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    Role of the adults in Romeo and Juliet How are the parents accountable for the death of Romeo and Juliet? This is the story of a ancient story between two people named the montagues and the capulets. The play show the things over 5 days where Romeo meets and gets in love with Juliet‚ but Juliet’s father has a different plan and plans to marry Juliet to the princes Paris. This would have been good for the time when the play was set and so an arrange marriage would have been no (like another day)

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    key player in the story of Romeo and Juliet. He is the reason for the banishment of Romeo and the suffering of the lovers. If Tybalt had not held a grudge against Romeo for going to the Capulet party‚ he would not killed Mercutio. Him murdering Mercutio caused a chain reaction. Benvolio explains to the Prince‚ "There lies the man‚ slain by young Romeo‚ that slew thy kinsman‚ brave Mercutio". Tybalt killed Mercutio‚ which caused Romeo to seek vengeance and kill Tybalt. Romeo was banished for killing

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    William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy In William shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet‚ many deaths occur. Numerous characters play a role in each death throughout the play. Tybalt is most responsible for the deaths that happened in the play Romeo and Juliet. Tybalt is responsible for the death of mercutio in act three. After mercutio was stabbed by Tybalt‚ he said “Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man.” (3.1.95). This quote is saying that the wound is going to kill him and he

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    Violence is a very powerful and stressful behavior shown throughout this play by many of the characters. Violence also plays a very important role in The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Without violence‚ Romeo would not have slain Tybalt and been banished from Verona thus causing all of problems between him and Juliet. Violence can also be very stressful to a person. It can cause them to have many problems with life‚ love and other personal things. Violence can have lasting effects on someone that can

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    Fate is the dominant theme throughout the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. The word fate generates a bit of confusion‚ and can have many different connotations. Fate is an inevitable and often adverse outcome or condition; destiny. The destinies of these two lovers was not revealed to the reader at the start of the story‚ but every event brought Romeo and Juliet closer to their inevitable fates. Romeo and Juliet‚ the two lovers‚ shared the unfortunate fate that they were from feuding

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    In Act 2 of Romeo and JulietJuliet sends the nurse to find Romeo and learn details about when Juliet and Romeo are going to be married. These scenes display that the nurse and Juliet are always looking out for the others’ best interest and that they have a very trustworthy relationship. Juliet and the nurse are always looking out for each other. In act 2‚ the nurse helps Juliet be secretive about her relationship with Romeo. As the nurse relays Romeo’s message to Juliet‚ she states‚ “I must another

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    control‚ usually regarded as controlled by a supernatural power. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is the story of two young lovers from opposing families. Fate is a dominating and inescapable force throughout the play. From the very beginning of the play‚fate predetermined Romeo and Juliet’s death. The prologue introduced their destiny when it stated that Romeo and Juliet are “star-crossed”. In the time period Romeo and Juliet took place‚ people believed that the alignment of the stars dictated

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    Fate in Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare explores the theme of fate in Romeo and Juliet‚ by allowing it to play a key factor in the two lover’s relationship. In the beginning‚ we know that their tragic ends will not result from their own personal defects but from fate. First‚ in act I‚ scene ii‚ Lord Capulet’s servant‚ peter‚ is searching for someone who can read the guest list to him‚ ‘coincidentally’ Benvolio and Romeo enter. The Capulet servant asked Romeo if he could read the invitation to

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    not actually read the play‚ automatically consider Romeo and Juliet to be a love story. However‚ I think this is due to a frequent misreading of the work. I am not surprised that the romance sweeps up so many people‚ especially if they are not completely familiar with the play. A boy killing himself because he would rather die than live without a girl? A boy wooing a girl outside her window? Especially with Romeo and Juliet (1968) and Romeo + Juliet (1996)‚ film adaptations that really amp up the romance

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    the love in Romeo and Juliet the driving force behind the play’s success. Shakespeare incorporated many different types of love in order to capture the hearts of the Elizabeth Era. Juliet’s nurse shows amazing concern for the young girl’s well being. She‚ in some ways‚ takes the place of her natural mother ("Examples of Love in Romeo and Juliet"). Lady Capulet treated Juliet as a naïve young girl with no knowledge and feelings of her own. Nurse recognized the maturity of Juliet and helped

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