Readers should recognize that the Friar is not only subject to the fate that dominates the play "in many ways he brings that fate about.
Mercutio.
With a lightning-quick wit and a clever mind, Mercutio is a scene stealer and one of the most memorable characters in all of Shakespeare's works. Though he constantly puns, jokes, and teases "sometimes in fun, sometimes with bitterness "Mercutio is not a mere jester or prankster. With his wild words, Mercutio punctures the romantic sentiments and blind self-love that exist within the play. He mocks Romeos self-indulgence just as he ridicules Tybalt's hauteur and adherence to fashion. The critic Stephen Greenblatt describes Mercutio as a force within the play that functions to deflate the possibility of romantic love and the power of tragic fate. Unlike the other characters who blame their deaths on fate, Mercutio dies cursing all Montagues and Capulets. Mercutio believes that specific people are responsible for his death rather than some external impersonal force.
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Themes, Motifs & Symbols.
Themes .
Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.
The Forcefulness of Love .
Romeo and Juliet is the most famous love story in the English literary tradition. Love is naturally the play's dominant and most important theme. The play focuses on romantic love, specifically the intense passion that springs up at first sight between Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet, love is a violent, ecstatic, overpowering force that supersedes all other values, loyalties, and emotions. In the course of the play, the young lovers are driven to defy their entire social world: families ("Deny thy father and refuse thy name,"" Juliet asks, "Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet-); friends (Romeo abandons Mercutio and Benvolio after the feast in order to go to Juliet's garden); and ruler (Romeo returns to Verona for Juliet's sake after being exiled by the Prince on pain of death in II.
It was organized down to every last soldier. It started with groups of some 5,000 men, wearing armor from head to toe, called a Roman legion. Each legion was then divided into smaller groups called centuries having eighty men. Then the Calvary, soldiers on horseback, gave extra support to the initial legion. ... The government Augustus set up lasted for centuries, and even survived some terrible rulers. ...
First, he took each legion and divided them in half. This created double the amount of legions, but they were significantly smaller. ... He never increased the men per legion. ... The last of Diocletian's reforms was to reorganize the empire and create a form of government. ... The empire did not last too long after he had died....
First, he took each legion and divided them in half. This created double the amount of legions, but they were significantly smaller. ... He never increased the men per legion. ... The last of Diocletian's reforms was to reorganize the empire and create a form of government. ... The empire did not last too long after he had died....
Three from the legions participating to the last Dacic war, were settled in the new province. ... XIII Gemina Legion had the camp at Apulum, where it rest until the Aurelian retirement . ... The effective of one legion was approximately of 5500 solders. ... Usually an equal effective of auxiliary troops completed the legions. ... The Rhin border was defended by four legions. ...
Arminius then left the Roman legions with his men, officially to drum up more Germanic support for the Roman campaign, but unofficially to attack Roman forts and abandon Varus and the legions to the Germanic tribes. ... The Roman legions were already isolated because they weren't in combat formation. ... This allowed Arminius to unite the Germanic tribes in hatred against Varus and his legions. ... A last advantage that the Germans pressed constantly in the battle was keeping the Roman legions and cohorts separated from one another. ... Bringing three legions to put down one rebellion was...
There were seven Kings in all and the last king, Tarquin the Proud, was expelled by a popular rebellion in 509 BCE because his son, Sextus, raped a virtuous woman named Lucretia who subsequently committed suicide. ... Standing armies or legions were now used instead of seasonal armies because so few people had land and the farmers that did own land would have to return from campaigning each fall to harvest their crops. In time people came to realize that anyone with a powerful army of legions could overthrow the government in a snap of the fingers and that is exactly what the three Generals ...
Banastre Tarleton gave this name to him for his ability to strike quickly and retreat to the swamps where the British Legion could not pursue. ... At one point when his legion caught up with the Virginians near the Waxhaw's, they became enraged and attacked cutting and hacking every live body they could reach, even those bodies who were kneeling on the ground with their hands up trying to surrender. ... Many critics of the movie feel that this is an unfair portrayal of Tarleton and his legion. ... And last but not least Tom Wilkinson does a fantastic job portraying General Cornwallis a...
On my last assignment I had done my work on Jehan-Georges Vibert's "Around The World."" ... In 1870 while Paris was in war with the Prussians Vibertfought and and was wounded at the battle of Malmaison where he would earn knighthood as the legion of honor. ... In 1882, he was promoted to Officer of the Legion of Honor, for his painting this time. ...
Their deadly defense has earned them the nickname: The Legion of Boom. ... After prior success in last years Super Bowl where they held Peyton Manning and the NFL's highest scoring offense, the Denver Broncos, to 8 points and 306 total yards of offense. ... Despite all of that he's got great vision on the field and led the NFL in interceptions last year and has had another All-Pro year this year too. Last time he met with Tom Brady they exchanged words after a 24-23 Seattle win that started a rivalry between the two players. ... If Seattle's Legion of Boom can cause turnovers an...
However, this, as had before, would not last long. ... The decline lasted for approximately 300 years until A.D. 476 when it finally collapsed. ... Legions started competing against legions to gain power for their emperor. ...