Instead of Juliet drinking the sleeping potion and then getting to Mantua half-dead in a coffin, Juliet shouldn't go to St. ... Then after Juliet got kicked out of her home, Friar Lawrence would pick her up off the streets after a short period of time and leave Verona dawn when Romeo left Verona so the watch guards wouldn't notice them leaving. ... This way if Balthasar saw Juliet, he would only tell Romeo that Juliet got kicked out of her home because of some reason instead of telling Romeo that Juliet had died. ...

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"Thy self thou gavest, thy own worth then not knowing, Or me to whom thou gav'st it else mistaking; So thy great gift, upon misprision growing, Comes home again, on better judgement making." ... Then, in line 12, Shakespeare affirms that his love "comes home again", or reverts back to himself and that his decision to do this was the correct and realistic decision to make. ... "Thus have I had thee, as a dream doth flatter, In sleep a king, but waking no such matter." ... The final line explains how in sleep, Shakespeare can possess all the royalties of the young man, but upon waking up...

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Juliet asks Friar Lawrence if there is anything she can do and Friar Lawrence gives her a vial of a medicine that puts someone into a deep sleep, making the person seem dead. The plan was for Juliet to drink the vial and to fall into the deep sleep and then when she awoke Romeo and her would run off together. ... There, he meets Maria and they talk a little until Bernardo cuts in and makes Chino take Maria home. ...

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Earnshaw dies, Hindley becomes the master of the house and actually has Heathcliff sleep outside and eat in the kitchen and mistreats him so much that Catherine Earnshaw (who loves Heathcliff) says, "If the wicked man had not brought Heathcliff so low, I shouldn't have thought of [marrying another man]. ... When everyone is being poisoned in the Villefort home (and Valentine is next), The Count saves Valentine by giving her a sleeping potion. ...

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Friar Lawrence said this to the threatening Juliet in front of him: Hold, then; go home, be merry, give consent: To marry Paris: Wednesday is to-morrow: To-morrow night look that thou lie alone; Let not thy nurse lie with thee in thy chamber: Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor drink thou off; (IV, i, 89-93). In plain words Juliet will take a sleeping potion that will make her appear dead so her marriage with Paris will be avoided, meanwhile after receiving a letter from the Friar Romeo would return to Verona from Mantua and would be with Juliet wh...

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Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy of character in which the lovers are punished for their reckless passion. Shakespeare's" tragedy is the tale of two lovers who take their lives for each other when their love is hindered by their feuding families. The forbidding of Romeo and Juliet's love proceeds thro...

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Claire McMurdock 10.A Year 10 'Shakespeare' Assignment 'Romeo and Juliet' Discuss the ways in which Shakespeare creates dramatic tension based around the transformation of Juliet's character. 'Romeo and Juliet' is one of Shakespeare's famous love tragedies written during the Elizabethan times. Throughout the play Shakespeare creates dramatic tension by portraying a transformation in Juliet's character. Shakespeare uses the Elizabethan times and society to help him do this. He also uses the feud between the two families to create dramatic te...

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Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny," (Shakespeare Prologue Lines 1-3) These are the opening words of William Shakespeare's ageless tale Romeo and Juliet. Over the years many people have proved the timeless relevance of Shakespeare's themes present in this particular play. The film industry in particular has produced numerous versions of Shakespeare's enduring classic. No matter how the play is interpreted, however, the themes of the play remain intact. Although Romeo and Juliet, by Will...

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Plot Overview IN THE STREETS OF VERONA another brawl breaks out between the servants of the feuding noble families of Capulet and Montague. Benvolio, a Montague, tries to stop the fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash Capulet, Tybalt, arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the...

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Romeo and Juliet - The Betrayal of the Adults to Juliet In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet the adults betray Juliet becausethey are unable to understand her. Juliet's parents, Capulet and LadyCapulet, fail to understands Juliet's decision not to marry Paris. TheNurse fails Juliet by not supporting Juliet's decision to remain married toRomeo. The final adult to fail Juliet is Friar Lawrence who does notcomprehend Juliet and Romeo's love for each other. These misunderstandingscause the adults to betray Juliet. ...

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