1. Explain the references to suicide in ACT 3 scenes 2 and 3. The references to suicide in ACT 3 scenes 2 and 3 were; to me‚ when the nurse came in ACT 3 scene 2 and said the it was a piteous corpse‚ a bloody piteous corpse‚ pale‚ pales as ashes…all in gore-blood. And also another reference was when Juliet was talking about the devil tormenting her in some way because it was her cousin who died and her lover who killed him. Plus in ACT 3 scene 3 Romeo talks about more about his doom with the Prince
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The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedie‚ of Romeo and Iuliet a play with such a title as this could hardly be expected to contain any great deal of light-hearted comedy‚ but comic elements can still be seen throughout the course of the story. Characters joke and jest in between romantic soliloquies; bright imagery are embedded between passages of trouble‚ darkness‚ and death. These elements are so subtly included in the tragedy that one barely notices their poignancy as the story folds out.
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Montague asks where Romeo is‚ and Benvolio answers that he was up before dawn‚ wandering in the woods. The Montagues say that Romeo is afflicted with strange sorrows‚ and Benvolio offers to find out what’s wrong with him. Enter Romeo:Seeing Romeo coming‚ Montague and Lady Montague leave Benvolio alone to speak with their son. Benvolio soon discovers that Romeo’s problem is that he loves a woman who doesn’t return his love. Benvolio tries to get Romeo to say who it is he loves‚ but Romeo won’t. Benvolio
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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 and is shown frequently throughout Act I scene V. The second most dominant theme is that of hatred‚ the contrasting theme to love; the theme of hatred permeates Romeo and Juliet and can be seen in an array of different forms throughout Act I scene V. In this essay I will discuss key themes in plot‚ characters and language. This scene alternates between the
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Act IV‚ Scene II Capulet‚ the Nurse‚ and some servants are preparing the wedding when Juliet returns and begs Capulet’s pardon. He forgives her immediately‚ and he is so happy about Juliet’s obedience that he changes the wedding day to Wednesday. Juliet: I have learnt me to repent the sin of disobedient opposition to you and your behests‚ and am enjoin’d by holy Lawrence to fall prostate here to beg your pardon –She kneels down- Pardon‚ I beseech you! Capulet: Send for the County‚ go tell him
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Catastrophe in Act 5 Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet By: Noa Boon Due Date: 20th March 2014 Word Count: 689 (Excluding title and Quotations) # Act 5 Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet represents the catastrophe and deaths of Romeo and Juliet due to internal and external conflicts. The catastrophe does not effect the characterization of Romeo‚ Juliet and Friar Lawrence since they act the same way throughout the whole play. Act 5 Scene 3 shows that love like Romeo and Juliet’s leads to death. # Act 5 Scene
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Act II‚ scene ii of Romeo and Juliet is commonly known as the "balcony scene‚" and although this designation may be inaccurate (Shakespeare’s stage directions call for Juliet to appear at a "window‚" not on a balcony)‚ this scene has been quoted from‚ played‚ and misplayed more than any other in all of the Bard’s works. It is proceeded by some astoundingly beautiful verse in Mercutio’s "Queen Mab" speech of Act I‚ scene iv.‚ and by the individual and joint speeches of Romeo and Juliet at the banquet
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Romeo and Juliet Analysing Act 3 Scene 5 Act 3‚ scene 5 is a crucial scene in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. The scene is a springboard from which the play plummets to a grizzly end and the subtle climax of the series of events before it. It also contains elements of many of the main themes of the play‚ love‚ trust‚ family‚ hate‚ fate and some interesting theatrical techniques such as dramatic irony and double meanings. The scene is quite easy to analyse being constructed of four duologues
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In William Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ “Romeo and Juliet”‚ the opening scene starts with two Capulet men walking through the market when the see some Montague’s in the market with them and because of the feud between the two households a fight is started. The fight is stopped for a second when Benvolio (of the Montague household) comes in and pleads for them to stop fighting but the fight resumes when Tybalt (of the Capulet household) comes in and mocks Benvolio. The fight intensifies after that involving
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Act II Summaries Act II Scene I A. This scene takes place outside the Capulet Orchard B. The main characters in this scene are Mercutio‚ Benvolio‚ and Romeo C. In this scene Romeo is going to see Juliet again. As he leaps the orchard walls he hears Mercutio and Benvolio coming. They are unaware the Romeo is listening and that he has moved onto loving someone else. Mercutio starts to tease about Romeos love for Rosaline without knowing that Romeo has moved on. Benvolio
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