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Love Choices In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Love has caught the eye of many people for a long time. People also showed us love in many different ways like through music, movies, art, science, and philosophy. Many say love is exciting, fun, challenging, and teamwork. People state love is a fantastic experience. Authors show us that love is not so easy and fun. William Shakespeare's story, Romeo and Juliet, shows us how hard love is. Romeo and Juliet is a story about two lovers with families that hate each other, leading them to have many obstacles and making it hard to see each other. Throughout the story, they had only downs and this all happened in the span of five days. Through characterizing Romeo as someone who can’t control emotions, William Shakespeare suggests that love causes …show more content…

In the beginning tybalt wanted to fight Romeo But Romeo did not want to fight him because they are family. So they met in the main place of the city and instead of romeo fighting mercutio fought. Romeo got in the way of them fighting and by accident tybalt killed mercutio. Then Baltizar instigated and got Romeo mad. Romeo said I wanna kill you idc who you are either you or I go. Then they fought and Romeo killed tybalt. After the prince came and asked what happened then he stated Romeo is getting banished. “Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain? Away to heaven respective lenity, And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now! Now, Tybalt, take the “villain” (ShakeSpear 3.1.121) When Romeo says “Alive in trump, and mercutio slain?” it dennotates to still alive and killed my friend. I would not let that happen but is connotes as he is angry that's why he talked to him. Then he states ” away to heaven respective lenity” that denotes to not care anymore I wanna fight you but connotes I am so angry idc who you are. After he states “now tybalt take the villain” which donnotates to you a villain now prepared to die but connotes to you are dead to you evil person. This shows how mercutio's death made romeo choose the passionate choices and that he did not …show more content…

After Romeo killed tybalt and got banished he came to the friar and wanted to kill himself. He compares death to the banishment. He also said that he is suicidal because he can’t be with juliet but then the friar came up with an idea for them so say their final goodbyes. After he said I will come with a plan Romeo heard the plan and said ok I will hide here for now.``say “death”; For exile hath more terror in his look, Much more than death. Do not say banishment.” (Shakespear 3.3.12) When romeo stated “exile hath more terror in his look” this denotes to the banishment is like death he would rather die but is connotes to without juliet I shall die which shows us how determined he is when it comes to being with Juliet. When he states “ do not say banishment” this doesn't mean I don’t like that word because it tells me I can't be with Juliet, however this connootates to caring and sadness because he will be separated from Juliet. By Romeo coming back to see Juliet dead,William Shakespeare suggests that his love for Juliet made him hurt others which led him coming too early and seeing her dead and then killing himself. Romeo came to Juliet grave because Balthasar told him. He comes to the grave and sees Paris but Paris is sad because his “wife” died and said only I can see I shall fight you and

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Tybalt was a ruthless beast who got angry at Romeo for showing up at a Capulet party. So he challenged Romeo to a duel. If Tybalt had never challenged Romeo, Romeo would not be banished. Tybalt killed Mercutio because Mercutio was standing up for Romeo. Tybalt slayed him and Romeo backlashed by killing Tybalt, causing Romeo to be banished.

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“Now, Tybalt, take the “villain” back again that thou gavest me; for Mercutio’s soul is but a little way above our heads, staying for thine to keep him company. Either thou or I, or both, must go with him.” Romeo is angry that Tybalt killed Mercutio, so he makes the decision to fight Tybalt until one of them is dead. Romeo and Juliet are both very impulsive. Romeo doesn’t think of the consequences that will come for him after the fight, so it ends with Tybalt dead and Romeo banished.

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This fight between Romeo, Mercutio and Tybalt ends in serious matters. Tybalt comes up to Romeo wanting to fight him, but Mercutio steps in and starts fighting Tybalt. Mercutio is struck by Tybalt and as a result of this, Romeo says to Benvolio when everyone has left, “This day’s black fate on more days doth depend; This but begins the woe, others must end” (3.1.124-125). Romeo is furious at Tybalt for what he did to Mercutio that and he wants revenge so he goes after Tybalt, fights him and kills him. The Prince banishes Romeo from Verona as a consequence for his actions.

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Shortly after Mercutio’s murder, Tybalt comes back into the streets and starts trying to get the distraught Romeo to fight him. This leads to Tybalt’s

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Once Tybalt punctures Mercutio with his sword right under Romeo’s arm Mercutio expires and is no longer alive. Romeo is soon angered by the death of Mercutio because he does not want Mercutio to die alone, so he speaks this “Now, Tybalt takes the “villain” back again that late thou gavest me, for Mercutio’s soul but is a little way above our heads, staying for thine to keep him company. Either thou or I, or both, must go with him” (act 3, scene 1, lines 87-91). Romeo is saying the Tybalt should not be alive because he is the one the stabbed Mercutio during the fight so he should get it done back to him because you can’t do anything to others that you don’t want done to you. Romeo thinks Mercutio should not go to heaven, that Romeo should fight until one or the other is dead because it is not fair that he has to go by himself.

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Suddenly as the fight gets too aggressive Tybalt stabs Mercutio in anger and rage which ends up killing him in a slow and painful death. “I was hurt under your arm.” Romeo says this because he is blaming himself for Mercutio’s death since he put his love for Juliet before thinking about his friends. When Tybalt is still angry, Romeo is ready to get even by drawing his sword and kills Tybalt. This brought Romeo great guilt and fear.

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You can see that in Act 3, Romeo says, "Now, Tybalt, take the 'villain' back again that late thou gavest me, for Mercutio's soul is but a little way above our heads, staying for thine to keep him company. Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him (3.1. 130-134). " In this scene, Tybalt has slain Mercutio and Romeo wishes to get revenge. Romeo's uncontrollable desire for revenge leads to him killing Tybalt and effectively gets him banished from Verona. The fatal events occur then, as a result of Romeo's banishment.

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Tybalt and his devotion to defend his honor leads to his desperate attempts to duel Romeo. However instead he ends up dueling with Mercutio and kills him. As a result,Romeo mourns the death of his friend. Full of wrath Romeo upon Tybalt’s return implies :“fury be my conduct now./Now, Tybalt, take the “villain” back again”(III.i.129-130). This conveys the wave of passionate wrath that takes over Romeo as he is met with the same person who just murdered his best friend.

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Romeo becomes very upset about being kicked out of Verona and states, “Calling death banishment is like cutting off my head with a golden ax and smiling while I'm being murdered!”(3.3.22). Romeo is throwing a fit about being exiled instead of being grateful that he gets to stay alive. He compares exile to murder just because he isn’t getting exactly what he wants and is being very dramatic. Romeo finds Juliet and believes she’s actually dead, and he decides he wants to die as he says, “I have made with death forever. come bitter poison, come unsavory guide!”(5.3.115).

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He murdered Tybalt after a feud between him and Mercutio, where Tybalt killed Mercutio. Romeo, speaking of Tybalt, says “He’s alive and victorious, and Mercutio’s dead? Enough with mercy and consideration. It’s time for rage to guide my actions.

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Juliet’s dad recommends that Juliet marry Paris and this makes Juliet even sadder. Juliet goes to see the friar and he comes up with a plan to reunite Romeo and Juliet. Juliet takes a sleeping potion. Her parents think she is dead so they take her to the tomb. Romeo ends up finding Juliet in the tomb and he thinks she is dead

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Juliet says, “My only love, sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, that I must love a loathed enemy,” (1.5.136-140), after realizing she has fallen in love with Romeo, a Montague. The feuding of their families does not allow Romeo and Juliet to be with one another, but in the end, their love is what eventually brings the feuding to end. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the nature of Romeo and Juliet’s love is what leads to a paradigm changing tragedy.

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Have you ever seen someone and instantly fell in love with them? Well, maybe not, but in the story, “Romeo and Juliet”, the author ,William Shakespeare, shows Romeo and Juliet fall in love and get married within 24 hours of meeting each other. However they both come from opposite households with a grudge between them. Due to their age and immaturity they didn't think of the consequences that being in love may cause. In the story the author William Shakespeare present the idea that young love can blind you from reality and cause you to make rash decisions.

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It starts because Tybalt comes looking to start some trouble with Romeo. Instead he ends up fighting with Romeo’s good friend Mercutio and kills Mercutio in front of Romeo. When Romeo sees Mercutio laying on the ground dead, he fights Tybalt and kills him for killing his good friend, Mercutio. Word gets around that Romeo killed Tybalt and that Mercutio is dead, so the Prince of Verona exiles Romeo from the town. The news about what had happened goes around fast, and the nurse tells Juliet about what has happened, but fails to tell Juliet that Romeo is exiled from the town until later, so Juliet thinks in the beginning that Romeo had died, too.

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Juliet sent a message to Romeo about her plan to wait for her at the family vault when she's awake and then they can move to Mantua to be together, but he never got the message. Romeo found out his beloved wife had die and he don't want to live in the world without her so he decided to die with her by drinking the poison. When Juliet wakes up from her fake death, She realize Romeo is truly dead and so she killed herself with his sharp

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