Romeo and Juliet come from “Two households‚ both alike in dignity” (1.1.1)‚ as do all protagonists in tragedies. Once Romeo and Juliet become wed‚ Romeo shows his tragic flaw while leaving “Tybalt slain” (3.1.128) in the streets of Verona. This action brings out Romeo’s character flaw‚ impulsiveness. He kills Tybalt‚ not thinking of the consequences to come and now he must deal with them. After Romeo’s tragic flaw becomes obvious‚ he comes to his downfall when having to deal with his “banishment” (3
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that the reason for the fighting was forgotten. This feud does not affect Romeo and Tybalt‚ the people at the centre of all this fighting‚ at the beginning of the play but does later on. For example‚ in Act 3 Scene 1 Romeo says ‘Tybalt‚ the reason that I have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting’. This suggests that Romeo will not fight Tybalt now that they are related. However‚ Tybalt does not know this and fights Romeo but Romeo does not react. The feud between the
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relationship‚ the Capulets and the Montagues always fighting in the streets of Verona the city of Italy. They are married by Friar Lawrence‚ the priest of Verona. Then there is a fight between Tybalt from the Capulets and Mercutio the cousins prince‚ then Romeo from the Montagues enters and interferes the fight and then Tybalt stabs Mercutio and dies. Then after this happens more and more deaths begin to follow including Romeo and Juliet . This terrible tragedy has only one person to blame and that is Friar
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tragic denouement. The scenes I have chosen are Act 2 Scene 2‚ the famous balcony scene‚ in which Romeo and Juliet fall deep into blinding love and agree to marry; and Act 3 Scene 1‚ in which a terrible fight breaks out between Tybalt and the Montagues‚ resulting in Tybalt and Mercutio’s deaths‚ and Romeo’s exile. I have chosen these scenes because they show such contrast that it is hard to believe that they are in the same play. They also uses a wide range of themes that are used in very different
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In Luhrmann’s version of ‘Romeo and Juliet’‚ the death of Tybalt and Mercutio are depicted very well. From the scenes leading up to their deaths‚ to the actual death scene themselves‚ the acting and use of camera angles give a more in depth look at their deaths. The use of techniques and camera shots clearly display the effects intended in the recontextualised version of ‘Romeo and Juliet’. In the scene leading up to Mercutio’s death‚ there are many close ups of Mercutio which convey his facial
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fight left proud Tybalt Capulet and boisterous Mercutio Escalus dead with Romeo Montague banished. Many residents are shocked by such a horrific outcome and are currently grieving their deaths along with Romeo’s banishment. In an interview with a rather distraught Benvolio Montague‚ who happens to be an eyewitness at the scene (who’s also a relative of Romeo Montague and close friend of Mercutio Escalus) retold the event. The fight included Romeo‚ Mercutio‚ Benvolio‚ Tybalt‚ and his men. It started
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When Mercutio who is Romeo’s cousin is killed and dead by Tybalt who is Juliet’s cousin makes a huge impact on Romeo as now he seeks for revenge. He has nothing in his mind accept of killing Tybalt now as he cares about his cousin and want to take revenge for his cousin killing. Romeo killed Tybalt and his other cousin Benvolio persuades Romeo to leave the town (crime) place by saying‚ “Romeo‚ away‚ be gone! The citizens are up‚ and Tybalt slain. Stand not amaz’d: the prince will doom thee death if
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although Romeo and Juliet kill themselves‚ Juliet’s cousin‚ Tybalt‚ is the real killer. Tybalt is the one that sparks the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues again. At a Capulet party‚ Tybalt sees Romeo‚ and says‚ “This‚ by his voice‚ should be a Montague. - Fetch me my rapier boy” (Shakespeare 1.5.52). Tybalt is angry that Romeo shows up at the Capulet party and he gets angry because of the feud between the
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Assignment in Romeo and Juliet Act III Scenes 1 & 2 Submitted by: Shimshon Yosef Scene 1 Question 4: Mercutio is related to the Prince and he is my friend. Mercutio was killed because he defended my honor in regard to Tybalt’s lies about me. Tybalt was my cousin for one hour. Romeo states the Juliet’s beauty made him weak like a woman. She weakened his brave heart which was hard as steel. Question 3: Mercutio says that he is a "grave man". He means that he will be dead soon. The literary device
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out together when Tybalt comes up to them‚ Tybalt then insults Romeo in an attempt to provoke a fight but Romeo responds calmly and it is Mercutio who then fights with Tybalt‚ in defence of his friend. Romeo tries to stop the fight but in the confusion‚ Tybalt stabs Mercutio and dies shortly afterwards. Mercutio didn’t need to start a fight with Tybalt as he is not a Montague‚ he didn’t hold a grudge against him. When Mercutio got killed‚ this fuelled Romeo for revenge as Tybalt had just killed his
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