...Act 3- Scenes 1-5 1. When Tybalt offers to fight Mercutio and Benvolio, do you believe that they also want to fight? From the play, Benvolio is not ready to fight Tybalt because he is portrayed as peacemaker and well-wisher. At the begging of the play, he tries to stop the fight between Montague and Capulet boys. On the hand, Mercutio wants to fight Tybalt after Romeo refuses to take up the fight. 2. When Tybalt approaches Romeo and is ready to fight, what is Romeo's reaction? What does he mean by the following lines: "Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee Doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting: villain am I none Therefore farewell. I see thou knowest me not From the play, Romeo tries to avoid the fight with Tybalt saying that they are friends. Romeo refuses to fight because he is now married to Juliet. Tybalt turns to Mercutio and kills him. Romeo is annoyed and he turns to kill Tybalt in revenge. 3. A fight ensues between Tybalt and Mercutio, who dies as a result? What does he swear to Romeo will happen to him and the Capulets? From the play, Tybalt and Mercutio engage in a fight and Mercutio is killed instead. Mercutio goes ahead to curse the house of copulates before he finally dies. 4. As a result of Mercutio's death, who does Romeo kill? Do you think this was a wise decision on his part? From the play, Romeo kills Tybalt as a revenge for the death of Mercutio. It is not a wise decision for Romeo to kill Tybalt. This could cost him his life...
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...Mercutio is one of the most unique characters in Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet". His language is always powerful and imaginative. He represents many different things in the play and holds an important role. Both of these categories will be explored in this essay, among other things. First of all, Mercutio is Romeo's friend. He is neither Montague, nor Capulet. Therefore, he has not been born into a feud and really has no side. However, his bond with Romeo does make him associated with the Montagues. Mercutio's character stands out from the rest because of his energy in everything he does and says. He is very fun loving and has a genuine love for life. He is living his life on the edge and always looking for something new and exciting to do. He is constantly playing on words, using two or more meanings. Romeo once describes him as, "A gentlemen…who loves to hear himself talk." As displayed in his Queen Mab speech in Act I Scene iv, he is very imaginative. He describes in intimate detail everything about a little world he has imagined. He creates this miniature society which he uses to explain how we get our dreams. In that same scene, Mercutio reveals to the audience how he believes one should chase after what is desired. He tells Romeo to not be afraid to take charge saying: "If love be rough with you, then be rough with love." Mercutio teases Romeo, in Act I Scene iv: "Romeo! Humours! Madman! Passion! Lover! Appear though in the likeness of a sigh." This shows how Mercutio...
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...due to the circumstances, Romeo has only been banished as the death of Tybalt was revenge for Tybalt killing Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend. Romeo’s reaction to this is that he thinks that is the end of the world as he will never be able to see Juliet, his one true love, and the recently married couple will have a very distant relationship. So throughout this essay I will discuss what the consequences of conflict are in Act 3 Scene 1. The atmosphere at the beginning of the scene is quite happy and jolly but Benvolio is worried that there may be a meeting of Capulet’s and Montague’s following the challenge sent by Tybalt to Romeo. ‘By my heel, I care not.’ This shows us that Mercutio doesn’t care if the Capulet’s are hear or not as he is ready to and in a happy mood which is expressed through the use of the word ‘care’. Making us as an audience feel protected and appreciated because Tybalt has challenged Romeo to a duel but due to Mercutio’s arrogance we know that Romeo and us will be protected and care for by Mercutio if Tybalt is beating and nearly killing Romeo in this fight. How does Tybalt react to Romeo’s offer of peace? Describe Tybalt’s mood as the scene develops. How does Mercutio react to Tybalt’s attack on Romeo? Mercutio curses both the Montague’s and Capulet’s when he is about to die as he was only trying to protect his friend and got killed in doing so. ‘A plague a both houses’. When Mercutio uses the word ‘plague’ we as an audience associate it as an ugly noun...
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...Mercutio Paul Ashfeld was killed on august 19th, 1584 while fighting his enemy, Tybalt Capulet. Mercutio died at the age of 21 years old. It is kind of ironic because he died of something that he really disliked. He died in the sangren courtyard, a few miles down the road from the capulet household. He had a really close relationship with romeo montague and benvolio montague. Some may say romeo had a part in this, by getting in the way of the swordfight and tybalt’s being misplaced. The sword ended up in mercutio’s right side and after about 6 minutes was pronounced dead. Mercutio was out in the courtyard with romeo when the capulet clan showed up. All tybalt wanted to do was fight romeo, right at that moment. Being the kind of...
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...readers can see the significance of the relationship. William Shakespeare uses the methods of speech, effect on others, and actions of indirect characterization to demonstrate how the contrasting characteristics of Benvolio and Tybalt represent the feud between the Montagues and Capulets. William Shakespeare uses the articulation of speech to demonstrate how...
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...Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio and Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin (appositive), were on the streets. Tybalt wanted to duel Romeo but Mercutio stepped in for his honor (prep. phrase). While Romeo was trying to stop the fight, “Noble Mercutio, put your sword away.”(III.i.50), what was the guy that’s name means “peacemaker” doing? Sitting back not trying to help Romeo stop the fight? This caused Mercutio’s...
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...do.The meddlesome nurse wishes to see Juliet get married as part of an adventure for herself, but quickly changes her views once things turn upside down. Friar Lawrence wants to marry Romeo and Juliet because he thinks that this will end the incessant feud between the Montagues and Capulets. The fiery Tybalt wants nothing but to fight Romeo and to stand up for the Capulets, as Romeo is spotted at the ball. Troublesome Mercutio wants to fight the Capulets and be faithful to the Montagues. However, no matter what any of these characters do to contribute to the fiasco, Romeo and Juliet still take their dear lives and in this they assume some of the responsibility for the tragic climax. The feud between the Capulets and Montagues causes havoc on the streets of Verona. The play...
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...Theme Layers: Many themes are 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 the party, Tybalt would have never had a reason to kill Romeo. Love was the cause of violence when Romeo crashed the Capulet’s party. Romeo went to the party because of his love of Rosaline. At the party, Romeo and...
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...Who’s Guilty “Under love’s heavy burden do I sink” - William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet page 36. In the well known play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, two young lovers want to be together, but there are many unfortunate affairs keeping them apart. The play follows two young people in love and the events that eventually lead to their demise. While many people contributed to the death of the lovers, the ones who are ultimately to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s untimely death are themselves, Mercutio, and Friar Laurence. Two people who could ultimately be considered guilty for Romeo and Juliet’s death, is themselves. Romeo and Juliet didn’t even attempt to talk to their parents about their love for one another, in hopes they might...
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...depressed, but to many people, they think that Romeo has been more impatient in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.The play is about two kids who fall in love but their families are against each other but they still love each other. Throughout the entire story Romeo has been showing signs of impatience and did not think about what he was going to do next. There were many scenes where Romeo has been impatient and the first time was when he decided to go off and marry Juliet. They rushed into the marriage, which caused friction in the households. Another way that Romeo was feverish was when he killed Tybalt. Romeo literally did not think...
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...Four Day or Life Long Relationship? Love or Infatuation? Both are demonstrated by relationships in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Romeo + Juliet by William Shakespeare. Infatuation is an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something, which is exactly what Romeo and Juliet experience, and love is best defined as an intense feeling of deep affection, and love is what George and Lennie have in their relationship. Since George and Lennie love each other, George and Lennie have a better relationship than Romeo and Juliet because they have been friends for a long time and they know each other better, they are loyal to one another, but not too loyal, and their relationship didn’t hurt anyone around them. George and...
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...fights between their families, it would be impossible for Romeo and Juliet to be married if their parents knew. Therefore, they felt it was best to keep their love a secret. Juliet’s parents had basically set up an arranged married for Juliet, which is hinted by her mother, Lady Capulet, in Act I, Scene III. When Romeo and Juliet first met, they instantly thought they were meant to be together. Because of Juliet’s arranged married, they were caused to speed their relationship up and they got married as soon as possible. If Romeo and Juliet could have been honest with their families then maybe the feud would have ended. In Act III, Scene I; Romeo’s cousin, Mercutio, and Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, decide to fight. They never got along from the beginning. At the end of this scene, Mercutio ends up being killed by Tybalt and Tybalt is killed by Romeo. Because of what has happened between Romeo and Juliet’s family members, the Prince of Verona decides to banish Romeo. If the fight never occurred between Mercutio and Tybalt then this would have never happened. Therefore, Juliet and...
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...Romeo Montague, that met and fell in love at first sight. However, they are forced to keep their relationship a secret for their families, the Capulets and Montagues are bitter enemies. Because of this secrecy, misunderstandings arise and reckless decisions, along with their irreversible consequences, are...
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...The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Critique The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, set in the city of Verona, Italy, was written in the 1500's by William Shakespeare where two young people fall in love in rebellion to their parent's rules because of a feud that has lasted many years between their two families. In the play, Juliet's furious cousin Tybalt wants to kill Romeo, and in the process ends up killing Romeo's cousin Mercutio. In this series of events, Romeo kills Tybalt for revenge of his cousin's death and is banned from the city. This causes bad communication between the lovers and Romeo kills himself thinking Juliet is dead, which makes her kill herself because she is grieved by the loss of her beloved Romeo.By using irony, Shakespeare's...
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...At this point Romeo is in this state of depression and hatred. Romeo, headed after Tybalt, and wanted revenge for what had happened in the streets, and says to Tybalt, “And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!/Now, Tybalt, take the “villain” back again that thou gavest me / Either thou or I, or both, must go with him”, (3 .1 ; 124 - 131) Romeo had done something that was banished by the Prince a while back, when there were people that had been slain because of the same reason; the feud between the two families, and their bad habit of fighting each other in the streets with swords and other weapons. This it had caused many appalling actions to take place. In this case, a bad thing that had happened, was that Romeo had ended up being banished. Romeo hadn’t thought about what he was doing, but he thought he was doing the right thing because he was doing it out of pure love for his cousin. The price, then said that he just did the job of killing Tybalt for killing Mercutio and he shouldn’t be sentenced to death. but he announced to both the families, the Montagues and the Capulets, but most importantly Romeo, ”And for that offence, Immediately we do exile him hence” (3.1 ; 189 - 190) Romeo is then banished from Verona. A terrible thing that ends up happening in...
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