Their inexperience with love continues to drive them to the proposal and acceptance of marriage despite their families being enemies and the danger that their marriage could cause them both. ... By doing this marriage in secrecy, it could be profoundly dangerous for not only himself but for the lovers as well. This act could cost Friar Lawrence his position in the church because, according to The Catholic Church tradition, fathers are supposed to arrange the marriages for the children. ... The people aware of this secret marriage wanted nothing but the happiness of others. ... The secret tha...

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Romeo agrees to marry her and rushes of to Friar Lawrence to arrange the marriage for the morrow. ... The Friar then told Romeo and Juliet to keep their marriage a secret because if this came out at the wrong time it could cause a fight between the families like none ever seen. ... Romeo does not want to fight with Tybalt because of the fact that after his marriage to Juliet, Tybalt was now his cousin. ... The day after Tybalt's death and Romeo impending banishment Capulet arranged for his daughter to marry the noble Count Paris thinking that this will bring her out of her mourning. ...

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However the Friar believed that the marriage between Romeo and Juliet would help the bad blood. ... The couple believed that the solution was a marriage: "but this I pray: That thou consent to marry us today. ... Due to the fact that the Capulet family had no idea of Juliet's marriage to Romeo, her father had a marriage arranged to the County Paris for his daughter. ... She obviously could not go through with the marriage to the County as she was committed to Romeo. Yet, she couldn't tell her father about her existing marriage. ...

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Their marriage is quickly assembled without the due time to get to know one another. ... A day after Romeo and Juliet meet one another, they hastily arrange their marriage. ... When Romeo and Juliet's marriage is swiftly established, it does not show his devotion but demonstrates that he is imprudent and desperate. ...

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As their messenger , the Nurse not only arranges and sees to the details of the marriage of Romeo and Juliet, but she also, more importantly, initially approves of it: "Good heart, and I" faith I will tell her as much Now, God in heaven bless thee! ... Yet of greater importance, Friar Lawrence united the lovers, by presiding over their marriage. ...

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Despite being from opposing households, they arrange a wedding. ... When Friar Lawrence offers Juliet the potion as a way out of marriage she desperately screams "Give me, give me! ... This leaves Juliet stressed and without a way out of the marriage. ...

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Unlike many teenagers though, he reacts too quickly upon his emotions and next day the marriage of these two star-crossed lovers is discussed, and it is arranged for the following day. ... His sensitivity towards Roseline after he is rejected, results in a hasty marriage to Juliet, the death of Tybalt, Romeo's banishment and the untimely tragedy, the death of Juliet and himself. ...

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However unbeknown to Juliet, Lord Capulet has been planning the marriage of Juliet and Count Paris. ... At the beginning of the scene she tries to seem positive towards the marriage by arranging her wedding dress and so forth, she asks the nurse to leave her by herself that night, so that she can successfully drink the potion and stage her "death". ... "What if it be a poison, which the friar Subtly hath minister'd to have me dead, Lest in this marriage he should be dishonour'd, These being the paranoiac words of Juliet, her fear set doubts in her mind and she tries to predict...

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She tells him that if he is serious about her, then he will arrange a marriage for themselves. ... Act II, Scene 5-6 Juliet is waiting for the Nurse to see what Romeo has said about their marriage. ... In this scene, it seems as if the Nurse is not on board with the marriage, and that is why she tries to change the subject several times. ...

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Evidence of this marriage was when Friar Lawrence married them: "For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone / Till holy church incorporate two in one"" (2.6.). ... Once again because of Capulet's prejudice (which firstly forced Juliet to be married in secret), Juliet had to fake her death to avoid marrying Paris the next day, as Capulet had arranged, since she was already married to Romeo. Marriage is a huge commitment, and because of Capulet, Juliet was forced to marry Romeo in secrecy and later consume a fake death-inducing vile to avoid another marriage. ...

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The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was one of William Shakespeare most popular plays of all time. This story is based on two young lovers destined to die with their star-crossed love. The story of Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona, Italy where they live with their prominent families. The families ...

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The reason for the party was to arrange for Count Paris, an older man, to meet and marry the beautiful young Juliet Capulet. ... In it he explained Juliet's plight and her faked death to avoid marriage to Paris. ...

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This could show a bit of the disagreement that Shakespeare has against arranged marriage which if stated clearly could be seen as unorthodox and unjustifiable as religion was a huge part of how every person lived....

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Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's famous tragedies. Based on the idea of unrequited love, this play shows audience cultural traditions and social attitudes that shaped the Elizabethan era of which the play was written. The Elizabethan attitude towards fate and love are very strong with R'...

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She knows that her parents would never permit the marriage but lets the love lead her way. ... To explain, during the balcony scene, Juliet hurries Romeo into marriage. She constantly questions his love for her and rushes him into marriage by saying things like, "If...thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow," . ... Both Romeo and Juliet enjoy each other's company on their first morning together following their marriage and they do not want to part. ... When Juliet's mother, Lady Capulet, asks her daughter Juliet about her opinions on marriage, Juliet is very respectful with he...

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When Lady Capulet suggests the idea of marriage to Juliet she is not that keen on the idea at first. ... Her mother introduces marriage to her with little sensitivity, and virtually tells Juliet to marry Paris, thus discouraging Juliet. ... This starts to change her mind about marriage, not to Paris, but to Romeo. ... The Elizabethan times people shared different beliefs to those of ours, young people's flexibility and independence was very limited (: Juliet's choice of marriage?) Back then the father arranged EVERYHING about the daughter's marriage, including whom she marries...

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They also arrange Juliet's nurse to act as their go-between. ... Juliet is feeling uneasy because she is worried that everything is going too fast, there were even no arrangements with the parents yet and only both of them know about the marriage. ... "Then love-devouring death do what he dare, it is enough, I may but call Her mine" Friar Laurence tells Romeo that this marriage may come to a violent end. ... Friar is also telling Romeo that the marriage is violent and dangerous. Romeo and Juliet might hope that the Montagues and Capulets would stop feuding with each ot...

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Othello and Desdemona go before the senate to defend their love and marriage. ... Juliet tells Friar Lawrence that her love for Romeo is so strong that she would rather kill herself than have to marry Paris and betray Romeo and their marriage together. Juliet does not want to marry this Paris so she arranges with Friar Lawrence to fake her own death with a sleeping potion that will make everyone think that she is dead. ...

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William Shakespeare's masterwork, "Romeo and Juliet," is unabashedly a tragedy. One reason to support this claim is that the hero and heroine of the play (teenagers Romeo and Juliet) take their own lives, as they see it as the only way they can be together. However, even though that scene is the m...

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We are looking at the language in Act 2 Scene 2 and examining how it educates the audience about the characters and setting. When Shakespeare presented Romeo and Juliet in front of an audience around 1595 he had few props so therefore limited setting. Shakespeare's Elizabethan audience created what ...

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Back at the Capulet mansion Juliet is told that she is to marry Dave Paris in an arranged wedding. ... The friar then concocts an elaborate plan to stop the marriage to Paris and get Romeo and Juliet back together. ... When they are dead they are lying on the bed it is the same as their marriage bed but on the deathbed they can now be together forever. ...

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Even with the appraisals from Lady Capulet and the nurse, she is apathetic towards the matter of marriage to Paris; "He is a man of wax." ... There is also the suggestion that the Capulet marriage was also arranged, and that Juliet's mother was bespoken to Lord Capulet in the same way she now wishes to see her daughter married. ...

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Act III sc v is the midway scene in Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet." The midway scene in his plays is traditionally an emotionally charged segment of the play. It combines emotions ranging from hatred and anger to love and romance. This scene conveys to the audience how quickly a young coup...

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For example, when Paris appeals to Capulet for his consent of marriage to Juliet ("But now my lord, what say you to my suit?")... Although she approves to such an arranged marriage, the Nurse also sees Juliet's point of view, and definitely shows no pressure to the young girl. ...

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In plays like Romeo and Juliet, he not only criticized arranged marriages but he presented Juliet with a sense of feminism and he made Juliet ruin gender stereotypes by proposing to Romeo in Act 2 scene 2. ...

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