... 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 ... to kill herself if he died. Friar Lawrence and Nurse also react in a pretty similar way. At first when Nurse tells Juliet the news she is kind of unclear and just says "he is dead," never using the word Romeo. Nu...

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... book when Gregory and Sampson are spewing puns out at each other, each pun twisting the meaning of the previous one. Another example of Shakespeare using his puns for a reason other than humor comes in Act 3, Scene 2. Juliet carefully uses the syllable "I" in many different ways with many different meanings. "Hath Romeo slain himself? Say thou but "Ay," And that bare vowel "I" shall poison more ... if Romeo is dead or not while the nurse stumbles on her words and confuses Juliet. Finally, another pun intently used to enhance the play, comes in Act 3, Scene 5. The speaker is Juliet once ...

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... his inferiors, specifically women. The patriarchal power structure in the Capulet family, where Juliet's father controls the action of each family member, places Juliet in an extremely vulnerable position. She is unable to speak of her true feelings or even vocalize her opinion on marriage. When her father enters late in Act 3 Scene 5 the plays central conflict is made obvious. By this time Romeo and ... by her husband, for if she did there would be serious repercussions for both herself and her daughter. Patriarchal themes are apparent between Romeo and Juliet as well. In Act 2 Scene 2...

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... , one knocks/ Good Romeo, hide thyself" (Act III, Scene 3, Line 71). This shows that Friar puts himself at risk in order to make certain no harm comes to Romeo He provides insight to the situation at hand and helps Romeo to see the next course of action. Another example of fatherly love was shown through Lord Capulet to Juliet. He saw that his daughter was ... love time and time again throughout the play. Their love was recognized, first, on the infamous balcony scene. Romeo sneaks to Juliet's window, and they profess their love for one another (Act II, Scene 2). This scene initially giv...

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... to bitt"rest gall". The marriage between Romeo and Juliet is the second event that affects Act 3 Scene 1 Romeo feels that as he is married to Juliet he should not hate the Capulets. The play has a lack of stage directions which means the director will have a lot of freedom to interpret the as he sees fit. Luhrmann ... . When Romeo enters he will be very happy for the reason that he has just married Juliet, as soon as Tybalt sees Romeo he will a distinct glare and will say the line "well peace be with you, sir, here comes my man", With a smile on his face. As Romeo says, "be satisfied" a...

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... Irony because Romeo says that he would rather die than be banished, even though banishment offers some chance of their being together and death does not. One of the last ironies in this act is Lady Capulet's joyful news. In Act three Scene five Lady Capulet asks about Juliet's immense grief for Tybalt. Juliet plays along, pretending to hate the villain Romeo. Lady Capulet says to ... Juliet,I?ll tell thee joyful tidings, girl?(IIIiiiii,109) Juliet is happy to hear good news and replies with,Joy comes well in such a needy ... expecting happy news but instead she recieved the bad news th...

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... The only thing wrong he does is to marry Romeo and Juliet just a few days after they meet. This is not good because it is too hasty as he points out when he says, "These violent delights have violent ends" which comes true within the next two acts. Capulet is the worst ... offender. He never allows Juliet to marry Romeo, because Romeo is a Montague. Therefore, Romeo and Juliet cannot have a normal relationship and must keep their love for each other well. ... . At the beginning of the act, she is on Romeo's side and is paying out Paris. After that she rapidly changes and starts preferrin...

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... The only thing wrong he does is to marry Romeo and Juliet just a few days after they meet. This is not good because it is too hasty as he points out when he says, "These violent delights have violent ends" which comes true within the next two acts. Capulet is the worst ... offender. He never allows Juliet to marry Romeo, because Romeo is a Montague. Therefore, Romeo and Juliet cannot have a normal relationship and must keep their love for each other well. ... . At the beginning of the act, she is on Romeo's side and is paying out Paris. After that she rapidly changes and starts preferrin...

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... I did not like the play then and I don't like the movie now. Romeo and Juliet is a sappy sorry hopeless love story. This is the exact type of movie that I dislike the most. The characters are pathetic. They act as if they have no control over their own lives. They hate an entire other family, ... but why? They themselves probably don't even know where their own hatred comes from. Someone told them to hate so ... they hate. Each character is swept away in his/her own way, rendered completely unable to think for themselves. Why must people be so week? Then there is a small glimmer of hop...

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... represents the fight against family, feud and city. Not only do the characters in Romeo and Juliet believe in the controlling force of fate, but it was also taken for granted that the stars dictated the general outcome of all things. In act 5 scene one, upon hearing about Juliet's death, says, "Then I defy you stars!" At first this seems insignificant, but it actually a main theme ... as tragic as when both killed themselves. But the most important example of fate in the play is when Juliet takes the poison, but Friar Lawrence's letter to Romeo is left unsent. If Friar Lawrence had told...

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... heal an age old family blood feud, and all it took was 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 ... then run away and join up with her love Romeo. It is also here by Act V that fate once agai...

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... him, Romeo decides to go. Keep in mind that it is solely because of Mercutio's persuasions that Romeo attends the gathering. Secondly, Mercutio's death, which comes as a result of his own hot tempered attitude, sets off the chain of events that leads to Romeo's banishment. During the first scene of Act III, Mercutio is being his normal, witty self. However, ironically, his wittiness ... ends up getting him killed. He deliberately annoys Tybalt, by doing things like purposely mistaking meanings of words. In Act III Scene I, Tybalt asks ... Mercutio about the relationship between Romeo a...

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... giving in to passion and ultimately leads to her plan of desperation that kills the both of them. This act of her giving in to passion lead to the major tipping point of the play that leads to the couple's demise later on in the play. This drives the plot forward, albeit towards a tragic end. Juliet undergoes serious internal conflict between being reasonable and passionate for ... who feels real and relatable to. She develops drastically by maturing to becoming able to think logically and with reason. Juliet personifies the theme of Reason vs Passion in the play, with her playing the p...

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... 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 Friar Lawrence ... her trust in the Nurse who g...

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... Juliet." From his witty word play and insightful observations to his violent death Mercutio held the audience entrapped, hanging on his every word as he provided them with humour, insight and a fast paced tone, whenever he appeared on stage. Mercutio's word play is a common feature of his speech, in Act ... right an important character of the play. The observations made by Mercutio are perceptive and honest, contrary to the other characters, who lie, deceive and regret, Mercutio is open and genuine with everyone he meets. When Romeo comes to him moping about ... Rosaline, the girl he lo...

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... , at first, seem like weakness. Yet the desperate fight, Romeo's exile, his overwhelming love for Juliet, and the total lack of understanding displayed by even the Friar for the all-consuming nature of Romeo's passion, provide sufficient explanation for the lapse. Romeo's ability to die for love comes as no surprise. We are prepared for it by his falling in the Friar's cell, and ... by his willingness, after the wedding night, to risk his life to stay in Verona if Juliet so wishes. It is the manner of Romeo's choosing to die that comes as a revelation. Gone are all traces of the standard...

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... -loving, Benvolio Montague is perhaps the most sagacious character in Romeo and Juliet. He is a steadfast and dependable friend to Romeo, through his love-sickness for Rosaline to his banishment from the city of Verona. Benvolio asks about Romeo sore mood in the beginning of the play, and when Romeo tells of his unreciprocated love for Rosaline, Benvolio suggests the Capulet party, saying to ... on to act as a witness and recounts the events of the battles to Montague and to the Prince. Though the play does not expand on Benvolio's character much more than this, we see a more playful sid...

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