The play seemingly complicates the first scene’s public masculinity through Benvolio’s challenge towards the violence, but his failure to resist demonstrates how alternative masculine identities fail. Once the initial fight concludes and Benvolio and Tybalt join the fray, Benvolio encourages the men to “[p]ut up [their] swords” (1.1.70). Here, Benvolio attempts to stop the violence, which complicates the notion that all men must publicly perform violent behavior. By publicly taking this stance, Benvolio
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In William Shakespeare’s play “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.” Romeo and Juliet risked so much to be together. The two go through a journey we’re very decision they made had a huge impact on not just themselves but those around them. The pair truly loved each other, from sneaking around to see each other, to risky marriage, and being committed and loyal. Even tho, they did have a lot of trouble. The two will lay together in death. One reason that the pair was truly in love is that
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William Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” is an exciting play that many have gone to watch before. In fact, it has become so famous that when the technology of capturing moving pictures became commercial, the play has been incorporated into many films throughout the century. Films such as Franco Zeffirelli's “Romeo and Juliet” follow the traditional route of attempting to create a carbon copy of the play, but instead is in film. Many films of the play attempt to stick extremely close
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Romeo and Juliet Hate assumes a urgent part in the play. The long feud between the families (from ancient grudge?) and when people fight like Tybalt and Mercutio are a few cases of where this is appeared. Firstly, the work in the play opens with a short bit of content which depicts, compresses and sensationalizes the affection and contempt in the play. Shakespeare portrays the key indicates and subjects the play and outlines the plot. We additionally realize that there is struggle between the two
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Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, many characters led up to the death of Romeo and Juliet. The three main characters were Fate, Lady Capulet, and Juliet. Fate could have been blamed because Shakespeare wrote the the story so Romeo and Juliet could be a ideal love story. Lady Capulet led to the death because she had a very poor relationship with Juliet, she encourages Juliet to get married to Paris. Finally, Juliet led to her own death. As soon as she sees Romeo she falls in love with him
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William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, Juliet finds herself in the same situation, and decides to go against her father’s decision. Little did she know that her loving and caring father was the complete opposite of what he seemed: a false friend. Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet, was a friend to his daughter as long as she obeyed him. The second Juliet didn’t do as her father pleased, Lord Capulet became her mortal enemy. In the end of the play, Juliet and her lover Romeo try to escape from Lord
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unknown. The play, Romeo and Juliet is written by Shakespeare. The plot of the story is about two lovers whose families hate each other. They can't be together and Juliet has to marry Paris due to an arranged marriage, so she goes with the plan made by Friar Lawrence to fake a death and wake up to her lover, Romeo. Romeo never received word about the plan, so he killed himself when he found out Juliet was “dead.” When Juliet woke up, she killed herself because she found Romeo deceased. Friar Lawrence
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play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, he writes in motifs for example light and dark or celestial motifs. Shakespeare writes these motifs to have a deeper meaning behind them. The Capulets and the Montagues are sworn enemies, neither are good or bad but these two families represent light and dark. Romeo’s father and mother notices Romeo’s depression because he stays in his room and barely eats. Benvolio tells Romeo’s parents that he will talk to him and see what’s wrong. Romeo tells
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4 where Romeo attends a party at the Capulet household. At this party is where he meets Juliet and they both fall in love. This is an important event because during this scene is where Juliet finds out they both belong to rival families. Which sets up the idea of forbidden love because Juliet herself admits she fell in love with her worst enemy (Romeo) before she even knew who he was. The audience has to understand that the two cannot be in love due their feuding families. So when Juliet tells the
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present throughout Romeo and Juliet. One that is most relevant is love as a cause of violence. Some examples of this occurring are the deaths of Romeo, Juliet, Paris, Tybalt, and Mercutio. None of these deaths would have occurred without love or passion. Romeo and Juliet fell in love at first at first sight and sacrificed their life for their love. Romeo wanting to see Rosaline lead to him going to the party, which is where downfall of the story occurs with the many deaths. If Romeo had never gone to
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