the death of Romeo and Juliet. It is clear that Romeo killed himself because he believed Juliet was dead because of the potion Friar Lawrence gave her.“Take thou this vial”(4.1.103).This passage suggests that Friar Lawrence is to blame because he gave Juliet the potion that made her seem to be dead which then led to Romeo committing suicide because he was depressed without Romeo, Juliet felt no reason to live which is then why she killed herself. Also, the letter did not make it to Romeo in time, he
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Friar Lawrence is not a gambling man, one would assume, but he decides to play a high risk/high reward game by marrying two new lovers together. While speaking to Romeo Friar Lawrence says, "For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households' rancor to pure love" (2.3.90-91). The friar is marrying the couple for one reason, the chance of stopping the Capulet-Montague feud, and while it being a noble reason, in doing so he puts two young adults at risk. Any sane person would not risk the
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was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo” (Act 5, scene 3). Almost everyone has read or heard a version of Romeo and Juliet. The story is famous for its great writing and complex storyline, but is also well known across the world for its tragic plotline. It causes readers everywhere to shed a tear for the beloved characters they have fallen in love with. But, the story is often only remembered as a tragedy for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. While that scene can be quite upsetting
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The Tomba di Giulietta of Juliet is a myth. Only the Montague family is originally from Verona, while the Capulet family is from Brescia. Romeo and Juliet “love” each other, but in reality would a couple really commit suicide to express their love for eachother. In the Glencoe Literature “The reader's choice” page 778 lines 92-96 it states that Juliet had drank some sort of distilling liquor, putting her into some sort of coma. Well, back in that era and time people could see if somebody’s heart
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watching Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing, I noticed lots of differences and similarities. Some similarities I noticed were that the main characters fall in love with each other and they are too scared to confess it to others. When Claudio and Hero meet, they fall in love with each other, then break apart, then fall in love again. Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing are both love stories written by William Shakespeare, but they are portrayed very differently. Romeo and Juliet are constantly
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play, Romeo and Juliet, the deaths of the two title characters are both tragic and regrettable. Much could have been done to prevent their suicides, but these “star-crossed lovers’ ultimately are not able to avoid their destiny. A series of unfortunate circumstances result in disaster, and although many people could be to blame for their deaths Friar lawrence plays a particularly integral role. Friar Lawrence is the most to blame because he married Romeo and Juliet. If he had not married Romeo and
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In the play Romeo and Juliet, there are several themes shown as well as forms of figurative language used to show them. When writing, Shakespeare uses figurative language in the form of metaphors, similes, personification, and imagery in order to advance the overall theme, the brutality of love. The brutality of love in this play is that a boy who may seem to be fully committed to one girl, can so easily turn to be in love with another when he is not given his way, as well as the fact that love may
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Friar Lawrence’s plan for Juliet to escape from Verona and Paris to live with Romeo by faking her death. He gave her a potion that will make her appear dead for three days, long enough for her to avoid her wedding to Paris and be placed in her family tomb. It is there where she will awake to find Romeo waiting for her so they can live happily together in Mantua. I think Juliet trusts Friar Lawrence because of the fact that he agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet in secret. Because of this, Friar would
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Romeo and Juliet In the play, Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, two star-crossed lovers take their lives. In the city of Verona, two prideful families break into mutiny. Romeo and Juliet meet through many chances which helps their forbidden love to bloom which sadly end in dead. Fate is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because the Montagues and Capulets hate each other, and a plague strikes Verona when the Friar sends a letter to Romeo. Fate is the cause of these star-crossed
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“The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’’ a well known tragic love story written by the great William Shakespeare. Anybody that you ask are familiar with the plot. For decades now people all around the world read this love story, and a often question is who's to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. When Mercutio was killed, Romeo was mad, and retaliated against Tybalt he ended up having to leave Verona instead of staying with Juliet. However, one of the characters who is most to blame is Friar Lawrence
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