The main villain of "Much Ado" is Don John who is the illegitimate brother of Don Pedro, the Prince of Arragon. ... When Tybalt took stance Benvolio gave Tybalt advice to "put up your swords," but Tybalt took no heed of this, as he took no heed of the words of the Prince, who had already set a pledge to stop fighting, and the punishment was severe. ... However, at the masked party in "Much ado," Don John attempts to convince Claudio that the Prince has been fooling with Claudio, just to let him down and get Hero for himself and states that the Prince "woos for himself." ... As previously menti...

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However when Tybalt came across Mercutio at a chance meeting, it was human responsibility that led to the killings as well as Romeo's crime, yet fate took a chance and the Prince ordered banishment over the death penalty. ...

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Romeo and Juliet coursework Romeo and Juliet is a play with many themes like love, death, friendship, revenge and honour. Before Act 3 Scene 1 we have two very important events, the party is one where Romeo gatecrashes the party and Tybalt vows revenge "patience perforce with wilful choler meetin...

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Topic Question: Queen Elizabeth turns up on stage at the end of Shakespeare in Love and says 'I know something of a woman in a man's profession'. Yet she makes no order for this to change nor does she more than mildly rebuke those who think that a woman on the stage is the 'beginning of the end'. She appears to be as trapped in the constraints of her gender as 'Thomas Kent'. Explore the issues of gender as it is portrayed within the film. "The way societies think about and treat women is often considered a means of measuring how civilised they are&quo...

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