... Shakespear were alive today I think he would have been impressed by Luhrman's attempt to modernize his story, as he has done this very intelligently and very well. The Ball - Act 1 Scene 5 This scene is where we first see Romeo and Juliet together, and this is the scene they first meet. It starts when the Montagues sneak into a Capulet party/ball. A traditional Shakespearean ball, with traditional dress ... and dancing is used in the Zefferelli version. Romeo and his fellow Montagues are able to make it inside the Capulet residence because the ball is a 'masked ball'. Romeo uses a cat ....

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... !/ 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 the young man ... a little way above our heads/ Staying for thine to keep him company/ Either thou or I, or both, must go with him" (Act III, Scene 1, Line 121-129) Without the ever-present love among the peers of the characters in Romeo a...

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... 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 thou art ... violent and dangerous. Romeo and Juliet might hope that the Montagues and Capulets would stop feuding with each other, due to their marriage. In act 3 scene 1, Tybalt is looking for Rom...

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... When he 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. He ... ditches his friends by climbing over the garden wall. Mercutio continues to make jokes at Romeo's expense. Scene 2---- While Romeo ... argues that Paris would be a better husband than ...

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... 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 himself because he thought ... 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 himself, Juliet awakens. Juliet awakens, and a...

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... 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) The love between Romeo and Juliet and their friends impacts their actions and decisions. Mercutio defends Romeo's honor at the risk of getting killed by fighting Tybalt. Prier ... to Mercutio and Tybalt fighting, Mercutio sticks up for Romeo, "But I"ll be hanged, sir, if her wear you livery. Marry, go before ... ...

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... manifests itself within the strong familial identities that keep Romeo and Juliet from making their relationship public. Juliet makes that abundantly clear when she hopes for Romeo to "Deny thy father and refuse thy name Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet." (Romeo and Juliet, Act 2.2). This divide of familial identities and honor separates the two lovers, causing the major ... writ there with beauty's pen That book in many's eyes doth share the glory That in gold clasps locks in the golden story." (Romeo and Juliet, Act 1.3). That is to say, Paris...

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... Montague's. Examine the characters of Romeo and Tybalt and how much is reflected in the behaviour and language up to and including Act 3 Scene 1. From the time of the Greeks, tragedy has been one of the main themes of writers. Usually in a tragedy play the main character has one main weakness or flaw, which leads to their downfall. However in Romeo and Juliet when both of them die at ... with the relationship for example when Tybolts says "draw your sword and fight" to Mrcutio he is getting involved with the relationship "Romeo and Juliet" is a tragedy centralising on the major conflict ...

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Romeo and Juliet is one of the best plays that Shakespeare wrote. In this essay I am going to analyse the behaviour of Juliet in Act 4 Scene 3 when Juliet says her last words before she takes the sleeping potion which the Friar gave her. Juliet feels that the nurse has betrayed her by telling her to listen to her father and to marry Paris. Her father thinks it's best that ... about to wake up. Juliet thinks this is the only thing she can do so she accepted it and decided to go through with the plan. She would rather die then live without her Romeo as she says in this quote; Be not so long to ...

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... he the time to ponder the situation he may have acted differently. Romeo's action has threatened the public order of Verona and the Prince has no alternative but to act decisively. Unbeknown to him, his action is aimed at thwarting the love of Romeo and Juliet. The danger now for Romeo in continuing to meet Juliet is increased because he has to avoid the authorities as well as ... the Capulets. COMPARING THE CHARACTERS The frame of mind and conversation between Mercutio and Benvolio scurrying noise. This is at the beginning of Act 3 Scene 1 when Benvolio and Mercutio is somewhere fair a...

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... the play itself, which is the fate from which Romeo and Juliet cannot deny, and the "stars" which are controlling their destinies to be together and eventually die tragically. Fate is signaled through various premonitions that give a clear foresight of the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. In Act II, Friar Lawrence says, "These violent delights have violent end, and in triumph die". This is a clear allusion that ... would not have occurred. One of these events includes the masquerade ball of the Capulets, where Romeo and Juliet first encounter each other. Romeo and Juliet could not have avoi...

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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 couple's hopes and dreams can be transformed into despair and tragedy. Previous scenes" events and situations and ... 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 e...

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... the play, the audience is getting a vague idea of who the main antagonists and protagonists are. There are various parts in the play in which Tybalt and Don John act in very similar ways. For example during a masked ball in "Romeo and Juliet," Tybalt sees Romeo at the Capulet's ball, and therefore instantly wants to kill Romeo, and tells a servant to "fetch me my rapier, boy." Proving that Tybalt will ... happen in the play would never happen in Elizabethan England. Whereas a modern audience would respond to "Romeo and Juliet" as if it were meant to confuse them, as there are many scene...

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... deaths of Romeo and Juliet is the nurse. The nurses intentions are proven good because of the constant love and understanding she gave to Juliet. She did the best for Juliet and even passed Romeo's message about the marriage on to Juliet. At one point though, the nurse gave up on Romeo and Juliet's love and said : "I think it best you married with the county, O, he's a lovely gentlemen! Romeo's disclout to him" (Act 3, v ) Although it ... was wrong to say and a betrayal to Juliet, it is evident the nurse ... ...

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... , " Is she a Capulet? O dear account! My life is my foe's debt"(Act-1, S-5, L-117-118, P-69). As Mercutio lays dying he blames the family feud and curses them, " A plague o"both your houses" (Act-3, S-1, L-90, P-147) The anguish and animosity shown by both families, contributed to the continuing feuding thus influencing great difficulty in Romeo and Juliet ever being together in life. Secondly the untimely deaths were a series of ... chain reactions steaming from the family feud; this greatly influenced spontaneous, blind and vile actions, preformed by certain characters. In a brawl soon...

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Irony In Act Three of ROMEO AND JULIET Throughout Romeo and Juliet there is a great deal of irony. Scene three contains ironic events like the death of Mercutio, Romeo's reaction to his banishment and Lady Capulet's joyful news. This book also contains examples of dramatic irony like Tybalt's challenge and Juliet's engagement to Paris. Dramatic irony is an example of figurative language where we, the readers, know something that a character does ... Scene one of act three is a good example of a dramatic irony. In this scene Tybalt mocks Romeo by saying,Romeo the love I bear thee can afford- No...

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... the most famous scenes in all of Shakespeare's plays is the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet. The way that Luhrman portrays the balcony scene is very different from what is imagined by the readers. Juliet is not actually on her balcony when she is talking to Romeo. She came down and sat by the fountain. Luhrman cuts out much of the dialogue in this scene ... twenty-four hours you could be that close to someone). The placement of the characters in the pool has a symbolic meaning. Water can mean life and youth, but it can also be a sexual symbol. Both Romeo and Juliet are young, and full...

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... . It 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 ... , which is impossible. Romeo cannot defy the stars any more than he can change history. When Romeo tries to "Shake the yoke of inauspicious stars" in act 5 scene 3, he is making a final attempt to defy ...

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... 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 ... leave because the...

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... 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 Juliet have performed their marriage without any parental consent, which was an offense against her demanding father. After consummating this new union Juliet is brokenhearted and anxious after Romeo leaves the scene, she then has to deal with her ... 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 Romeo envisions Juliet as a mystical creature, a "wing...

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... . Hatred had reached the lowest servants from each of the families. Due to the hate, the relationship of Romeo and Juliet would never have been public. The feuding families would have condemned the relationship, something the two lovers could not accept. In Act 1, scene 2, the fact that Romeo and his friends were uninvited, but still attended the Capulet's party, added to Tybalt's anger. Tybalt was the ... have disowned her. Ironically, at the party that Lord Capulet held so that Juliet could meet her projected husband, Paris, she met her future husband, Romeo. They met by chance, lookin...

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... who was sticking up for Romeo the fight ended in a death, the death of Tybalt; then out of anger Romeo killed Tybalt and then was banished from Verona. In act 3 Scene 1 Benvolio and Mercutio are out on the town. Benvolio returns to avoid a fight. Tybalt arrives and looks for Romeo and finds him to fight. Romeo refuses to fight because he has married Juliet. Mercutio fights in Romeos ... place but dies. Because of this Romeo kills Tybalt and gets exiled from Verona. This ... changes their situation. After the fight everything was different for Romeo and Juliet the fight ... ...

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Romeo & Juliet Romeo & Juliet is the most famous tragedy in literature. In this essay I hope to analyse Juliet's action and behaviour in Act 4 Scene 3. This scene is set in Juliet's chamber and takes place the night before the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The events prior to this scene have been disastrous; Romeo slays Tybalt and gets exiled to Mantua. Upon hearing this Juliet becomes frenzied and after spending one last night with Romeo she calms down ... . However unbeknown to Juliet, Lord Capulet has been planning ... ...

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... bad fortune. If the two families where friends there would not be a problem with Romeo loving and marrying Juliet as they would probably be honoured and encourage it as it would link up the two families. Secondly, Romeo not meeting Juliet before she becomes engaged to Paris. After all the years that Romeo and Juliet have been alive they have never met or known about each other. This is ... quite strange as the Montagues and Capulets are at war with each other and each family talks about the other. It is also bad luck ... that Tybalt kills Mercutio as it leads to Romeo killing Tybalt. T...

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... that I'm wrong because she seemed fine and continuing with the plan of marrying Paris. Today is a new day, and Juliet is marrying Paris. I'm somewhat excited, but sad at the same time. Thinking about how Romeo's doing in Mantua. Wait one second, this isn't a wedding! This is a funeral! Balthasar Balthasar's Diary Act V I can't believe what I'm seeing! Poor Juliet is being placed into the Capulet's Monastery ... ! I must get to Mantua and tell Romeo the terrible news! I saw Friar ... John on my way to Mantua, what could he possibly be doing out here? I've finally made it to Mantua on hor...

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