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

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Dearest Victoria, I regret to inform you of your niece Juliet’s death. You know Romeo, the Montague’s heir and only son, he claims to have fallen in love with her! Can you imagine that, a disgusting Montague with our dear Juliet? Well, apparently this idiot priest believed that they were in love! And he married them! This whole tragedy was caused by Friar Lawrence because he decided to marry them, which just caused so many more things to happen. I overheard from Tybalt that Romeo was at the ball the other night. You know, the one to celebrate Juliets’ entrance into society as a young woman? Well, I heard from the shopkeeper, who heard from Mercutio, who was there with Romeo, that Romeo kissed Juliet at the ball. At their first meeting - a …show more content…

She even heard Friar Lawrence say “Till Holy Church incorporate two in one” (pg 111, line 37, act 2 scene 6)! He married them to me! Remember when I told you that the marriage between them caused more things to happen. Well, it did. I was walking to the market when I saw Romeo and his friends talking to his brother, Tybalt. Tybalt was enraged that Romeo had gone to the ball the other night because he's a Montague and he wasn't invited! Well, unknown to any of us, Romeo and Juliet had just gotten married, so instead of trying to fight Tybalt, he told him “I do protest I never injured thee / But love thee better than thou canst devise / Till thou shalt know the reason of my love / and so good Capulet which name I tender / as dearly as my own, be satisfied.” (line 69 - 73, act 3 scene 1). He was telling him that I won't fight you because you are my Soon after, something happened. The two groups fought and Mercutio was slain. Romeo got so angry that his friend was killed, he slayed his dear brother Tybalt. Oh Victoria, I am so sorry that you had to hear of not only your niece's death this way, but your dear brother's death. After he killed our dear Tybalt, Romeo ran from the scene. Only a moment after he fled, the prince came and asked

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