or organism, one word to describe it all is the end. Romeo and Juliet met and fell madly in love, some people would state it all true love first sight. At the end of the book both characters kill themselves because they couldn’t be together. The three characters who are most responsible for the tragic ending
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The Tragic Love Story Romeo and Juliet brings affection but when taken to extreme, it can lead to an incident. Romeo and Juliet’s love story may be the most famous of them all. Who is to blame? Who would kill such a strong love story? Romeo and Juliet is about a story which takes place in Verona and is about a huge feud between the Montague family and the Capulet family. The feud causes a terrible result that leads to the lovers death. The events contrast hatred and secret marriage. While several
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The reason why Romeo compare Juliet to the sun is because he describe her as beautiful as the rising sun. b. The reason why Romeo wants the sun to kill the envious moon is because, Romeo describes all the rest of the ladies as envious moon, and Juliet is the sun. Romeo said that he wants the sun to kill the envious moon, he means that no women’s beauty can compare to Juliet’s beauty, her beauty kills the rest of girl’s beauty. c. The reason why moon envious is because Juliet was the moon’s maid
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In the play of “Romeo and Juliet”, William Shakespeare shows that fate is like an inescapable quicksand, the harder one tries to defy fate, the faster it occurs. From the very beginning of the play, the audience is aware of the tragic ending of Romeo and Juliet. The prologue states, “A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life... The fearful passage of their death-marked love.”(Prologue.6-9) This tells the audience that Romeo and Juliet’s love is against the stars or fate, and thus their love is
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Romeo Montague, from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, is a tragic hero. According to the Notes on Aristotle’s Tragic Hero, “A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgement error that inevitably leads to his downfall” ( ). A character must possess certain characteristics to be considered an Aristotelian hero. Romeo possesses three of these characteristics: hamartia, anagnorisis, and peripeteia. William Shakespeare’s usage of hamartia, peripeteia, and anagnorisis portrays Romeo as
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When it comes to people showing their true nature, society often says that individuals can display countless facets of themselves by their conversations. Shakespeare explores this observation in his story “Romeo and Juliet” with his character Benvolio in Act III, Scene I. Benvolio is a very naive and peaceful character in this tragic play. Benvolio displays his persona of being naive when he responds to Mercutio by questioning, “Am I like such a fellow?” (3.1.11) once Mercutio defines Benvolio’s
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In this scene Romeo faced pressure multiple times, one being after Tybalt had killed Mercutio and then came back and that’s when Romeo had to make a choice whether to fight Tybalt or show mercy. This was a form of pressure because he is now related to both sides of the family feud because he is married to Juliet. Romeo didn’t show mercy and choose to slaughter Tybalt. On the other hand, before Tybalt killed Mercutio, Romeo showed mercy by telling Tybalt that he doesn’t know who is to him but he loves
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Blame in Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare ends in the tragic deaths of star crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Many feel or are believed to be responsible for their deaths, and many did contribute. However, I personally believe the Capulet family to be most at fault. The Capulet’s feud with the Montagues is one of the main conflicts within the play, and Romeo and Juliet wouldn’t have to hide their affection without it. In the prologue to Act II, it is stated Juliet must “steal
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William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, there are a few members that show fate’s hand in play. Of those individuals, Mercutio is shown to be the most prominent. With Mercutio persuading Romeo at the Capulet party, having divine right, and an influential death, he has most impacted the theme of fate in Romeo and Juliet. The first way that Mercutio is the representative of fate is seen where he pushed Romeo to attend the Capulet soiree. During the beginning of the play, Mercutio and Romeo are walking towards
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Verona, Italy: One day, Romeo was challenged to a duel by Tybalt (Romeo’s new cousin by marriage to Juliet), but he did not accept for he was not going to shed the blood of his cousin. On the other hand, Mercutio (Romeo’s friend) was wanting to pick a fight with a Capulet, and decided to insult Tybalt (A Capulet Kingsman), leading into a fight on the Square of town. In the end of the brawl between the two, Tybalt slayed Mercutio and left the area. Romeo seeing this all happen, chased after Tybalt
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