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    famous story, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare himself is about Romeo and Juliet falling in love and having to break the rules, and have an twist of an ending. The main characters are Romeo, Juliet, Friar Lawrence, Tybalt, Benvolio, Nurse, the Montagues, and the Capulets. Romeo and Juliet secretly get married and when there parents find out they have a bit of a problem. With the tragic ending the ones to blame are; The two families, Friar Laurence, and Romeo himself. The…

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    The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is commonly known as one of literature’s finest romances, but it is actually one literature’s most ironic romances. While it is a well-written piece of literature, it is a very unrealistic and sudden story of how two star-crossed lovers meet and end. Since Romeo and Juliet’s relationship is formed during a few days, the two are not truly in love. The couple was not truly in love, but rather they were carried away with their emotions, tried to escape their…

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    through the play. For instance, he demonstrates Courtly love amongst Romeo and Rosaline, Romantic love amongst Romeo and Juliet, Physical love is investigated in the main demonstration, and there is additionally kindly love between Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio. For Tybalt there is an inverse of adoration; he has detest more than anything and an enthusiasm for brutality.…

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    Romeo and Juliet Beginning: For the past many years, scholars have debated who is to be blamed for the fate of Romeo, in the famous story of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. Many characters like the Friar, Juliet, or Benvolio are blamed, but the person with the most impact on Romeo is Mercutio. Mercutio encourages Romeo to go to the Capulets party, he also constantly pushed Romeo to fight, and as a royal, with divine right most of what he says becomes true. Mercutio pushes Romeo to secretly…

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    whole tragedy. If he would not have followed the path he did and bring everyone with him everything would been fine. He was being a crybaby in the beginning because Rosaline wanted to become a nun and not date or have “night” with him. This lead to Benvolio trying to talk to him to find out what was wrong. This is where the party is suggested and the whole tragedy began. He went to a party uninvited and walked around like he owned the place. He did not try to hide and Tybalt saw him which later…

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    Romeo and Juliet is an amazing tragedy that depicts two families who have been feuding for a long time. William Shakespeare, a legendary playwright who blew away the drama world when he came out with this play in 1595. Many people were addicted to the story, and Shakespeare’s expertise in writing. Shakespeare also comes up with his own form of writing called Shakespearean sonnet. It not only has a gripping plot, but also portrays many themes of importance. One of them being the act of rebelling.…

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    “Physical love in unthinkable without violence.” (Kundera) By this Kundera meant that love and violence are intertwined. Love can lead to violence, like it did in Romeo & Juliet. In this play, William Shakespeare showed both love and violence. Romeo and Juliet are two young star-crossed lovers who could not be together because their families are rivals. Tybalt was one of the Capulets’ men who wanted to fight Romeo. Romeo refused, causing Mercutio to take his place. Tybalt kills Mercutio and then…

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    Juliet were responsible for their own deaths. Romeo was crazy about a girl named Rosaline and he thought he was in love with her. He was moping around because she would not be with him. Rosaline planned on being a nun and giving herself to God. Benvolio decided that he was going to show Romeo that their are better girls than Rosaline. He figures out how to sneak Romeo in at one of the Capulet’s masquerade balls. They show up at the ball in costumes and that is where Romeo first sets his eyes on…

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    As many people know in Romeo and Juliet there are two wealthy families in constant conflict; the Montague and Capulet families. The Montague family has a loving, kind, and healthy relationship throughout the entire family; however, the Capulets have a rather hostile relationship. In act 1.2 the father of Juliet, Capulet, behaves in a rather compassionate manner. When Couplet meets with Paris, Paris expresses interest in his daughter, Juliet. As Paris directly notes to Couplet, “‘But now, my lord…

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    fire sparling in lovers’ eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet.” (1.1.188-196) Love makes his anguish a period poetic, flowery in language and undeniably feminine which puts him at odds with Benvolio and the rest of the characters whom exist within an aggrieve, hyper-masculine state, ready for blood. Their priorities are conflict between Montagues and the Capulets, while Romeo is distracted and crushed by love for a thing he can’t have,…

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