and Juliet in the following scenes. Romeo and Juliet's reaction to the big news of Romeo banishment is quite different. They ... both agree that the fact that Romeo got banished is much worse than if he would have died or gotten ... a death sentence. They both think that if Romeo would have died in...

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... tragic outcome. Yet, the minor characters also have a good deal of influence over the ultimate destinies of Romeo and Juliet. The first minor character to be mentioned should be Tybalt. He was a bitter enemy of Romeo and, had he not been slain, Romeo would never have been banished. In Act 3, Scene 1, Tybalt kills Mercutio when Romeo attempts to come between the combatants and avert the fight. In ... him as a son. This would mean that Romeo and Juliet would not have had to hide their love for each other. Tybalt, indeed, had a serious effect on the lives of Romeo and Juliet, by killing Me...

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... avenge Merecuitio and kills Tybalt. "And for that offense immediately we do exile him hence," (Romeo and Juliet, III, II, 191-192). Romeo's banishment and the fate involved with it is a prime factor in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Why banishment? In Act I, Scene I the Prince's words were quite the contrary. Was it intentional that a man of such high standard would go back on his word? Perhaps ... . Romeo's exile poisons all possibility of happiness for him and Juliet and continues them onto their tragic fate. His exile causes Juliet great sorrow, greater then if he had been ... and l...

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... about two families that have been in a long and bitter feud for many years now. The play is set in Verona in Italy and involves two main characters, Romeo, or the Montagues, and Juliet, of the Capulets. The play starts with a fight between the Montagues and the capulets, it ends with Prince Escalus threatening that if it happens again, the people involved, will ... Mantua, a place not too far away from Verona. Friar Lawrence decides to create a plan that will get Romeo and Juliet together again, if only for a short while, he gives Juliet a potion that will make her act dead for 18 hours...

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... . The first way, was not all his fault, but he could of prevented it by just giving more effort. For example, when Friar Lawrence and Juliet agree on the plan to temporarily make Juliet look dead (act four scene 1), Friar Lawrence wrote a letter to Romeo telling him what was really going on. Well, Romeo did not get that letter on time, so he ended up killing ... least following up on the letter himself to make sure he got it or not. Another betrayal by Friar Lawrence is at the end of the story (act 3 scene 5). When Friar Lawrence and Juliet are in the tomb, after Romeo killed Paris, then...

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... them. The personality of Romeo and Juliet to cope with their passion and the squabbles of the adult world that intervene with their love takes on a big issue. In the play, Romeo and Juliet demonstrate different personality. Of the many contrasting characteristic traits between Romeo and Juliet, their outlook on life figures significantly in the play. Juliet stays optimistic about the whole conflict involving Romeo's banishment whereas Romeo himself clings to the ... I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contrast tonight. It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightning, ...

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... thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, which is the god of my idolatry, and I'll believe thee." (Act 2 Scene 2 Lines 113-115). She is passionate about her love, but remembers her adult duties and gives Romeo an ultimatum to marry her if his love is true. After their wedding, when Juliet learns that Romeo has killed her cousin, Tybalt, she is certainly more loyal ... to her husband than to her family. After she realizes where her loyalty should be, she says, "Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?" (Act 3 Scene 2 Line 97). Without her loyalty and love, she would not ... been banis...

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... lovers in their quest to be together. She acts as a messenger from Romeo, Juliet, and the friar ("Examples of Love in Romeo and Juliet"). Despite the nurse's efforts the plans go array because of the arranged marriage between Juliet and Paris. At this time, the nurse shows her love for Juliet once again. She goes to Juliet's defense and stands up to Lord Capulet by saying: "God in heaven ... bless her!/ You are to blame, my lord, to rate her so."(Act III, Scene ... says "thus with a kiss I die" (Act V, Scene 3, Line 120). Juliet quickly awakens to find her love that she risked her life...

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... , this also coincides with Juliets costume, as she has chosen the costume of an angel, the route of all goodness, an angel is perfect, maybe this is how Romeo sees her, an angel has no faults. The Balcony - Act 2 Scene 2 Juliet appears at a balcony at the back of her house and speaks of her love for Romeo. Romeo, as he is leaving the Capulets party/ball, he cannot withdraw ... vows and the romantic music from the ballroom scene crops up again, before the nurse calls on Juliet. They embrace once again and Romeo hesitantly leaves. There is a lot of passion in this scene and we get a better...

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... prejudice. Instead of a Capulet killing a Montague, in Act five Scene three, a Montague kills a Capulet as prejudice leads to violence. In the Capulets Tomb at night, Paris, a young nobleman, kinsman to the Prince has come to pay his respect to his "lost" Juliet. When he hears the footstep of his enemies Romeo and Balthasar. Paris thinks Romeo has come to desecrate Juliet's grave in act of the prejudice ... against them. While young Romeo was only trying to see his only love dead.. But Paris didn't know so he challenges ... Romeo to a fight and Romeo kills Paris. This event was caused d...

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... prejudice. Instead of a Capulet killing a Montague, in Act five Scene three, a Montague kills a Capulet as prejudice leads to violence. In the Capulets Tomb at night, Paris, a young nobleman, kinsman to the Prince has come to pay his respect to his "lost" Juliet. When he hears the footstep of his enemies Romeo and Balthasar. Paris thinks Romeo has come to desecrate Juliet's grave in act of the prejudice ... against them. While young Romeo was only trying to see his only love dead.. But Paris didn't know so he challenges ... Romeo to a fight and Romeo kills Paris. This event was caused d...

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... see it themselves, they both often dream about death and they both use star imagery to relate to their thoughts. Romeo and Juliet had no control over the behavior of both their families. It is evident that Juliet wishes that Romeo was not a Montague in Act 2 Scene 2 Line 40, "What's Montague? It is nor hand nor foot, nor arm nor face O be some other name!" Without ... . In the prologue they are identified as star crossed lovers. Before Romeo even properly communicates with Juliet he already relates her with the stars, Act 2 Scene 2 Line 15, "Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven." R...

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... mother or father. This shows a great transformation of her character from previous scenes, where she cared for nothing apart from pleasing her mother and father. Act Three, Scene Five is the key scene in which the audience witnesses the defiance of Juliet in her own home. Straight away Shakespeare creates a tense and dramatic atmosphere by having Romeo in Juliet's room in the Capulet household. This shows ... the great transformation in Juliet's character, here she is deliberately going against her parents will ... from marrying Paris, is running away and fleeing Verona. The scene is l...

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... and ask him for help or she will kill herself. Fearing the worst, he devised a plan with the use of a poison which would beguile her parents into believing she was dead. Later on, Friar Laurence, would send word to Romeo telling him that Juliet was not dead and he would have to come from Mantua to flee together. Friar Laurence is partly to ... receiving the letter from Friar Laurence on time. The Capulet's and Montague's family became brothers. They vowed to make golden statues of the two lovers to remind the families of how their hatred killed Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence performed...

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... mother or father. This shows a great transformation of her character from previous scenes, where she cared for nothing apart from pleasing her mother and father. Act Three, Scene Five is the key scene in which the audience witnesses the defiance of Juliet in her own home. Straight away Shakespeare creates a tense and dramatic atmosphere by having Romeo in Juliet's room in the Capulet household. This shows ... the great transformation in Juliet's character, here she is deliberately going against her parents will ... from marrying Paris, is running away and fleeing Verona. The scene is l...

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