Comparing Act 1 Scene 5 Of William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Tybalt and Mercutio start fighting. Mercutio is killed by Tybalt. The prince arrives and restates his previous statement when there was a fight. “Stop fighting at once or you'll all be banished or killed” the prince yelled. Tybalt tells the prince“you get what you deserve and he was not a friendly person”. The king reacts with a horrified face. Everyone started whispering about how Tybalt was such a disgrace and a rude person. Tybalt continued saying rude remarks and quibbled with the prince. The price had enough of him. The prince sentenced Tybalt to a death in front of all of Verona. Paris walked into the Capulet house with an astonishingly large smile. Paris asked Lord Capulet for his daughters hand in marriage. Lord Capulet immediately …show more content…

Juliet told her parents that they were going to have a lovely meal tomorrow night in a beautiful spot outside. Romeo said the same. They prepared tons of food. The two families didn’t know who’d be joining them. The montagues and Capulets arrive but are first separated. Juliet confesses her love for Romeo. Romeo does the same. Both parent were astonished. “How could our son love an enemy?” Monagues would say. “But you are to marry Paris” said lady Capulet. Juliet claims that Paris is a thief to make her parents feelings shift. She starts telling them a story. “One day when I was at the marketplace I saw Paris. I didn’t pay much attention and focused on myself. I caught him at the corner of my eye stealing a loaf of bread from a quite obvious poor man. I just told myself I was hallucinating. I moved to the next stand to buy a few strawberries. I saw him steal a handful of blueberries from a widow. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing! I walked over to the poor man and the widow and paid them double the amount of what he took. I couldn’t tell the story before this because I was afraid he might do something to me. The time has come when it’s an emergency. Romeo wouldn’t hurt a fly. He truly is a great man.” Capulet and Lady Capulet gave each other a look. They couldn’t tell if Juliet was lying or not. They all stared at each other for awhile. At last,