... he's too late when he sees Romeo, he exclaims, "Alack, alack, what blood is this which stains the stony entrance of this sepulcher?" (Act V, sc. iii, ll. 52-53) Seconds later Juliet arises, "O comfortable friar! Where is my lord where is my Romeo?" (Act V, sc. iii, ll.160-63) If Friar Lawrence would of gotten there earlier this disaster may have been avoided ... . He later explains, "But when I came, some minute ere the time of her awakening, here untimely lay true Romeo dead" (Act V, sc. iii, ll. 281-83). He then confesses that he is most responsible for these events, "Miscarried by my ...

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... will marry Paris, Juliet says, "If all else fail, myself have power to die- (III.v.242). Finally, each imagines that the other looks dead the morning after their first, and only, sexual experience ("Methinks I see thee,"" Juliet says, ". . . as one dead in the bottom of a tomb- (III.v.242; III.v.55-56). This theme continues until its inevitable conclusion: double suicide. This tragic choice is ... Italy) POINT OF VIEW • Insofar as a play has a point of view, that of Romeo and Juliet; occasionally the play uses the point of view of the Montague and Capulet servants to illuminate the act...

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... he does not take advice from the Friar as he shows when the Friar says, "Arise, one knocks. Good Romeo, hide thyself" (III.iii.72) and Romeo responds by saying, "Not I, unless the breath of heart- sick groans Mist- like infold me from the search of eyes" (III.iii.73-74). He does not listen to the advice of the Friar because he is mad about ... his banishment and how he will not be able to see Juliet again and shows that he is not willing to listen to the advice of a person who is more experienced than himself ... he shows impulsiveness when he says, "Here's to my love [Drinks] O true a...

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... beyond his control. These circumstances were fate. Because Romeo had not received Friar Laurence's letter, he believes Juliet to be dead. As he drinks the poison, Romeo utters, "Here's to my love! Thus with a kiss I die." (VI, iii, 119- 120). This proves that Romeo would rather die than live without Juliet, and thus it is his fate. It is also fate that ... want to live without Romeo and thus, kills herself, with the words, "O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust and let me die." (VI, iii, 167- 170). This is the action that carries out the fate intended for Juliet since the begin...

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... Shakespeare villainized Richard to some degree for the enjoyment of Shakespeare's Tudor audience: Richard III was the last king of the house of York before the accession of the powerful and prosperous Tudor dynasty. In the famous opening lines of Shakespeare's Richard III (1592-1593?), Richard, then duke of Gloucester, sarcastically describes the quiet reign of his eldest brother, Edward IV of the house of York, and plots to defame ... townspeople who seek to produce a play for wedding celebrations. These three worlds are brought together in a series of encounters that veer from the rea...

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... marry Romeo quickly. Because she chooses to marry him, she is going behind her parent's backs and is abandoning the family name. In Act III, Scene 5, Juliet sticks up for Romeo when the Nurse is verbally attacks Romeo. "Romeo is banished; and all the world to nothing that he dares ne"er come back to challenge you; or if he do, it needs must ... which she hath praised him with above compare so many thousand times? Go, counselor! Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain. I"ll to the friar to know his remedy. If all else fail, myself have power to die." (Act III, Scene 5, L. 237-244) Th...

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... find no other meaning to life without one another and end their youthful lives. The consumption of a poisonous solution is the cause of Romeo death and a dagger to the heart for Juliet's (V.iii 111-171). The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was caused by the extreme impulse to defend each-others love, by the selfishness of Friar Lawrence, and for other people's desperate need for happiness ... 45). 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. Friar L...

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... heaven bless her!/ You are to blame, my lord, to rate her so."(Act III, Scene 5, Line169-170). One is easily able to see the motherly care the nurse shows for Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. The counterpart to the love nurse displays for Juliet as a "mother" is the fatherly love the Friar gives to Romeo. The prince exiles Romeo because of his murder of Tybalt. This leaves ... she not give me thanks?/ Is she not proud? Doth she not count her blest/ Unworthy as she is, that we have wrought/ So worthy a gentlemen to her bride?" (Act III, Scene 5, Line 142-146) . However, his plan backfires and...

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... this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households' rancor to pure love. (II.iii.89-92)" This was a political move for the Friar and had nothing to do about Romeo and Juliet's well being. The main issue about the marriage of Romeo and Juliet was the disregard that the Friar had towards his defiance with respect to Juliet's parents, mainly her father. Juliet's father ... Romeo and Juliet, and they turned to him for advice and a solution to their problem. The couple believed that the solution was a marriage: "but this I pray: That thou consent to marry us today. (II.iii.63-64)" howe...

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... as Romeo was now related to Tybalt through his marriage to Juliet, the Montague refused saying: " Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee / Doth much excuse the appertaining rage / To such a greeting. Villain am I none" (III.i.61-63). In order to defend his friend's honor, Mercutio ... decided to fight on behalf of Romeo, but unfortunately, Romeo interfere the vicious fighters, and Tybalt killed Mercutio under the arms of Romeo. Shortly ... Tybalt saying: " Tybalt, that an hour/ Hath been my cousin. O sweet Juliet! / Thy beauty has made me effeminate," (III.i.112-114). If Romeo and ...

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... Juliet wouldn't have. The neglecting of the letter did a great deal of damage, just as Friar Lawrence predicted it would. The suicide note from Romeo to Montague could have prevented Romeo from killing himself if it was sent in time.Hold, take this letter; early in the morning/ See thou deliver it to my lord and father.? (V,iii) The servant, Balthasar, delivered the letter right away and ... Montague was made aware of the situation; Montague might have been able to stop Romeo from taking his life. Instead, Balthasar waited around ... the tomb, failing to deliver the letter. In Romeo an...

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... one another. He reveals himself to be an impetuous young boy who neither cares to discover the true meaning of love nor invest the time to get to know someone. In the beginning of the play, Romeo grieves over the fact that Rosaline does not reciprocate his feelings.. When he is talking to Benvolio, he ... truly in their hearts but in their eyes" (II. Iii. lns. 67-68). Romeo ignores his admonishing and tries to prove he is unwavering, instead he proves the opposite. When Romeo attends the masquerade party, he is eager to see Rosaline. While Romeo is at the party, he encounters Juliet and c...

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... one another. He reveals himself to be an impetuous young boy who neither cares to discover the true meaning of love nor invest the time to get to know someone. In the beginning of the play, Romeo grieves over the fact that Rosaline does not reciprocate his feelings. When he is talking to Benvolio, he tells ... truly in their hearts but in their eyes" (II. iii. lns. 67-68). Romeo ignores his admonishing and tries to prove he is unwavering, instead he proves the opposite. When Romeo attends the masquerade party, he is eager to see Rosaline. While Romeo is at the party, he encounters Juliet ...

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... " events and situations and the anticipated consequences work in conjunction with this scene to intensify the drama and hold the tension for the audience. The scene is made dramatic by the combination of events before, during and those anticipated as the play draws to a conclusion: characters: Staging: language. The dramatic importance of Act III sc v is emphasized by the events and dramatic emotions leading ... up to this scene. Immediately in the play the indoctrinated hatred between Romeo's family, the Montague's and Juliet's family, the ... and failure to comfort her at the end of th...

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... really crying over Tybalt's death when she was really crying over Romeo leaving the city of Verona. Lady Capulet states, "Everyone weeping for your cousin's death?/What, wilt thou wash him from his grave with tears?"(III.V.71-72). Another example of dramatic irony is when Juliet takes a ... potion that makes her appear dead to show everyone that she couldn't live without her Romeo. After she was back from faking her death, Romeo drank a poison to kill him so he could be with Juliet the rest ... . Romeo states, "Here's to my love O true love apothecary/Thy drugs are quick..Thus with a kis...

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... , As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds / Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry: seeming parted," (III.ii.204-210) "Like a double cheery." This line sums up the reason why they are lost in the forest: it is necessary for them to become distinct from one another. After all, Lysander and Demetrius have been able to shift ... famous line from A Midsummer Nights Dream is when Puck remarks, "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" (III.ii.115) His exclamation, directed at the ridiculous antics of Lysander, is also a direct jibe towards the audience. The absurd...

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... speaking of his love for Rosaline, he is saying that he loves her, and his love is not being reciprocated. In the preceding quote the oxymorons become stronger as the dialogue continues. They become stronger to express Romeo's emotions becoming stronger to show his infatuation with Rosaline, and to show his ... his actions with oxymorons. Using oxymorons represents very strong emotions, in this case confusion. Shakespeare is using oxymorons, yet again. Oxymorons are littered throughout the play which is an effective way to reveal a characters feelings. Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical Do...

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... . Thanks to Queen Elizabeth I, England went to high power range, reaches a surprising degree of prosperity, material, and shines in the domain of letters. Queen Elizabeth I became the owner of the maritime fleet that Europe has ever seen. Shakespeare was born into a wealthy family is that his father John Shakespeare was a businessman ... their readings among the most stressed of Montaigne. After this William Shakespeare began writing his works. In 1590 he wrote works of love lost and the Comedy of Errors. In 1592 he wrote The Two Gentlemen of Verona, first, second, and third parts of Henr...

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... me/ That I must love a loathed enemy"(I.v.139-140). In Romeo and Juliet, there is a mixture of fate and responsibility. Many people affect the outcome of the two lovers" lives, but no more than Romeo and Juliet themselves. Although fate is at work from beginning to end, Romeo and Juliet determine their ... pleading with her mother to not be forced to marry Paris, Juliet says, "Indeed I never shall be satisfied/ with Romeo till I behold him- dead"(III.v.94-95). After apologizing and agreeing to marry Paris, Juliet deceives her parents by taking a potion to make her appear dead. "Romeo, Rom...

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... forever be a maiden and die a widowed maiden. This is shown when she states "When I, thy three-hours wife- (III. ii. 105), and when she states a few lines later, "But I, a maid, die maiden-widowed" (III. ii. 142). Romeo, on the other hand, demonstrates immaturity in the scene where he is crying over his banishment, even though he is alive and well all he cares about ... when he thinks that she is dead. Romeo shows this when he states, "Here's to my love! O true apothecary! / They drugs are pick. Thus with a kiss I die"(V. iii. 119-120). Another occasion that shows the love felt between ...

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... ) "O find him! Give this ring to my true knight, and bid him come to take his last farewell" (III.ii.142-143). Romeo says, "And what says my concealed lady to our cancelled love?" (III.iii.97-98) Juliet's ability to see the optimistic side of the situation strikes a dire blow to Romeo's apparently pessimistic attitude. Romeo and Juliet's disparate outlook on life are not ... the only traits showing the contrast in their personality. The two characters are just as much contrasted in their level of dependency on ... marriage. Juliet remarks, "Therefore, out of thy long-experienced time, g...

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... he is madly in love with a girl named Rosaline, but cannot have her for "she hasth sworn that she will live chaste" (Act l; sc. iii; l. 215). The love at first sight Romeo experiences when he first sees Juliet at Capulet's party compels him to ask himself if his "heart loved till now?" (Act ... l; sc. v; l. 52) One might argue that Romeo's love then lies not truly in [his] heart but in [his] eyes" (Act ll; sc. iii; l. 67-68). Apart from ... being fickle Romeo is also immature. His immaturity is shown when he looses his temper and kills Tybalt in a duel on the streets of Verona. Romeo is...

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... everything she does for Juliet like taking care of her. First off, she basically raised Juliet. This is established in the play when the nurse says "Thou wast the prettiest babe that e'er I nurs'd: And I might live to see thee married once" (I, iii,60-61). This shows that she nursed and raised her as a child and watched her grow up until now ... ;She shall be married to noble earl. Will you be ready? Do you like this haste?" (III, iv, 21-22). This shows that he is taking the responsibility of making the marriage happen. Capulet makes a very responsible figure because he cares about Julie...

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... ) he states. Capulet will only forgive her if she will consent to herfather's decision "...I'll give you to my friend./An you be not hang, beg,starve, die in the streets." (III, v, 203-204) His wife, upon hearingJuliet's decision against marrying to Paris, refuses to give Juliet counsel."Talk not to me, for I'll not speak a word./Do as thou wilt for ... /Which she hath praised himbeyond compare/So many thousand times?" (III, v, 249-252) The Nurse'sbetrayal causes Juliet to go to the Friar with the intent to commit suicideshould he be unable to help Juliet - "I'll to the Friar to know hisr...

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... Tybalt and Mercutio dual. After Tybalt fatally wounds Mercutio, Mercutio (being the joker that he is) continues making jokes. "Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch." (III. i. 97). And a few lines later, "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man." (III. i. 101-102). While Shakespeare uses puns for humor very often in the book, there are many times where you can find them that ... enhance the story line. As early as the 26th line we have, "Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maiden-heads. Take it in what sense thou wilt." (I. i. 26 ... eyes shut that makes thee answer "Ay." If he ...

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