... 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 and creates a little humour with sarcasm. After the Capulet party when ... Romeo went missing Mercutio insults Romeo in a friendly way by making the remark, " The ape is dead and I must conjure him thee by Rosaline's bright eyes." (2, ...

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... 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 alone and scared of his future. The only ... wallowing in his self-pity. He strengthened Romeo's character and gave him a more experienced outlook on love. Romeo also displayed friendly love throughout the play. The first instance of this is when he tries to prevent a fight between Mercutio and Tybalt (pg. 652, Line 83). Ro...

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... . And I for winking at your discords too, Have lost a brace of kinsman. All are punished. (5.3.301-305) Even Prince has suffered from the recent violence with the loss of Mercutio. From the senseless antics of Mercutio, to the vengeful hate of Tybalt, to the blunt honesty of Benvolio, the play of Romeo and Juliet is full of timeless characters. Take Mercutio for instance. Think about his Queen ... family in trouble, he leaves out no detail. For example, after the big street fight in which, Mercutio and Tybalt are killed, he tells of Romeo's fault to Prince, while knowing that Romeo, his ...

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... a bad idea to go saying "And we mean well in going to this masque, but no wit to go".(754) This would be the beginning of the end of Romeo's life. The second biggest mistake mad by Romeo was marrying Juliet without their parents consent. In their time marriages were arranged and they had no choice but ... thee dislike"(768) when she asks if it was him spying on her. His marraige to Juliet would seal his fate and later take the lives of both the young lovers. The third decision went bad was killing Tybalt. It all started when Tybalt was insulting Romeo, Romeo would not retaliate and it ma...

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... my conduct now? Romeo even states that his "fury" has governed his speedy reaction. "Now Tybalt, take the "villain" back again that thou gavest me, for Mercutio's soul is but a little way above our heads, staying for thine to keep him company." This shows that Romeo cared a lot ... quickly to his friend's death. "Oh, I am a fortune's fool." Here we see the consequences of Romeo's hasty reactions, which causes him distress and agony as he is banished to Mantua by the Prince and unable to see Juliet. Romeo's final and fatal emotionally based hasty response occurs after Romeo ... hears the...

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... .ii.100-106). In contrast to Juliet, Romeo is unable to think about anything except the banishment. Romeo states, ""Tis torture, and not mercy. Heaven is here where Juliet lives, and every cat and dog and little mouse, every unworthy thing, live here in heaven, and may look on her, but ... Romeo may not" (III.iii.29-33). "Yet "banished"? Hang up philosophy! Unless philosophy can make a Juliet, displant a town, reverse a prince's doom, it helps not, it prevails not; ... ). Juliet remarks, "Although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contrast tonight. It is too rash, too unadvised, too s...

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... modern setting to its full potential and should be required viewing for any director who looks to put a modern spin on the 400-year- old play. Capulet and Montague become warring Mafia leaders, the Prince of Verona is a police chief trying to overcome the violence, and television anchors represent Shakespeare's traditional chorus. Other, more subtle narrative devices work equally as well. No modern audience ... with Shakespeare's dated language. Giving the classic play this modern twist makes for a new understanding of the text and brings the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets t...

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... do for the town of Verona. The Montague family is superior to the Capulets. The superiority of the Montagues can be shown easily by looking simply at the ideas of the people in the town. The things said to the Montagues are few in number, but the things that are said have serious importance. One such important statement is made by Juliet. "Take him and cut him out in little stars, / That ... all the world will ... be in love with the night" (III, ii, 22, 24). In these lines she is saying that if Romeo were the stars, everyone would love the night. "O calm, dishonorable, vile submission...

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