... love. Romeo and Juliet's love is incompleted. Romeo can not woo Juliet openly as Paris can; they decide to marry in secret on the balcony in a hurry. They have their wedding without friends, relatives even parents. They do not have enough time to stay with each other to figure out the future. The total time they spend together may be less ... so Paris asks Lord Capulet to marry his daughter and wants to marry her as soon as possible, they can not publicize their love so Juliet's parents arrange the second wedding for her to man she does not love at all which compels her to take the risk...

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... were married young. Even though Juliet was acting maturely towards Romeo's courting methods in act 2 sc. 2, she acted her age when she couldn't wait to hear the news about her wedding from the Nurse in act 2 sc. 5. She was rather like a child eager to unwrap her presents from father Christmas. In contras, in the famous balcony scene, Juliet thought of the ... . She pauses because a black cat is sitting on the sundial and starts saying "Lord, how my head aches ) The cat is representing bad luck thus over shadows the young lovers' wedding. Juliet is unaware of the black cat and get hold of...

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... love. Romeo and Juliet's love is incompleted. Romeo can not woo Juliet openly as Paris can; they decide to marry in secret on the balcony in a hurry. They have their wedding without friends, relatives even parents. They do not have enough time to stay with each other to figure out the future. The total time they spend together may be less ... so Paris asks Lord Capulet to marry his daughter and wants to marry her as soon as possible, they can not publicize their love so Juliet's parents arrange the second wedding for her to man she does not love at all which compels her to take the risk...

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... was seen weeping by her father, Lord Capulet, who was led to believe that she was crying over Tybalt's death. Thinking that he could comfort her, he decided to stage a wedding. In desperation, Juliet went to see Friar Laurence and ask him for help or she will kill herself. Fearing the worst, he devised a plan with the use of a poison which ... friends, beg pardon from the Prince, and bring Romeo back from Mantua, to end the family feud. But Lord Capulet had other ideas, such as moving the wedding date a day earlier, announcing Paris and Juliet's wedding, and Romeo not receiving the lett...

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... Juliet is marrying a man of noble commands named Paris. He seems to be quite a gentlemen but somewhat he has a filled mind of himself. Lord Capulet is getting ready for the wedding, he's summoned numerous amounts of entertainment. It's going to be a diverting time. I've been seeing Juliet roaming around with Friar Laurence. They both seem quite suspicious in my eyes. I haven ... 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! Balt...

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... . Right after meeting Romeo at the masquerade party, she says to her nurse "Go, ask his name – If he be married, my grave is like to be my wedding bed" (1.5.148). This means she would sooner die rather than marry anyone else other than him. Later that night in the garden Romeo and Juliet declare their love for ... .4.31). After Juliet makes her plan with the Friar to drink the potion, she tells her father she will gladly marry Paris. He is so happy that he changes the wedding to Wednesday instead. He says "send the County; go tell him of this: I'll have this knot knit up to-morrow morni...

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... , Juliet's mother, the nurse cares for Juliet, knows exactly when she was born, and has fond memories of her childhood. The Nurse acted like a messenger, meeting with Romeo to discuss wedding plans for him and Juliet. The love of friends was necessary for any future love to blossom. The next form of love was for enemies. The hatred between the houses ... hasty and forced Juliet to marry Paris. Juliet saw her only option was to fake her death and wait for Romeo to return to her. On the eve of her wedding, Juliet drank a poison that made her appear to be dead. Romeo had not found out about...

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... 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 after Romeo's wedding to Juliet, Mecutio dies by Tybalt's hand. Benvolio announces to Romeo his death" O Romeo, Romeo, brave Mercutio's dead" ( Act-5,S1,L-115P-149). After Mercutio's death Romeo vows that either Tybalt ... untimely demise of the main characters. Lastly irony has a large part in the main characters tragic and unfortunate conclusion. As irony would have it Romeo was banished soon a...

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... Lawrence's cell There stags a husband to make you a wife." (Shakespeare II. vi. 73-74). This quote shows that the nurse arranged the marriage of Romeo and Juliet. By arranging this wedding the Nurse created a situation where the families don't know of a marriage, and this is very dangerous when there is a feud going on. If the Nurse would have told anyone about ... selves, but not without the help of others like the Friar, the Nurse, and Mr. Capulet. The Nurse caused their deaths through her not telling anyone needed information about the wedding of Romeo and Juliet and by not supportin...

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... has to apologize to her father and make him think that she will marry County Paris. Her father is so pleased to hear Juliet say this that he moves the wedding day to Wednesday instead of Thursday. This makes it hard for Juliet to get word to Romeo in time about her plan but she tries her best. She takes the ... dagger and proceeds to kill herself, for the same reason that he killed himself. Had he received the letter this would not have happened, or if the day of the wedding had not changed this would not have happened. As you can see the ending of Romeo and Juliet was determined by man...

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... where she is getting married. When Juliet wants to propose to Romeo the Nurse takes the chance and does it for her. The nurse returns with the plans for their wedding, "Then hie you hence to Friar Laurence' cell,There stays a husband to make you a wife" (II, v, 68-69). Since Juliet is not supposed to see Romeo, the nurse ... ...

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... mature views on marriage, coming to believe it to be a serious commitment for life, and would rather die than cheat on her husband. On the contrary, Lord Capulet treats the wedding ceremony merely as a rite to bring happiness and stability to his household and as a simple event which could be carried out without much thought. Even if it is with the ... ...

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... , deals with reckless love and tragic death. When Romeo and Juliet meet each other at a party in Verona, Italy, they fall in love. Despite being from opposing households, they arrange a wedding. Complication between their two families leads to demise. The two lovers fall upon death because of a lack of sense and logic among Romeo, Juliet, and her parents. Romeo, a young Montague ... ...

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... when Friar Lawrence married them: "For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone / Till holy church incorporate two in one"" (2.6.). Due to Capulet's prejudice, Juliet was forced to have a wedding in secrecy because her father would never allow her to marry a Montague due to his prejudice against Montagues. Another drastic measure Juliet had to perform because of Capulet's prejudice was ... ...

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... her closed cousin, Tybalt, has been killed. Her parents begin to think Juliet's crying over the death of her cousin, when she is really crying over Romeo. Her parents plan a wedding for their lovely daughter and Paris, which is what Juliet, doesn't want, even in the slightest amount. Both Juliet and Romeo want to keep their marriage a secret, from Lord Capulet ... ...

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... thine my sin is purged." (I.v.137) Juliet deeply loves Romeo also, because she already ants to give her life for him, she says," My grave is like to be my wedding bed." She loves her only enemy as she explains," My only love, sprung from my only hate." Love strongly represents itself between Romeo and Juliet when Juliet becomes ready to ... ...

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... prisoners were taken to their executions on. Capulet said it to his daughter about going to her preordained marriage. What kind of person threatens to take his daughter to her wedding as a prisoner? The fight in Act I was somewhat of a scare to Montague because he was unaware of the absence of Romeo. When Benvolio told Lady Montague that her son had ... ...

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... . The most important outcome of this scene is Romeo's banishment, as this leads to the miscommunication that leads Romeo to believe that Juliet is dead. The decision to move Juliet's wedding to Paris a day earlier is a move that sends Julie into a panic. Her lover for Romeo is such that she will never marry Paris. This motivates her to seek Friar Lawrence ... ...

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... 's thoughtful nature. Romeo acts before he thinks while Juliet always contemplates seriously before taking any actions. While Romeo is being excited about winning Juliet's heart and eager to plan their wedding, Juliet is worrying about their love going too fast. Romeo says, "When and where and how we met, we wooed, and made exchange of vow, I"ll tell thee as we ... ...

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... the letter never reached Romeo. Both these events showed that the friar did not understand the significance of the plan himself. He told Juliet to drink the potion on her wedding day and made his letter to Romeo the basis of the plan, however he did not make sure that Romeo gets the letter. When Friar John returned from Mantua and ... ...

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... an example of outstanding filmmaking in its own right. One good example of this contrast in styles is evident in the scene where Mercutio is killed and afterwards during the wedding. Under the direction of Luhrman, the change from one sad event to the happy occasion is dramatic and fast, whereas the older version is more stable and almost subdued, without ... ...

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... loved these intimate references as well as his subsequent jokes about "medlar" fruit and "poppering pear[s]" (2.1.35, 39). The comic intensity increases when the nurse comes to arrange the clandestine wedding. Mercutio and Romeo make fun of her size, by saying "A sail, a sail!" (2.4.100). Then, Mercutio lifts up the nurse's dress and takes a peek. He then talks about her being an ... ...

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... ; Juliet told she's to marry Paris; she goes to Friar Lawrence for help, Friar Lawrence gave her the sleeping potion (work in 24 hours) Romeo should told by the letter; wedding to Paris put forward by one day Juliet takes the potion at the bedtime. Romeo misses the letter from Friar Lawrence; Juliet discovered "dead"; Romeo find out Juliet is "dead ... ...

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... better for me. At least with death I could have been with Juliet. Thank goodness the friar heard my pleads and he devised a plan. He told me I should go spend my wedding night with Juliet and in the Morning leave for Mantua. What else could I do? ACT 4 Dear Diary, Life here in Mantua is extremely dull. I think about my fair Juliet every ... ...

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... with it, so I had to help her. So we concocted a plan to give Juliet the image of death, she would do this by drinking a potion on the night before the wedding. It would seam to the family that she was dead, but in fact the potion would put Juliet in to a deep sleep. I wrote a letter to Romeo explaining our plan and ... ...

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