Romeo and Juliet What does the audience learn about the four characters Tybalt, Capulet, Romeo and Juliet from what they say and do in this scene? This particular scene is intended for the audience to learn a great deal about the characters. ... These scene does not only give the audience a greater insight and understanding of the characters but they also see the beginings of even more significant actions that happen in the near future. ... Capulet soon interupts Tybalt who is ready to challenge Romeo, Capulet stops Tybalt from confronting Romeo because of several things. ... Ro...

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This scene begins with the two characters Romeo and Juliet alone. ... There is a contrast between the two characters. ... I think this scene tells the audience many things about the characters and setting. ... Juliet's character is very practical for example how she asks questions and how she is concerned for Romeo's safety. ... I think Shakespeare has created these characteristics for these two characters to crea...

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Romeo and Juliet: In scene 1, Romeo is acting very strange and is in love with a girl called Rosaline, but she doesn't love him back that's why Romeo is feeling sad and depressed. ... "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? ... Romeo was just using his imagination on describing Roslaine, but Romeo has seen Juliet in reality that's why Romeo has better feelings for Juliet. ... He attacks Romeo, but Romeo doesn't fight so Mercutio jumps in to help Romeo. ... The fight will change the character of Romeo forever because one of his best friends has just died (Mercutio)...

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Examine the characters of Romeo and Tybalt and how much is reflected in the behaviour and language up to and including Act 3 Scene 1. ... Usually in a tragedy play the main character has one main weakness or flaw, which leads to their downfall. ... Examine the characters of Romeo and Tybalt and how much is reflected in the behaviour and language up to and including Act 3 Scene 1. ... Usually in a tragedy play the main character has one main weakness or flaw, which leads to their downfall. ... Another example of when Romeo blames fate is on page 84 "o I am fortune's fool" even then h...

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All of the characters exhibit at least one of these as the story progresses. ... Benvolio's character within the play is that of loyalty and honesty. ... Other characters that display fraternal love are Friar Lawrence and Juliet's nurse. ... A character who constantly makes sexual comments and puns is Mercurio who often gives sexual meaning to Romeo's words. ... Another character who experiences romantic love is Paris. ...

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" Romeo and Juliet". ... Many factors can combine to result in the deaths of these two characters. ... Two other notable characters that raised the idea that human responsibility was the reason for the unnecessary deaths were Tybalt; nephew of Lady Capulet, and Mercutio; friend of Romeo. ... The immature and foolish behaviour that both characters seemed to own would come and go freely. ... Romeo's character also resembled that of Juliet's. ...

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In this particular act, we are viewing the experience through the eyes of four central characters. ... Mercutio is perhaps the smartest character in the play. ... Until this point in the play, Mercutio has been the most level- headed character. ... Looking at his scene from each of these four character's perspectives is very difficult. ... Simultaneously, each of these characters evoked something different. ...

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Shakespeare represents this idea of fate and "star crossed lovers" through what various characters say and many events leading up to the lovers" deaths. ... On Romeo's behalf, Mercutio stands up for Romeo, and starts struggling. ... Mercutio blames Romeo and the feud for his fate, and Romeo unwillingly kills Tybalt in revenge. Romeo is then banished to Mantua. ... It does so through what certain characters say, and through seemingly coincidental events that take place throughout the play. ...

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Here, Mercutio is telling Romeo that he thinks Romeo's love is, essentially, a heap of worthless emotion and that he, Mercutio, will do whatever he can to draw Romeo out of the pile of it that he has gotten himself stuck in. ... This speech marks a significant moment in the play, because this is where the action presented within the play begins to roll out of the control of any of the characters; Romeo is unable to control his love for Juliet, just as much as Mercutio is unable to control his urge to jump to Romeo's defense in the fight with Tybalt, and Tybalt is unable to control h...

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Some of the comparisons I will make are the opening scene of the play, characters' attire, the setting of some of the film's scenes, the different levels of aggression in the two productions, means of transportation, and their weapons. ... The characters in Zeffereli's production seem well-mannered, respectful, courteous, and ride on horses as means of transportation. ... Luhrman makes references to the characters' weapons as "swords", when in fact they are 9mm pistols. ... Of course, Romeo rejects the invitation but Merc...

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The relationships between the characters, plot sequence, and theme of hatred in West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet intertwine resulting in two similar, yet varying versions of the most famous love story of all time. The relationships between the characters of West Side Story and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are reflective of their respective time periods and the original story. ... All of the characters are consistent to the heart and soul of the story as well as the slightly differing plots. ... At the Capulet ball in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, all of the characters...

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The Women of Shakespeare Women in Shakespeare's plays were not of importance, compared to the male characters. ... In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet Capulet to me seems to be the most tragic of all Shakespeare's women characters. She fell in love with Romeo Montague, the enemy. ... By waking up, Juliet finds out that Romeo died and decided to end her life to be with her Romeo. ... Juliet died because she loved Romeo. ...

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This scene is important to the rest of the play because Mercutio dies who is Romeo's bets friend and Tybalt dies who is Romeo's enemy so Romeo feels guilty because they both died because of him and he is banned from Verona. ... This is all because of this scene The main characters in this scene are Mercutio, Tybalt, Romeo, Benvolio, Prince and lady Capulet. ... The costumes in this play would try to reflect each characters personality. ... The why in which I am going to make the characters act is what I think will make the scene better by adding more emotion. ... When Romeo com...

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In the play Romeo and Juliet', this theme is love. ... The only people that could really know are the characters themselves. ... This is a dramatic device as it lets the audience know what the character is really thinking, as thoughts and feelings can be hard to convey through actions alone. ... However, Shakespeare separated them from the other characters in the play in other ways as well. ... If the audience cannot find fault with the characters, they cannot dislike them and therefore must want them 2 succeed, triumph and overcome misfortunes. ...

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The famous love story of "Romeo and Juliet" is a perfect example. ... Luckily the Friar Lawrence was a holy and spiritual individual that these two central characters could turn to when they needed guidance and believed he could help. ... Any one of the primary characters could be considered a catalyst for the demise of Romeo and Juliet. ... After Romeo was banished from Verona, Juliet had come to a crossroads. ... She would then meet her love, Romeo when she awoke and they would run away forever. ...

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Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy of character in which the lovers are punished for their reckless passion. ... Romeo's characteristic is that of a person who is infatuated with the idea of love. ... Tybalt notices that Romeo has crashed the feast and determines to kill him just as Romeo catches sight of Juliet and falls instantly in love with her. ... Another famous balcony quote is when Juliet proclaimed, "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? ... Leaning out of her upstairs window, unaware that Romeo is below in the orchard, she asks why Romeo must be Romeo, w...

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A large part of the beliefs for both Romeo and Juliet involve fate. ... Romeo had a crush on Rosaline, who did not return these feelings. ... While Romeo babbled on about his life with Benvolio, his cousin and kinsmen, Romeo bumped into this servant who asked him to read the list, with Rosaline's name, which got Romeo to agree to go after the servant invited them. ... In the case of Romeo and Juliet, it showed them what was going to happen, not exactly what would take place on that night, but it did show them both that Romeo would die. ... The role of fate in "The Interlopers" is subs...

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The exception is Romeo and Juliet. ... Romeo and Juliet seem alive. ... In contrast, in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", the opposite was the case and Romeo and Juliet would have been seen as very disobedient to their parents. ... Juliet and Romeo are completely besotted with each other. ... The recurring imagery system sets the mood of each scene and allows the audience to see the place of each character. ...

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What makes Baz Luhrmann's film of Romeo and Juliet a memorable film? ... The look of the characters play a very important part in the way that we think of them. ... In the first scene where we see Romeo it is a wide shot. ... Both Romeo and Juliet dream of death. ... There are close ups on both Romeo and Juliet's eyes. ...

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Because of the pride these characters hold in their houses, they are willing to die. ... After Romeo and Juliet's deaths, their fathers agree to drop the feud. ... We see this type of futility in Act 3 Scene 1 of 'Romeo and Juliet'. ... Similarly in 'Romeo and Juliet' all of the characters are bound by the love of their house, and would do anything to protect its pride and would never dare to dishonour them. ... Also, in 'Romeo and Juliet' some of the characters like Benvolio express their desire to not engage in conflict, but it is almost as if they are pee...

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Throughout the play "Romeo and Juliet," there is an obvious power struggle between the Capulets and the Montagues. ... Romeo, belonging to the Montagues, and Juliet, a Capulet, have an accidental run in at a party that leads to the two young characters falling in love. ... This depiction of the colors clearly segregates the families and allows us to clearly associate the characters to the side they are fighting for. ... We can also see why Romeo and Juliet's love is so complex and intense. ... The way we depict the characters are mostly up to our own minds because Shakespeare gives very ...

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Juliet is a unique character, for someone of her time, as she does not follow the above criteria. ... This shows she is a self-willed character as she has betrayed her family just to do what she wants, which is to be with Romeo. ... Once again we can see that Juliet is a confident character because the Friar takes her seriously. ... In conclusion I think that Juliet is a very strong character with a great mind. ... She is a powerful and much needed character in the play and it is at the very end of the play that Shakespeare makes this obvious by making Juliet the dominant character. ...

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William Shakespeare's classical play "The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" begins with a prologue. ... Sonnets usually consist of 14 lines, the prologue of "Romeo and Juliet" follows this structure. ... I also think the he chose to use a sonnet is because Romeo and Juliet is about love and this is what sonnets were used for. ... The chorus wasn't an actual character in the play, just as the newsreader is not a character in the film version. ... This line informs you about whom the characters in the play are and how many. ...

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The characters that operate in this world are all obsessed with getting rich and becoming famous off of William Shakespeare's new play. The nature of these characters is of desperation and greed because each wants or needs to gain something from this play, but are unaware of the power and emotion that this play will have on them. ... The audience should also be able to recognize close parallelism between the movie and the play, being that both characters are in love and are separated by the forces of wealth, power, and nobility. ... This theatrical event was very rich with depth and qu...

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There is no better example than in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ... Rosaline, Romeo's initial unrequited love seemed irrelevant once Romeo had set his eyes upon Juliet. ... The complication was that Rose was already engaged to Cal Hockley - a devious character, yet the heir to profound wealth, "Jack, I"m engaged, I"m marrying Cal, I love Cal". ... Similarly in Romeo and Juliet, Romeo was willing to risk everything he had, just to be with Juliet. ... However, everyone is expected to take those chances in life much like the characters in Romeo and Juliet. ...

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