English Period 7 9 May 2013 The Punished and the Pardoned The woeful tale of Juliet and her Romeo ended with numerous casualties‚ casualties that could have been avoided if not for mistakes made by characters in the play. In light of Romeo and Juliet’s suicide‚ Prince Escalus declares‚ “some shall be pardoned‚ and some punishèd” for their mistakes. (V.iii.319) Among the punished should stand those who played the largest role in the suicides‚ and among the pardoned should stand those who deserve
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“Some shall be pardoned‚ and some punished.” This was the verdict handed down by the Prince yesterday at the scene of the aftermath of the long-documented Capulet-Montague rivalry. With both houses suffering the losses of some of their most promising youth to love‚ lust and misperception‚ only one question remains: who are to be punished? The main offenders in this charade were Tybalt Capulet (who killed Mercutio) and Romeo Montague (who killed Tybalt and Paris). The problem with punishing the
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“Some Shall Be Pardoned‚ and Some Punished” Romeo and Juliet is the Elizabethan tragedy by William Shakespeare. Most of the events that happen in the tragedy lead up to the conclusion of the star-crossed couple dying. There are three main factors that lead to the tragic death of the two; fate‚ human error and the youth/experience of Romeo and Juliet. Although Shakespeare describes the lovers as “star-crossed” that does not mean they had no control over their own actions. The interference of older
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To Be Pardoned “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” written by William Shakespeare is a popular‚ well known play. Shakespeare includes a variety of different themes in this play; whether if they are minor or major. One of the presented themes is; there is good and evil within everybody‚ some more than others. Something to take into consideration is; innocent kind people may be portrayed as evil and likewise. A handful of deaths occurred in Romeo and Juliet‚ people are questioning whether or not to
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is composed of a plethora of characters with varying personalities. Romeo and Juliet is a tale of a boy and a girl from feuding families who fall in love with each other‚ and end up killing themselves. Shakespeare ends with “Some shall be pardoned‚ and some shall be punished” (Cite). Among the ones who deserve to be punished for their selfish actions are Friar Lawrence‚ the Nurse‚ and Lady Capulet. Through these characters’ malevolent actions came the deaths of Romeo and Juliet
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From Romeo and Juliet the characters all served big rules in this book because everyone even with a small rule has a big one. There is one big thing like should so and so be pardoned or punished. In my head I think Lord Capulet should be pardoned but the frier should be punished‚ I know that you could say that Lord Capulet was abusive but I will counter that by saying that abuse was common and only people who lived in the house would know not anyone outside of it. You may say but the frier should
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ROMEO AND JULIET The force of "overwhelming love" seemed to purify and mature Romeo and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. They both try to seem as mature as possible to keep their wonderful love. Goals and grieves are two major things to purify and mature somebody. Unfortunately their love consists of short-term goals and long-term grieves because of their impatience. A person is mature when his/her intelligence is able to rule his/her feelings. They tried to seem mature‚ but they could not overrule
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Rachel Amaya Per.5 Adv. Language arts 5-30-12 “Romeo and Juliet” In William Shakespeare`s play‚ “Romeo and Juliet”‚ is a story about two-star crossed lovers that must hide their deep love for each-other because of bad blood between the Montague’s‚ and Capulet’s .Romeo`s relationship with his parents is strong‚ on the other hand‚ Juliet is closer to the nurse than her own parents .Romeos parents are concerned for his happiness‚ and want what’s best for him. Juliet’s father‚ Capulet‚ truly
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Romeo and Juliet Question: To what extent are the personal weaknesses of the central characters responsible for the tragic outcome of ‘Romeo and Juliet’? William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ ends in tragedy because of personal weaknesses shown by the central characters. There are weaknesses shown by the characters of Romeo and Juliet with their emotional feelings or love which contributes to the tragedy. A flaw or weakness that is shown by the character of Capulet is his power and anger or
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Romeo and Juliet is a story of two doomed teenage lovers whose fate ends in tragedy. In modern times the name Romeo has become nearly synonymous with “lover”. Romeo‚ in Romeo and Juliet‚ does indeed experience a love of such purity and passion that he believes he can no longer live and decides to take his own life when he believes that the object of his love‚ Juliet‚ has died. The power of Romeo’s love‚ however‚ often obscures a clear vision of Romeo’s character‚ which is far more complex. He is
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