“Analyse the dramatic effectiveness of Act 3 Scene 1” The tragic Shakespearian play “Rome and Juliet” is about two young people who experience true love even though it is forbidden. Against the will of both families they marry secretly. Just when all seems well‚ everything goes horribly wrong leaving them dead. Even though this play is based on the innocent love between two individuals there are many scenes which involve routine violence and conflict. An example of this would be the plays
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Shakespeare portrays the young characters as rash and impulsive. Tybalt starts a fight with benvolio in Act One‚ Scene One (Shakespeare 15). This shows Tybalt is impatient. Since Tybalt is impatient he acts rash and impulsive. Also‚ Romeo‚ Benvolio and Mercutio crash the Capulets party in Act One‚ Scene Five (Shakespeare 51). They are rash for this action because they did not think before they acted. If they had been thinking they would not have crashed the party because they could have been killed.
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not to fight in public. Insults were exchanged‚ but Romeo remembered that Tybalt is his new wife’s cousin‚ so he turned the other cheek. Mercutio found this totally shocking‚ actually dishonorable‚ so he offered to fight Tybalt instead. They fought and then Romeo tried to intervene‚ but Tybalt suddenly stabbed Mercutio. Romeo and Benvolio assumed that Mercutio has not been badly hurt because he started joking about his damage but it was no joke. He was dying. A minute later‚ he died. Romeo blamed
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Throughout the play‚ Tybalt made various impulsive actions and choices which were not the best‚ but inevitably his responses were not irrelevant. Tybalt did not cause the tragic amount of deaths in Verona. He was merely trying to keep up with the feud. Mercutio induced Tybalt into their duel and Mercutio’s death was accidental. After the chaotic brawl (1.1) Romeo still took the risk of attending the Capulet’s feast for meeting Rosaline. In order to protect Tybalt’s kin he had to act recklessly when he
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Shakespeare created three characters that fit perfectly within the story of Romeo and Juliet. How did Shakespeare make these characters fit so well? The three characters that Shakespeare used in story to fit so well are Romeo‚ Juliet‚ and Mercutio. These characters started off as something in the beginning and then something different in the end. All three of these characters changed tremendously throughout the story. The First Transformation of The Story begins with Romeo. Romeo transforms
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Mercutio is a close friend of Romeo and Benvolio. He is also a relative to Prince Escalus and Count Paris. Thus‚ he is neither a Montague nor a Capulet. He has the freedom from the conflict between the two houses. When he is at Capulet’s party‚ Mercutio states that he has a brother named Valentine. He is described as a fun-loving and witty. However‚ his sense of humour sometimes makes others annoyed. Along with this‚ he is moody and loses his temper easily. Mercutio is Romeo’s friends. Mercutio
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Tybalt Character Analysis A character Analysis of Tybalt from the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. Tybalt is a son of the Capulets‚ he is Juliet’s cousin the traits he expresses throughout the play is pride‚ impulsiveness‚ and unwavering traits in the play. The first impression we get with Tybalt is that he is a prideful character when servants of both sides of Capulet and Montague are arguing as Benvolio attempts to end the feud between servants‚ he tries to coax Tybalt
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In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ Benvolio and Tybalt are considered a dramatic foil. Benvolio is a peacemaker. Tybalt is one who looks for fights. Tybalt and Benvolio are complete opposites. In the opening scene‚ Benvolio and Mercutio are out in the town when Tybalt approaches them. Benvolio tries to stop a fight to break out but draws his sword out of sheer protection as stated‚ “I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword‚ or manage it to part these men with me.” (1.1.61-62).
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A valuable lesson is learned when Romeo and Mercutio die; the value of friendship. Even though Romeo did not die for Mercutio‚ he risked his life for him. True friends stand up for each other‚ and that Is exactly what these two did. Romeo was in a “love frenzy” so he did not want to fight‚ but Mercutio was willing to risk his life for him and fight Tybalt. When Mercutio was killed by Tybalt‚ Romeo came out of his love block and stood up for Mercutio. Tybalt was dead in the blink of an eye. “Now
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of Tybalt and Mercutio was solely due to the rivalry between the Capulet and Montague families. However‚ when looking closer at the text‚ Mercutio’s death was in big part‚ a result of Romeo’s love for Juliet‚ and Tybalt died because of Romeo’s compassion for his friend Mercutio. When Romeo refused to fight Tybalt‚ “The reason that I love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage...therefore farewell‚” his love for Juliet released him from the fight‚ opening the door for Mercutio to draw as he
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