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Comparing William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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-My book report is on Romeo and Juliet, which is a young true love story gone wrong. There are so many key parts in this book but my favorite part is when Romeo fell for Juliet even though it wasn't allowed he was a capulet and she was a Montague. He didn't know she was the prince’s daughter at the time but her beauty caught his eye. Romeo saw her dancing with someone her parents set her up with. Juliet’s parents wanted her to marry Paris but Juliet wasn't very fond of getting married but her parents insisted. Romeo made himself dance with her. He didn't want to see her with someone else they caught each other's eye but soon Juliet's cousin Benvolio found out Romeo was at the party. Romeo had to leave before it was too late and drama was started. …show more content…

Soon Tybalt and Mercutio are fighting in the streets Tybalt ends up killing him Romeo gets so upset he ends up killing Tybalt the Prince’s response to this is to make Romeo go away. The Climax of this is when Romeo kills Tybalt. In this play, there is a misunderstanding the nurse tells Juliet Romeo was killed by Tybalt but that's not true it's the other way around. Soon the capulet makes Paris and Juliet get married on Thursday to help her get over Tybalt's death but Juliet is only sad Romeo her husband is gone. Friar has a plan to get Romeo back and the nurse wants to assist them so Juliet doesn't have to get married. -Juliet refuses to get married now this makes her father furious. The nurse tells her Romeo will be back soon but just go with the plan of marrying Paris for now. Friar has a plan to make her seem dead by drinking this potion. When Juliet goes to see Friar about getting Romeo back when she returns to the castle she tells her father she went to tell Paris how sorry she was and asked for forgiveness. Juliet doesn't tell the nurse the real plan with Friar because she wanted her to marry Paris and Juliet doesn't trust her

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As Mercutio and Tybalt fight, Romeo intervenes and in doing so, Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo’s arm. After the death of Mercutio, Romeo is disheartened by his death and avenges his friend by murdering Tybalt.

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She has betrayed them, allowing for the death of their child, Juliet. While the Nurse did many horrible things, when she harbored a fugitive, Romeo, is where it all

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On top of that, Lord Capulet threatened for an expulsion of her. Lord Capulet being the unflinching and opinionated man he is, led to Juliet seeking the Friar’s help, allowing a muddle plan to be created. Following the plan, Juliet “agrees” to marry Paris. Lord Capulet, being extremely

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The next day they ended up getting married and had to hide it from their parents. That’s where Paris comes in and he wants to marry Juliet. Since Lord Capulet doesn’t know about Romeo he wants Juliet to get married to Paris. Juliet tells her father that she doesn’t want to marry Juliet. Lord Capulet says that he will disown his own daughter if she doesn’t.

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This plan, however, went wrong and led to the deaths of Paris, Romeo, and Juliet. Juliet was to consent her marriage to Paris and then take a poison that mimics death for forty-two hours the night before. Juliet will then be in the family tomb and the friar will send a message to Romeo of this plan. Once Juliet awakens, Romeo will be there and the both of them will go in Mantua. Once the anger and emotions have died down, the friar will announce the marriage of Romeo and Juliet, ending the feud and receiving a pardon.

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Because of the feud between the two families, Juliet can’t be seen with Romeo. Juliet has to hide her love for Romeo as she says untruthfully, “It shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate…” (3,5,123). This is why Juliet could not tell her parents of her marriage to Romeo; leading to her death-like sleep from the Friar’s potion, to avoid marrying County Paris.

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His plan was for Juliet to consent to marry Paris. Afterwards, she will drink a sleeping potion the night before her wedding that will make her appear dead. Friar Laurence gives a letter to Friar John to be delivered to Romeo. The letter was supposed to be delivered just in time to Romeo so he would have enough time to come to Verona and reunite with Juliet as she woke up. However, the wedding was rushed to occur a day earlier than planned.

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First of all, The Fued made it very hard for Romeo or Juliet to be accepted into either of their families if they wanted to get married because of this feud. They knew that their families would be upset if they found out which made them need to keep it a secret. On account of keeping their marriage and love a secret, when Juliet’s parents arranged for her to get married, Juliet had to find a way out of it and asked Friar Lawrence for help. That's when he gave her the sleeping potion making it seem like she was dead, so she wouldn’ have to marry Paris. It was a very good plan until Romeo actually thought that Juliet had died and killed himself.

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Juliet stating how she would rather do anything as long as she does not have to be with Paris, forced marriage between them to make her parents happy. Knowing if she stayed that is what would be forced upon her and Paris. Friar Lawrence, then came up with the plan to fake the death and send her into the capulet family tomb later informing Romeo to come get her and live happily in Manatua together. “Be strong and prosperous, in this resolve. I’ll send a friar with speed to Manatua with my letters.”

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Romeo was in a state of melancholy and in love with another woman until his eyes laid on Juliet. Meanwhile, Juliet found herself with her family's desire for her to marry Paris. She was so determined to make her wishes come true, even if it meant betraying her own blood. " O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a

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The nurse pushes Juliet to marry Count Paris which makes her drink the potion. “Beshrew my heart in this second match, For it excels you first”(Romeo and Juliet 3.5.223-224). This is her telling Juliet to marry count Paris because Romeo is never coming back. In addition to her telling Juliet to marry Count Paris she let her marry Romeo. The nurse takes Juliet to the Friar and gets her married to Romeo.

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Romeo and Juliet was a play written by William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare was a playwriter, English poet, and actor. He is known for some of his plays and for creating a lot of the English language. When he wrote the play Romeo and Juliet he became even more well known. Most people think the play is called Romeo and Juliet but its actual name is “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”.

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Even the Nurse who previously encouraged the romance between Juliet and Romeo, changes her mind and says she should marry Paris. Juliet's rebellion has serious repercussions which leads her to commit suicde over her

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The most defiant choice that Romeo and Juliet take for their love is their choice to be married. Juliet knows that her father or anyone in her family would not approve of this choice, but she still does it cause she loves Romeo. This love struck mentality drives Romeo and Juliet to be married and this secret marriage causes turmoil when Lord Capulet demands Juliet to marry Paris. Although Juliet knows that she is already married to Romeo loyal to him, not Paris and refuses to marry “doth Paris” (Shakespeare. III.v.145).

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She is able to deceive the Nurse from suspecting that she fell in love with Romeo. Furthermore, Juliet struggles with another problem when her parents decide that she was to marry the Count Paris when she was already married to Romeo. When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, she states, “I will not even marry yet, and when I do I swear it shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, rather than Paris.” (III.v.126). She is not obedient to her parents like she used to.

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