In the play Romeo and Juliet, it is obvious that both Benvolio and Mercutio have a strong devotion to their relationship with Romeo. At first, the question of who is a better friend may seem impossible to answer; however, to determine the answer, we must examine not only their devotion to Romeo but the individual qualities that they demonstrate through the play. They both stay by Romeo’s side throughout the play, and do their best to help keep him from harm, but they have one major difference that…
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Romeo and Juliet Compared To A Midsummer Night’s Dream Two of William Shakespeare's most well known plays are Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Romeo and Juliet are the two main characters in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, a tragedy written in 1595. It is about these two young people, who are supposedly”star crossed lovers” who fall in love and within days of meeting each other they die. In Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio, part of Romeo’s family, and Tybalt, part of Juliet’s family…
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Tybalt kills Mercutio and Romeo kills Tybalt. All of these events lead up to the tragedy that is Romeo and Juliet. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Benvolio and Nurse should be pardoned, while Lord Capulet should be punished. First of all Benvolio should be pardoned. He should be pardoned because he is a peacemaker. This is because in the story he stops the servants and, Tybalt and Mercutio from fighting. Benvolio did this because he says “Put up your swords for you know not what they do.”(1.4.55)…
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is one of the most influential plays ever written. It combines compelling characters with an engaging storyline that still brings people together. Throughout the play, characters show their different personalities that often make unique decisions. These decisions can affect other characters’ lives and add to the tragedy of the play. Tybalt and Friar Lawrence’s specific behavior make them responsible for the famous tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. First, Tybalt is too proud…
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"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?" says William Shakespeare(2.2.35). In the play Romeo and Juliet there was a lot of violence almost every scene. In Romeo and Juliet there were two families who live in the same city and they are not fond of each other whatsoever. Until one day Romeo and Juliet meet each other and fall instantly in love. Everyday they always had obstacles they had to pass and most of them lead to violent deaths. In the end of the play Juliet and Romeo both die for eachother…
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In William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo develops the theme that those who make decisions based on emotion leads to others downfall. Shakespeare demonstrates Romeo's impulsive decisions when he attends the Capulet party when he attempts to stop the fight between Mercutio and Tybalt and when Romeo buys poison from the apothecary. Romeo's hasty decisions are first shown when he decides to attend the Capulet's party even though he was not invited. The Capulet's invite Mercutio and Benvolio…
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Explore the different themes within Shakespeare's tragic play, Romeo and Juliet. Themes are central to understanding Romeo and Juliet as a play and identifying Shakespeare's social and political commentary. Fate From the beginning, we know that the story of Romeo and Juliet will end in tragedy. We also know that their tragic ends will not result from their own personal defects but from fate, which has marked them for sorrow. Emphasizing fate's control over their destinies, the Prologue tells…
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet is full of death and despair. This is the basic structure of such forms of literature. But who is to blame for the death of the stars of the play, Romeo and Juliet? It is very clear that Tybalt is to blame because of his neglect to stop the first fight in the play, his attack on Romeo, and the chain reaction that ensued following those events . In fact,he is not only responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths…
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choice controls our lives. William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, divulges the answer. Both fate and human choice plays an important role in the plot of Romeo and Juliet. Fate controls what happens to Romeo and Juliet however their choices contribute to their fate. Peter running into Romeo and asking to him to read the letter is fate; however Romeo’s decision to go to the party and not tell anyone about his marriage to Juliet is human choice. Both Romeo and Juliet have to thank fate for their…
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In his play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses conflict to define Romeo as a tragic hero by uncertainty, injudicious, and undecided. In many of Shakespeare’s plays are categorized as tragedies. In his plays a tragedy is known for ending sorrowful due to the fall of the main character. For a play to be a tragedy, there has to be a tragic hero; Romeo is the tragic hero. The topic of tragedy plays a big part in the play Romeo and Juliet. By examining Romeo’s tragic blemish, his noble birth, his series…
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