Would anything be lost (or gained) if Rosaline were never mentioned? Rosaline is the niece of Lord Capulet whom Romeo falls in love with prior to the play‚ Romeo and Juliet; however‚ she doesn’t reciprocate Romeo’s feelings as she has chosen to remain celibate. In most film adaptations‚ she is usually omitted‚ yet Romeo is always grieving for his rejected love at the beginning of every adaption. Now‚ this is rather paradoxical as Rosaline is not important enough to be portrayed by an actor‚ yet
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keep the audience’s attention. For example‚ as Mercutio dies‚ things turns stormy and rain begins to fall. Although there is a subtle and classy way to have the weather depict the moods of the story‚ this was just too much. The battles are always bloody and stagy‚ with although is sometimes correct it’s not always necessary and sometimes take away from the scene. In the 1968 version is much less exaggerated. For example‚ the duel between Tybalt and Mercutio is more of an accident as opposed to a targeted
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big impact in his life. Later‚ Mercutio‚ Romeo’s friend and Tybalt‚ Juliet’s cousin have an argument and start to fight one another. One thing leads to another and Tybalt ends up accidentally stabbing Mercutio with his sword. Romeo thinks this is his fault seeing that he was trying to hold Mercutio back at the time. When Mercutio is stabbed by Tybalt he acts like he isn’t hurt‚ that it is just a small scratch‚ while the truth is indeed he is greatly injured. Mercutio dies in front of Romeo and Romeo’s
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change Romeos perspective on love and that he should "find other people". Early in the story Romeo didn’t have a huge part in the story since he always ran away and preferred to be by himself. Benvolio and Mercutio offer Romeo to attend the Capulet party. Even though there Montagues Benvolio and Mercutio convince Romeo to go and the three of them attend the party. At the Capulet party Romeo thought of the words Benvolio said to him before about examining other beauties. Once Romeo placed his eyes on Juliet
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experiences caused them to make destructive choices. Shakespeare illustrate show the death of one person can lead to further destruction. The death of a person can lead to many further deaths. Mercutio’s death lead to Tybalt’s death. Tybalt killed Mercutio and Romeo wanted to avenge his fallen friend by killing Tybalt. Romeo killed Tybalt‚ because he was angry.Anger often makes humans do irrational thing which often lead to destruction. Romeo’s death lead to Juliet’s death. She found
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kind of mood at the very beginning by having Mercutio trying to wind up Benvolio‚ who has no intention of starting a fight but Mercutio does. It’s also a fun’ way to start the scene as Mercutio says many witty and somewhat humorous things. One particular example is when he says as soon to be moved to be moody‚ and as soon moody to be moved’‚ which plays on the words moved and moody. Benvolio seems agitated and doesn’t want to fight‚ whereas Mercutio is up for a fight which builds tension and sets
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and Juliet‚ haste is a large factor that contributes to the tragedy of the play. In many places‚ Romeo acts very hastily with decisions having to do with marriage with Juliet. However‚ the character most responsible for the tragedy of the play is Mercutio. His hasty behavior having to do with fighting Tybalt in acts two and three most influences the tragedy in Romeo and Juliet. Haste helps Shakespeare communicate his point on why making hasty decisions can have a negative outcome for someone. Romeo’s
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In the 1996 film interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic romantic play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ Baz Luhrmann effectively conveys the theme of love. The play follows Romeo and Juliet’s romance from love at first sight into the growth of true love‚ then into the downwards spiral of their parents’ disapproval and violence between the two families‚ concluding in the devastating death of the young couple. The theme of love is crucial in both the film and the play‚ and is exhibited repeatedly through different
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sentiment appear to be considerably all the more valuable and delicate their relationship is the crowd’s just break from the ruthless world pressing against their adoration. The battles in the middle of Mercutio and Tybalt and after that in the middle of Romeo and Tybalt are turbulent; Tybalt executes Mercutio under Romeo’s arm‚ escapes‚ and afterward abruptly‚ and mysteriously‚ comes back to battle Romeo‚ who slaughters him in retribution. Energy exceeds reason every step of the way.
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When Mercutio died‚ his friend flew into a rage and killed his executioner. I believe there were many characters at fault. Including those who don’t make an appearance‚ but are mentioned. The story starts with‚ ‘Two households‚ both alike in dignity‚ in fair Verona‚ where we lay our scene… ’ (Shakespeare‚ 1597). This feud‚ between the two households‚ started a chain reaction‚ without this sequence of events taking place‚ Mercutio probably would’ve lived to see another day. This feud also caused paranoia
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