She shows this by saying "My husband lives, that Tybalt would have slain;/ And Tybalt's dead, that would have slain my husband"(III. ii. 111-112). ... Romeo also is in love with Juliet so much so that he is willing to kill himself for her when he thinks that she is dead. ... Another occasion that shows the love felt between Romeo and Juliet is when Juliet kills herself when she realizes that Romeo is dead. ... This quote states that with a dagger she will kill herself because Romeo is dead and she now has nothing to live for. ... Romeo and Juliet are so much in love with each other th...

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A plan was devised, where Juliet would appear dead, and wake up in Romeo's arms. ... Juliet faked her death, but Romeo thought she was actually dead, so he killed himself. ... Finally, in Act four, Scene three, Portia is declared dead by stuffing her mouth with hot coals. ... Brutus' actions were something like "oh, she's dead, oh darn, life goes on." ... Soon, she is found dead in water, with garland out "Of crow flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples," (act five, scene one, line 170). ...

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It was also fate that led to Romeo returning to where Juliet supposedly lay dead. ... So, thinking Juliet dead he returned, went to where she lay and killed himself. So, when Juliet awoke and saw him dead she too committed suicide. ... So, thinking Juliet dead he returned, went to where she lay and killed himself. So, when Juliet awoke and saw him dead she too committed suicide. ...

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Her mother took the speech in a way that one would think Juliet hated Romeo for what he had done to Tybalt, her late cousin, but she actually means that she still loves Romeo "Indeed I never shall be satisfied With Romeo, till I behold him -dead- Is my poor heart for a kinsman vexed" Juliet's mother takes her to mean: "I never shall be shall be satisfied with Romeo till I behold him dead. ... My poor heart is so vexed for a kinsman (Romeo) that it is dead." ... She spends a short time worrying over the potion and what may happen to her, "What if it be a poison which the f...

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Tybalt is a Catholic character, and as he states "to strike him dead, I hold it not a sin," he is saying that to murder Romeo would not be a sin, as they have hated each other for so long that Tybalt thinks that God would exonerate him for killing Romeo. ... Even as Mercutio dies he makes a pun "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man" meaning "serious" and "a place to put dead bodies," proving that Mercutio is comical, which makes it even more of a tragedy to the audience as he dies. ... He is saying that he would rather she were dead than live anymore, as she is no longer a vi...

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Friar Laurence's plan is to give Juliet a potion that makes her feel dead, so when she is pronounced dead and placed in her tomb, Romeo can meet her and they can run away together. ... In act 5 scene 1 Romeo has had a dream in which Juliet finds him dead which has disturbed him. His servant Balthasar arrives in Mantua from Verona with news that Juliet is dead. ... When Romeo arrives in Juliet's tomb he Is feeling very sad because he thinks that Juliet is dead. ...

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This does happen, as mentioned above, but when Romeo goes back to her, he thinks that she is dead and his overload of passion for her makes him kill himself. Lastly, Juliet seals her own fate by stabbing herself with a dagger when she wakes up and sees him dead beside her. ... Romeo and Juliet's love for each other triumphs their families' hate for the other, as the Capulets and Montagues end the feud only when they see their children dead and hear their story. ...

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Outraged that Mercutio is dead for he be only an innocent civilian and not part of the family conflict Romeo kills Tybalt and is then banished from Verona Beach. ... Both already look dead and are represented as saints or martyrs. ... When they are dead they are lying on the bed it is the same as their marriage bed but on the deathbed they can now be together forever. ... When they die the music almost changes to a happier but still sombre tone to show that although they are dead they have found true happiness with one another. ...

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Juliet for example says, "Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb." She sees Romeo dead in a tomb, which is where he eventually ends up in the end of the play, beside her. She talks about Romeo being so low in a tomb, he's dead, and she has foreseen it, before it has even happened. ... 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. ...

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The prince who said if people fight justice will be done and lady Capulet wants Romeo dead because he killed Tybalt but the prince knows Romeo wasn't full to blame so he banish him from Verona instead of killing him. ... So he can't see Juliet and Juliet tries to see him by pretending she is dead but when Romeo gets there he thinks she is dead so he kills himself and Juliet kills herself because of this. ... In this scene she tries to make the prince make the decision on what she wants which is Romeo dead, which is a overreaction this is all like her. ...

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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. ... The only information he received from the unsuspecting Balthasar was that Juliet was dead. ... After Romeo had killed Paris he entered the tomb and found Juliet's seemingly dead body. ...

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Haemon's love for Antigone caused him to commit suicide when he found her dead body. ... Juliet does not want to marry this Paris so she arranges with Friar Lawrence to fake her own death with a sleeping potion that will make everyone think that she is dead. ... Romeo does not receive this message in time and when he hears that Juliet is dead he goes to Juliet's tomb where he drinks poison and dies. ...

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The potion was supposed to put Juliet into a deep sleep, but to everyone else she would seem dead. The message did not get back to Romeo in time and he also believed that Juliet was dead. ... Juliet then awakes and when she sees her lover dead, she takes the same dagger and takes her own life. ...

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Much like Harry Levin when he says "when Romeo, assuming Juliet is dead", the main word in all that sentence happens to be assuming, meaning he thought she was dead, he had a decision to make, indicating that it was their fault because not only was it their own actions, but it was their decisions. ...

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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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Love is a major theme within Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It is contained in many various forms, namely, familial or kinship love, fraternal or brotherly love, sexual love, romantic and true love, and healing love. All of the characters exhibit at least one of these as the story progresses. F...

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However, Romeo employs a certain amount of class here, acknowledging that Paris' love for his beloved may have been genuine and brings Paris into the crypt, rather than leave him dead outside, so that Paris may be buried in a "triumphant grave.... When they are discovered by their parents dead in each other's arms, their parents finally vow to end the feud between their two families. ...

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There is proof of this when the nurse says: " I think you are happy in this second match, for it excels your first; or if it did not, Your first is dead; or "twere as good he were, As living here and you no use of him." ( Act 3, v ) This evidence should prove that the nurse should be pardoned. ...

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("She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow / Do I live dead that live to tell it now." ... The familial love between the Montagues is further strained when the news of Romeo's banishment causes Lady Montague's death due to grief: "Alas, my liege, my wife is dead tonight; / Grief of my son's exile hath stopp"d her breath." ...

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In Act 5 scene 5, Juliet also has an ill-diving soul; Methinks I see thee now as one dead in the bottom of a tomb. ... She has to avoid telling her mother about Romeo and their marriage and yet does not want to lie to her and so, in Act 3 scene 5, says Indeed, I never shall be satisfied with Romeo, till I behold him - dead ".This is extremely clever, as her mother does see anything amiss and the audience does not loose faith in Juliet's purity, which they might have had she lied. ...

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Act III sc v is the midway scene in Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet." The midway scene in his plays is traditionally an emotionally charged segment of the play. It combines emotions ranging from hatred and anger to love and romance. This scene conveys to the audience how quickly a young coup...

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The story of Romeo and Juliet has been told a thousand times, for hundreds of years. Even so, writers and storytellers tell their own variations of Romeo and Juliet, each with a different twist. Even Shakespeare in Love is a variation of the play William Shakespeare wrote. The movie is the classic R...

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The healthy human mind does not wake up in the morning thinking this is its last day on Earth. But this is believed to be a luxury, not a curse. The soldiers that fought during World War One, unfortunately were not exposed to this mentality, instead they were exposed to the harsh reality that each d...

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Three types of love, using three types of stories Love is the strongest feeling there is. Love can't be killed or poisoned or harmed in any way. Love can only be expressed and discovered, and when that happens, all the great things come along with it. There are many types of love and these types...

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William Shakespeare is quite possibly one of the most famous playwrights in theatrical history. The bard was very talented, being able to produce play after play in very short periods of time. What is even more amazing is in those short lengths of time, he wrote beautiful poetry and prose, and ma...

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