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 absolution
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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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“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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Romeo and Juliet essay The story of Romeo and Juliet is the best tragedy ever to be written. The tale of two adolescents taking their lives because of their love for one another has inspired a lot of controversy as to whether the adults surrounding these adolescents could have done something to prevent this tragedy. The truth is the adults in the situation are ultimately to blame for the deaths of their love struck teens. This essay will explain why Friar Laurence‚ Nurse and to a lesser extent
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Montague‚ both dead‚ and their families are grieving. But who is to blame? The young couples secret marriage‚ hidden from both of their families are wondering‚ who is to blame for their children’s death? What made these two young people do such a terrible thing to themselves‚ like committing suicide? Their deaths are surely related‚ but somebody must be blamed! To answer the question‚ three people are responsible for the death of Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague. Three people you may ask‚ and yes‚ three
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Romeo and Juliet who to blem?? In my opinion I think that there is a lot of people to blem for Romeo and Juliet’s death. One of the people that we should blem for Romeo and juliet’s death is themselves. Romeo and juliet didn’t think of themselves or their beautiful future and even their families. When Romeo killed himself just for one minute he should have think of his mother‚ father or his family‚ his friend‚ his life without Juliet. When Juliet killed herself what she should have done in my
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The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a very complicated one. A series of initially independent events interrupt one another‚ making it fairly difficult to place blame on one person. So‚ we should take a look at the instigators of each event to determine who is to blame. The initial events are the fight caused by Sampson‚ Gregory‚ Abraham‚ and BAlthasar which reignite the family feud‚ Romeo falling in love and marrying Juliet‚ and Lord Capulet arranging Paris’ and Juliet’s marriage. With this list of
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