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sure that Romeo can not hide. Romeo and his friends, discuss how they will act at the party held by their enemies. In addition, Mercutio tells Romeo and Benvolio that they can use their masks to hide their emotions (1.4.31-32). The masks, instead of being a way to hide external factors, can also hide internal emotions. Mercutio, Romeo, and Benvolio use masks so they are not caught by the Capulets, but they also want to make sure they only show the people in attendance what they want to show…

To start off with, a fight is going on between the families. The two families exchange words before Tybalt, a Capulet, suddenly comes in, ready to fight. He warns Benvolio, a Montague, to “turn, thee,” and “look upon thy death”, but Benvolio asks him to remain peaceful. Tybalt is not convinced, and he instigates with the declaration of “have at thee, coward”(Shakespeare.I.i.57-62). It can be seen that Tybalt is impulsive and lacks second thought. As…

Every 9th grader knows the troubles of Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. However, you don’t really think about how one specific person caused all of the trouble because he died halfway through the play. Tybalt. He was an instigator that re-sparked hatred at the Capulet party, aggravated everyone, and even successfully started a fight with a Romeo that loved him. Tybalt was a demented boy that loved to fight, so when he saw a Montague at a Capulet party, he immediately…

start pulling swords; the Prince himself intervenes and tells them that if they fight again the consequences will be death… We’ll get back to that. Juliet’s family hosts a ball so that she can fall in love with Paris, Romeo and his boys Mercutio and Benvolio crash the party in full out costume as Rosaline – Romeo’s prior interest – is attending. Tybalt finds out a Montague is in his home and is about to start another fight but then is stopped by Lord Capulet. Meanwhile, Romeo dances with Juliet,…

Imagery of light and darkness, one of the most often repeated image patterns in Romeo and Juliet, is relevant in even from the very first act to show Romeo’s affections towards Juliet and Rosaline. For example, as Benvolio tells Romeo to go to the Capulet’s party to seek new love, Romeo replies by saying ”One fairer then my love! The all-seeing sun/ Ne’er saw her match from since first the world begun.”(1.2.94-95). Romeo is saying that even the bright, long lasting sun hasn’t seen someone as…

William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” is a tragedy love story of two teenagers amid the traditional feud of the Capulet and the Montague families. The play ends with the untimely demise of Romeo and Juliet and leaves the audience in doubt about the actual cause of their deaths. Throughout the play we see characters that directly and indirectly oppose Romeo and Juliet’s love. On the surface we see how a series of immature decisions made by Romeo and Juliet lead them to kill themselves,…

kill Romeo, which by the Catholic party, is a mortal sin. Tybalt shows his loyalty (love) to the Capulets by prompting violence and slander. Romeo is also fallen into a similar situation later in the story when he kills Tybalt as an act of revenge. Benvolio, one of Romeo’s friends says, “Romeo, away, be gone! The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain. Stand not amazed. The prince will doom thee death If thou art taken. Hence, be gone, away!” (3.1.127-131) The prince has made a rule earlier in the…

over things on his own. His best friend Benvolio helped him and talked to him. Romeo parents should’ve been in his life more instead of letting of letting him have leeway. In the article “The Teen Brain: Still Under Construction” it says that “these age-related changes shape how different parts of the brain are activated in response to experience, and terms of behavior, the urgency and intensity of emotional reactions”. Romeo dad left everything in Benvolio hands instead of doing his duty. Romeo…

Romeo and Juliet Essay: Fate fools the lovers Many people may not believe that fate is something that does not truthfully exist. People in our world want to use their own power to change the future. They do not believe that anything is meant to be happened. In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, fate is the crucial force that creates the plot. The story line is complicated and thrilling because of how fate affects two lovers. The reason tragedies happens in the play is also fate. Fate…

is no match for him. Mercutio decides to fight on Romeo’s behalf and defends him because he is his best friend and knows he will die if he fights Tybalt. He dies for Romeo soon after. Benvolio then tells Romeo, “O Romeo, Romeo, brave Mercutio’s dead!” (3.1.115). Saying he must avenge Mercutio. Romeo does as Benvolio tells him and chases after Tybalt then kills him. Romeo does this out of revenge and love for his dead best friend. This is important to the plot and character development of Romeo…