... included. The most important minor character that has influenced the final tragedy of the play was Friar Lawrence. The roles that these characters play set the mood, influences the ending and reveals important information about themselves or other characters. Mercutio played a very important role for a character that was only there for a short period time. He catches our attention by being very loud ... ) He is also the type to tell things how they are and does not hold information back to spare feelings. When Romeo was feeling down Mercutio advised him and tried to make him realize the ...

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... the play, the Nurse is the only individual, other than Friar Lawrence, cognizant of the affair between Romeo and Juliet. 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! Hark you sir." ... However, unbeknownst to him, Juliet is not truly dead. Romeo is overcome by this loss and mistakenly takes his own life. In course, when Juliet awakens, she kills herself because Romeo has died. A second f...

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