Friar Laurence, Lord Capulet, and Prince Escalus are minor characters that had a strong influence on the direction of the plot. ... The third and final of the three minor characters that influenced the direction of the plot was Prince Escalus. It was Prince Escalus, the lawmaker of Verona, who declared that if anyone causes trouble in Verona, death would be the penalty. Because Prince Escalus said, "If you ever disturb our streets again your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace- (I, I, 94-95). ... So, even though Prince Escalus was a minor character in Romeo and Juliet, he had an vital r...

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The surviving characters Benvolio, Nurse, Friar Lawrence, Lord and Lady Capulet, Lord Montague, and Prince are all punished with the deaths of family and friends. The Prince sums up the end with: Where be these enemies?... (5.3.301-305) Even Prince has suffered from the recent violence with the loss of Mercutio. ... For example, after the big street fight in which, Mercutio and Tybalt are killed, he tells of Romeo's fault to Prince, while knowing that Romeo, his cousin, could be put to death. ...

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A final part of the play suggesting that Romeo and Juliet were destined by fate occurs at the end of the play, when the Prince discovers Romeo and Juliet dead and Friar Laurence reveals their hidden love. The Prince says, "And here [Romeo] writes that he did buy a poison / Of a poor "pothecary, and therewithal / Came to this vault to die, and lie with Juliet... (5.3.288) The Prince explains that their love was destined to end due to the hate between the families. ...

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Literature like Romeo and Juliet is a timeless classic due to many different reasons. It ha been read for hundreds of years and will be for hundreds more. Many different causes contribute to this. The parent child conflicts are universal, almost every generation of adolescents have gone through end...

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Benvolio is a symbol of peace while Tybalt is a symbol of violence and hatred. Benvolio sounds as if it was taken from the word "benevolent" which means expressing goodwill. Similarly, Benvolio is a peacemaker and expresses goodwill by always trying to avoid conflicts by suggesting settling their fr...

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When Romeo finally does fight him to get revenge, he ends up killing him and thus gets exiled as the Prince promised earlier in the play. ... The Prince contributes by exiling Romeo near the beginning of the play. ... The Prince doesn't really play much more of a part than this. ...

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When Romeo finally does fight him to get revenge, he ends up killing him and thus gets exiled as the Prince promised earlier in the play. ... The Prince contributes by exiling Romeo near the beginning of the play. ... The Prince doesn't really play much more of a part than this. ...

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One day Prince Esculus, ruler of Verona, had had enough a decreed that "If ever you disturb our streets again your lives shall pay the forfeit of peace." The Prince had hoped that this would solve the problem and it did .. for a while. ... When Prince Esculus heard about what Romeo had done he banished Romeo from Verona for the rest of time. ...

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The Prince banished Romeo from Verona, to where what could be a nice town of Mantua. ... He refuses to stay in Mantua, as of now we are heading straight back to Verona, no matter what the prince has in for him. ...

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When Friar Laurence married Romeo and Juliet, he advised them to make their marriage public, reconcile with his friends, beg pardon from the Prince, and bring Romeo back from Mantua, to end the family feud. ... - Prince (Act V, Scene iii, Lines 305-310) ...

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While hiding at Friar Lawrence's cell, Romeo learns the Prince has banished him and he expresses that he would rather die than be banished. ... - Thy fault our law calls death, but the kind Prince,- taking thy part hath rushed aside the law- and turned black the worddeath? ...

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Mercutio also creates an interesting situation for the Prince of Verona he is directly related to him. This means that the prince is immediately affected by the feud and so was possibly harsher on Romeo than he needed to be. ...

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The Chain Reaction In William Shakespear's Romeo and Juliet, the death of a character named Tybalt caused a chain reaction of unfortunate events in the play. Which causes things to go terribly wrong for the couple and makes it almost impossible to maintain the survival of their love. During ...

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Romeo and Juliet essay In the play, Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet, the father of Juliet was a good citizen and a good husband, but was quite strict. He was a very strict father because he was selfish and wanted Juliet, who was only 13 years of age, to get married with Paris instead of her innate lo...

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"I am fortune's fool". To what extent is Romeo a victim of fate? In the famous play "Romeo and Juliet"; unfortunate events and the notion of fate both play important roles. Romeo is very melancholy at the start of the play because Rosaline has just rejected him. However he soon finds...

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In Benvolio and the Princes case, we learn of their personalities which stay the same throughout the rest of the play. ... The Prince, in the opening scene, is exposed as an authoritive figure with much control. " On pain of death, all men depart." ...

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When Tybalt kills Mercutio it causes Romeo to retaliate and kill Tybalt, this results in Romeo being exiled from Verona when the prince arrives. Benvolio proves this when he speaks to the Prince upon his arrival, "Tybalt, here slain, whom Romeo's hand did slay....

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"Montague" and "Capulet" are no longer simply known by their last names but are "Ted Montague" and "Fulgencio Capulet", and "Escalus - prince of Verona" is now known as simply "Captain Prince - Chief of Police". ...

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If Romeo had not let his anger build up over Mercutio's death and had gone to tell the Prince of Tybalt's wrongdoings, he could have saved himself from being banished. ... This rash decision by Tybalt conjures up the Prince's decision to come up with the death penalty between the two houses, that stresses the ill feelings between the royal families even more, which ends up forcing the marriage of Romeo and Juliet to be clandestine that is the starting point for a manifold of problems. ...

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Romeo feels compelled to avenge Mercutio's death because Romeo distracted Mercutio causing his death; Romeo completely ignores the fact that the day before the prince had said death to any Capulets and Montagues who fight again. ...

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Unfavorable Odds Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is a highly complex tragedy. The play is filled with countless instances of tension, anxiety, miscommunication, and confusion all culminating in the catastrophe of the "pair of star crossed lovers." (Page 7, Shakespeare) However these th...

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Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, was a love story that ended in tragedy. Many characters in the story acted before thinking, in doing this, they all led up to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Three of the main characters that acted before learning all the information were Romeo, Juliet, an...

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Leading characters in the play Montague Family Old Montague and Lady Montague The parents of Romeo. They have no part in the action of the play, but they illustrate the family feud with the Capulets. Old Montague is still eager to draw his sword and join in the fighting. Romeo Their only son. A...

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Great Family vs. Bad Family The play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet portrays two families that are extraordinarily similar. One family, however, is much more respectable than the other. One item that makes this family nobler is the things that other people say or do to them. Something else that...

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Is it possible for something to be doomed from the start? Can fate dictate the course of someone's life? In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare it seems that fate is the driving force behind the events that lead to an unavoidable and tragic end for the both of them. Death was not somet...

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