... 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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... " 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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... 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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... 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 ... had done before in Act IV, Scene III. This minor coincidence does not have much bearing on the course of the play, but changes the way we think of "toasting" to someone. Friar Laurence entered the tomb just less than ...

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... ; he slew Mercutio. / Who now the price of his dear blood doth owe?" III.i 179-180). As love is a recurring theme, hate is reinforced in the play through the "ancient grudge" between the two households. From the very beginning of the play, as the chorus narrates the prologue, the audience are shown the great enmity between the two households and how the hate has been transgressed through the younger generation ("From ancient grudge break ... hate: " Capulet, Montague, / See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, / That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love!" (V.iii. 290-294). Th...

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... four lovers end up wishing for daylight at the end of Act III, Scene 2: "Come, thou gentle day" (Act III, Scene 2, 418)"O weary night, O long and tedious night,/ Abate thy hours, shine comforts from the east" (Act III, Scene 2, 431-432). Physical darkness impairs or transforms vision, and by transforming the sense humans rely on most, the night forest forces new kinds of looking. Shakespeare ... includes the aspect of vision and its relation to darkness. The power of night transforms the gaze in that the eye's ability is diminished, but the ear's strength is augmented. Hermia ... art no...

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... four lovers end up wishing for daylight at the end of Act III, Scene 2: "Come, thou gentle day" (Act III, Scene 2, 418)"O weary night, O long and tedious night,/ Abate thy hours, shine comforts from the east" (Act III, Scene 2, 431-432). Physical darkness impairs or transforms vision, and by transforming the sense humans rely on most, the night forest forces new kinds of looking. Shakespeare ... includes the aspect of vision and its relation to darkness. The power of night transforms the gaze in that the eye's ability is diminished, but the ear's strength is augmented. Hermia ... art no...

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... himself whether he should kill himself, or if it is "nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune," (Hamlet III.i.57). Similarly, In Romeo and Juliet, fate is blamed the cause of trouble. After the death of Tybalt, Romeo exclaims that he is "fortune's fool!" (Romeo and Juliet, III.i.136). It is clear that these characters are primarily governed by their belief in ... as well, evident in both Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet. Hamlet utters in one of his soliloquies while he contemplates suicide, "To be, or not to be, that is the question" (Hamlet III.i.55). Shakespeare tends ...

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... play fighting, so: "Draw, Benvolio; beat down their weapons. Gentle men, for shame, forbear this outrage! Tybalt, Mercutio, the Prince expressly hath Forbid this bandying in Verona streets. Hold, Tybalt! Good Mercutio! (III, I, 85-89). It is apparent that Romeo is frantically trying to stop Tybalt and Mercutio from fighting. The audience knows that Mercutio and Tybalt are only "play" fighting, as do ... the character on stage but because Romeo was late for the start of the "fight" he was not informed of this, until Mercutio passes ... my cousin's ghost Seeking out Romeo, that did split...

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... Romeo and Juliet is about then actually read it because it is identical in every possible way. Act III, Scene I Act III opens with Mercutio and Benvolio walking as usual around the town. Benvolio's keen instinct is telling him that a brawl could erupt in the street at any moment, and he warns Mercutio that they should go home at once. Mercutio is not as ... and for all: I do protest, I never injured thee, But love thee better than thou canst devise Till thou shalt know the true reason of my love; And so, good Capulet, -- which name I tender As dearly as mine own, -- be satisfied (III.i....

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... will make one do crazy, unexpected things, and that acting out in pride or rage is very dangerous to not only the person acting out, but those who surround him or her. To start, Tybalt is overconfident at the beginning of Act III, and decides to challenge Romeo to a duel. Romeo does not accept, but Mercutio does. After Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo duels ... acting out in rage and excessive hatred. In a sonnet, the volta signifies the change in the mood. In Act III Scene I, the play's entire genre shifts from romance to tragedy. Furthermore, the places where there are sonnets in this pla...

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... kiss. Juliet persists to play with words. This is a good example of her strength. Another example of Juliet's character happens early on in the play - Juliet had told her mother that she didn't want to get married, "it is an honour I dream not of" (1.iii.66), yet she went against her word and married Romeo even though she knew he was a Montague ... , the enemy of her family. This shows she is a self-willed character as she has betrayed her family just to do what she wants, which ... with Romeo. This tells us that Juliet will always be focussed and strong willed even when it comes to her...

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... , fate may have been trying to do more than bring the two together. In Act V, scene iii, The Prince says, "A glooming peace this morning with it brings..." after the two are discovered dead and their marriage revealed by the Friar. The hatred and feud between the two houses was causing so many to loose their lives. The Prince was fed up with them and their brawls, such as ... could have been initially killed in a feud and never have met Juliet. The peace may have been the final part in this grand scheme which seems so perfectly plotted, bringing together two lovers and two families full ...

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... live in happiness, or was it their own actions that caused their so-called inevitable deaths? In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, it was the decisions of the main characters, Romeo and Juliet, which brought about their demise. Acts that are mistaken as fate, acts of selfishness and anger that are blamed ... make it into Mantua due to "fear of infection" (V, iii, 16) as Friar John says. So what many people believe is fate is actually how the timing of a plague in a city made Friar John's ability to see Romeo impossible. The fact is that the plague happened without warning and quite...

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... a "spontaneous, passionate child of nature". By others her emotion is described as a sort of magic: "Alike bewitched by the charm of refusing to describe it: But my true love is grown to such excess / I cannot sum up some of half my wealth" (III.i.33-34). Love, in other words, resists any single metaphor because it is too powerful to be so easily ... contained or understood. The power of love allows us to question how two such young people have such feelings for each other. And ... Tybalt, he refers to himself as "Fortune's fool" and his victim as being "writ in sour misfortune's book"...

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... no choice in whether she will marry Paris. She also believes that maybe Juliet will never see Romeo alive again. There is proof of this when the nurse says: " I think you are happy in this second match, for it excels your first; or if it did not, Your first is ... living here and you no use of him." ( Act 3, v ) This evidence should prove that the nurse should be pardoned. The thing that most led to the untimely death of Romeo and Juliet is the feud between the Montagues and Capulets. Their hate for each other prevented Romeo and Juliet to love each other freely and ... After the deaths,...

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... outgoing to his contemporaries holding many high quality parties and events, which flaunt his luxurious lifestyle and show his wealth to his guests. As well as the fact that holding celebrations and balls of this magnificent scale can't be cheap an opening party is held to impress Paris and get to know and ... and shouting and getting mad and out of hand towards her which adds to the drama of the situation. He wants the marriage to happen quickly because he knows that Paris is a very good catch, "a man of wax" as the nurse observes in Act 1 Scene iii. Capulet doesn't want to lose him, and...

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... in the world. In this play, the ability that makes one person love another person or living creature is in the potion of the magical flower. The love potion is made from the juice of the magical flower that was struck with one of Cupid's misfired arrows by piercing a hundred thousand hearts; it is used by the fairies to wreak romantic havoc throughout Acts II, III, and IV. The love ... potion thus becomes a symbol of the unreasoning, fickle, erratic, and undeniably powerful nature of love, which can lead to inexplicable and bizarre behavior and cannot be resisted. With this magical poti...

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... school, his boyhood was probably fascinating. Stratford was an exciting place to live. Stratford also had fields and woods surrounding it giving William the opportunity to hunt and trap small game. Shakespeare's' poems and plays show his love of nature and rural life which reflects his childhood ... . On November 28, 1582, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway of the neighboring village of Shottery. Hamnet, Shakespeare's son, died in 1596. In 1607, his daughter Susana got married. Shakespeare's other daughter, Judith, ... Juliet", "Titus Andronicus", and "Julius Caesar". In the category of h...

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... vital events that helped lead to the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The deaths of both Mercutio and Tybalt are particular events that occur and are great examples of the intense power that fate possesses over the young lover's and their futures. In Act III, scene I, several days after the ball, Benvolio and Mercutio are discussing the quarrelsome weather. At the same time, Tybalt, who has ... confronted Romeo because of his appearance at the masquerade, enters, seeking Romeo. On Romeo's behalf, Mercutio stands ... up for Romeo, and starts struggling. Romeo then steps in, trying to bring ...

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