Another time he tried to eschew the fight is when Romeo said, “Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting. Villain am I none. Therefore, farewell. I see thou know’st me not” (3.1. 33-36).
Tybalt and Mercutio have a little banter before Romeo enters the scene. While Tybalt wants to fight Romeo, Romeo does not want to fight him because they are now cousins by marriage. Mercutio gets mad and furious because of all the insults Tybalt is saying. Mercutio and Tybalt fight and Romeo gets in the way, trying to stop the fight. Tybalt goes under his arm and stabs Mercutio.
This leads to Mercutio’s death, as Tybalt stabs him with his rapier, as shown in the quote “Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain! Away to heaven, respective lenity, And fire-eyed fury be my conduct
Romeo stood in front of Mercutio and told him to stop fighting Tybalt. “Tybalt, Mercutio, the prince expressly hath Forbidden bandying in Verona streets. Hold, Tybalt! good Mercutio!” (Act 3, Scene 2).
Those words made Mercutio snap, and he drew his sword declaring if Romeo won’t fight Tybalt, he would. The fight ended with Mercutio’s death that occurred because of Romeo intervening, and giving Tybalt an opportunity to strike Mercutio.
The fight at the beginning of the play shows how much Tybalt hates peace. This is shown when he says to Benvolio, “peace? I hate the word / As I hate hell, all Montagues and thee”
He wants to fight, but Romeo is not budging, for he does not want to harm Juliet’s cousin. So instead of Romeo fighting Tybalt, Mercutio fights Tybalt because Romeo will not fight for himself. Romeo steps between them and tries to stop the duel, but Tybalt manages to stab Mercutio underneath Romeo’s
Even though Romeo is extremely irrational with this decision,
The feud between the two families sent many events into motion such as when Mercutio challenges Tybalt by saying, “O calm dishonourable, vile submission!/ Alla stoccata carries it away. (draws his sword)/ Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?” (3.1. 70-71). Mercutio perectly demonstrates the feud between the two families as he challenges Tybalt to a fight which leads to the death of Mercutio. The death of Mercutio had angered Romeo enough for him to kill his cousin Tybalt, thus leading to a series of events such as Romeo being exiled, Juliet drinking the potion, and ultimately the death of the couple.
Without his officers, who had poisoned the Hart River after disobeying his command to stand down, General Indrid Cole finished scanning the perimeter of the kingdom. This time he’d ordered his men to secure the gates. And this time they complied. In the late afternoon Indrid visited Montague’s quarters, but Montague wasn’t home, so he made himself comfortable on the library’s sheepskin bench as he sifted through books. He was intrigued by the cloaked man’s form and his vision of Rayne.
For our summative, Tori, Michelle and I created a dance showing the connections between Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell. The two books share four main themes; love, courage, difference and abuse. Personally, I think dance is the best way to tell a story. By telling a story through movement there are so many more ways to express emotion and tell the story from a different perspective. My group members and I started the choreography finding multiple connections between the two books, such as: fights between main characters, secret relationships and fate, and started to think of movement phrases to go with these connections.
Romeo and Juliet is an all time classic. It has been translated in over one hundred languages all across the world. On top of that almost every student will have to read it at least once in their life. But what people don’t usually do is focus on the feelings of the characters and how they interact. The character I’m interested in focusing on are Romeo, Juliet, the Nurse, and Romeo and Juliet’s parents.
"My only love sprung from my only hate" Juliet (I,V,147). Juliet Capulet star crossed lover with Romeo Montague. During shakespeare's play Juliet is 13, which is early adolescents and when we are going through puberty. During this Juliet is very indecisive and does stuff in the heat of the moment. She goes against her parents and sneaks around behind there back.
Once Romeo kisses Juliet she becomes interested but not completely star struck. She refers to Romeo last while asking the Nurse the names of the men he is with. When her mother Lady Capulet asks her stance on marriage Juliet says “it is not an hour that I dream of” and “I’ll look to like if looking liking move” (I.iii.68-99). This shows that Juliet is not opposed to, or excited for marriage before meeting Romeo. Shakespeare uses these scenes to depict Juliet as a poised young girl.
Love, at first sight, can be tough, especially for young lovers with little experience, however the pressure (to be together) can get too strong shattering the relationship into tiny pieces. Residents of the city Verona, Italy were left in shock when two young, distressed teens were found deceased in an ancient church. Romeo Montague-18 and Juliet-14 were found dead pressed up against each other’s bodies surrounded by hundreds of lit candles. The locals have said that Juliet had been showing subtle signs of depression ever since her parents had disapproved of her relationship with Romeo. We spoke to Juliet's Nurse ( which claims her and Juliet were as close as mother and daughter) .
