This is shown when she states "When I, thy three-hours wife- (III. ii. 105), and when she states a few lines later, "But I, a maid, die maiden-widowed" (III. ii. 142). ... No./ I have forgot that name and that name's woe" (II. iii. 46-47). ... Thus with a kiss I die"(V. iii. 119-120). ... Juliet wills it so"(III. v. 17-18, 23-24). ... More light and light it grows"(III. v. 35). ...

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All four lovers end up wishing for daylight at the end of Act III, Scene 2: "Come, thou gentle day" (Act III, Scene 2, 418)"O weary night, O long and tedious night,/ Abate thy hours, shine comforts from the east" (Act III, Scene 2, 431-432). ... (Act III, Scene 2, 177-182) Throughout the course of the night, the gaze of the mind becomes enchanted, as depicted in Lysander and Demetrius "blindly" loving Helena under the magic spell; this twists the meaning of "love is blind". Lysander declares "Not Hermia, but Helena I love" (Act II, Scene 2, 112) and Demetrius showers Helena with words ...

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"And for that offense immediately we do exile him hence," (Romeo and Juliet, III, II, 191-192). ... His exile causes Juliet great sorrow, greater then if he had been executed, as stated by Juliet in Act III, Scene II, lines 133-137 "Romeo is banished- "to speak that word is father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet, all slain, all dead. ... (Romeo and Juliet, Act V, Scene III, Lines 92-95.). ... As Romeo drank the apothecary's mixture he drank to Juliet, as she had done before in Act IV, Scene III. ... If the Friar had not fled he would have convinced Juliet not to kill herself as he did...

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To start, Tybalt is overconfident at the beginning of Act III, and decides to challenge Romeo to a duel. ... Firstly, Romeo and Juliet follows a structure similar to that of a sonnet: there is a volta at Act III Scene I where Mercutio and Tybalt are killed. ... In Act III Scene I, the play's entire genre shifts from romance to tragedy. ...

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Another example of Juliet's character happens early on in the play - Juliet had told her mother that she didn't want to get married, "it is an honour I dream not of" (1.iii.66), yet she went against her word and married Romeo even though she knew he was a Montague, the enemy of her family. ... He gives her a sleeping potion and it is in the scene where she is to take this potion (4.iii) that she shows a sign of depression and weakness. ... (5.iii.163) Juliet is talking about the poison on Romeo's lips. ...

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Act III sc v is the midway scene in Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet." ... The dramatic importance of Act III sc v is emphasized by the events and dramatic emotions leading up to this scene. ... There are three main characters in act III sc v, which all add to the drama of each situation, these are: Lord Capulet: Lady Capulet and the Nurse. ...

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Many people think this is fate because it is such a awful circumstance and coincidence, but it was just because he couldn't make it into Mantua due to "fear of infection" (V, iii, 16) as Friar John says. ... Romeo blamed his entire incident on killing Tybalt when he says "Oh I am fortune's fool" (III, I, 142). ...

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In Act V, scene iii, The Prince says, "A glooming peace this morning with it brings..." after the two are discovered dead and their marriage revealed by the Friar. ... In Act II, scene iii, the Friar predicted that this marriage might fix the families feud, "For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancor to pure love." ... He says to Juliet in Act V, scene iii, "A greater power than we can contradict hath thwarted our intents." ...

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In the tragic play, William Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet, the last words uttered by the prince, " some shall be pardon"d and some punished ", left the unanswered question of who will be pardoned and who punished. It seems very evident that Friar Laurence and the nurse should be pardoned, and the...

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Romeo and Juliet "Discuss how Shakespeare represents Romeo and Juliet as a pair of "star crossed lovers" during the course of the play" During the course of Romeo and Juliet, one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, Shakespeare portrays Romeo and Juliet as a pair of "star crossed lovers", whi...

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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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