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Romeo And Juliet Summary Act 1

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Act 1: Act 1 opens with Gregory and Sampson who are Capulet men, in a Verona marketplace. They proceed to pick a fight with a Montague servant. A street brawl erupts which is temporarily halted by Benvolio who is one of Romeo's best friends. Tybalt arrives and starts the fight up again. Brief moments of fighting later and the Prince of Verona himself stops the fight. Telling both families that if it were to happen again all who were involved be executed. The end of scene 1 sees Romeo in a very depressed state. Romeo has been left by the “love of his life” Rosaline. He declares no one can fill the hole in his heart but her. Mercutio and Benvolio convince Romeo to attend the Capulets party to prove to him there are other women in Verona. As they …show more content…

They come upon a group of Capulets, Tybalt in the mix. Tybalt asks for Romeo so that he can slay him. Mercutio tries to talk with Tybalt to no prevail. Romeo enters the scene after just been married to Juliet. Tybalt tries to fight him. Romeo refuses telling him they are family now and he will not fight back. Mercutio jumps in to protect his friend Romeo. After much swordplay, Tybalt slays Mercutio under Romeo's hand. Mercutio dies slowly in Romeo's arms, cursing both families. Romeo attacks Tybalt in a fit of rage, knowing that he killed his good friend Mercutio. Tybalt is killed by Romeo. The Prince declares that Romeo be executed. Benvolio then explains that Tybalt had killed Mercutio and caused this. Instead the Prince Banishes Romeo from Verona, never to come back. The Nurse rushes to Juliet telling her that Romeo had killed Tybalt. She turns against her husband calling him a snake. The Nurse agrees and Juliet lashes out at her for talking bad about Romeo. Juliet main focus now is on her husband's banishment. While this is happening Lady Capulet talks with Paris and plans to marry him and Juliet that very Thursday. Romeo and Juliet spend their final moments together in Friar Lawrence's cell. The Nurse arrives to tell Juliet it is time to leave. Romeo exits through the window, with the hope of seeing his love

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Tybalt comes across Romeo and Mercutio and tries to pick a fight with Romeo. Mercurio steps in and fights in Romeo’s place and Tybalt kills Mercutio. Out of rage for Mercutio's death Romeo fights and kills Tybalt. Romeo is exiled from the country and his mother dies of grief because of it. Tybalt is responsible for killing Mercutio, driving Romeo to kill Tybalt, causing Romeo’s mother to die of grief and causing Romeo to be

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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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Romeo was trying to protect both of them, but ended up not being able to save Mercutio. He was trying to save Tybalt because they were family now, as a result of Romeo marrying Juliet. Because Romeo is furious, he kills Tybalt. Benvolio, who is standing by, becomes distraught, and he tells Romeo to run. “Romeo, away, be gone!

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After Romeo spoke those words, Tybalt saw his chance and tried to stab Romeo. He instead pierced through Mercutio. Although Tybalt is the person who killed Mercutio, he is not the most to blame.

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Juliet’s mother was crying for Tybalt and told Prince to execute Romeo but he didn’t agree because Tybalt killed Mercutio first. Prince decided to banish Romeo and have him never to return to Verona ever again. After all the sad days grieving for Tybalt, Paris came to the Capulet’s house and talked to Juliet’s father about marrying Juliet. In the book Paris says, “But now, my lord, what say you to my suit?”

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Mercutio! The Prince expressly hath / Forbid this bandying in Verona streets” (3.1.89-90). Despite Romeo’s words of warning, Tybalt and Mercutio fight, and Tybalt kills Mercutio. This is the first murder that is an action of the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues in the play. Romeo, angered by Mercutio’s death, fights with and kills Tybalt in response to Tybalt’s actions.

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After the fight with Mercutio and Tybalt Romeo goes after Tybalt and Kills him. Benvolio says, “Romeo, away, be gone! The citizen are up, and Tybalt slain. Stand not amazed. The Prince will doom thee death If thou art taken.

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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

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Romeo allows his thirst for revenge to cloud his logical reasoning when he kills Tybalt who has just murdered Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend. Mercutio defends Romeo against Tybalt’s insults with comebacks and later his sword. As Romeo attempts to intervene, Mercutio is stabbed by Tybalt and Romeo is enraged. Once he finds out from Benvolio that the wound had killed him, Romeo,”Who had but newly entertained revenge,” (III.i.173), kills Tybalt and flees the scene. Romeo declined to

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Tybalt picks a quarrel with Mercutio and his friends and Mercutio is accidentally killed as Romeo intervenes to try to break up the fight. Romeo pursues Tybalt in anger, kills him and is banished by the Prince for the deed. Juliet is anxious that Romeo is late meeting her and learns of the fighting from her Nurse. With Friar Lawrence’s help it is arranged that Romeo will spend the night with Juliet before taking refuge at Mantua. To calm the family’s sorrow at Tybalt’s death the day for the marriage of Juliet to Paris is brought forward.

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Romeo in his new home, receives news from his close friend that Juliet is dead, and was carried into the Capulet family tomb. Romeo instantly buys a poison potion from a local drug dealer, and rides on his horse to the Capulet household. He breaks his way into the tomb where he finds Paris, the man who was also supposed to marry Juliet. They engage in a battle, and Paris falls to the floor, dead. After this, Romeo finds Juliet and decides it is time to end his life to be with Juliet in heaven.

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Tybalt then challenges Romeo to a fight but Romeo says no because Tybalt is now apart of his family. Mercutio then backs Romeo up and challenges Tybalt to a fight. Tybalt and Mercutio then start to fight. Romeo then tries to stop it but and goes between them but it wasn 't enough Tybalt was still able to stab Mercutio and drop him to the ground. Tybalt then ran away.

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Lady Capulet screamed and shouted, that she wanted who ever did this killed. A person from the crowed screamed, that it was Romeo, and that made the whole Capulet family that was at the scene mad. Before anything could be said or done, Benlovio spoke up and said that Romeo only did it because Tybalt had killed Mercutio. When the prince heard this he was in shock, they followed Benvolio to where Mercutio layed dead on the floor. “The life of Tybalt …

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He spots Juliet who is covered by mask. After a swift conversation the two kissed. This resulted in a strong bond between Romeo and Juliet and Romeo forgetting Rosaline his old girlfriend. Romeo climbs over the Capulet’s garden wall and hides in the garden below Juliet’s window. He spots Juliet and He overhears Juliet talking to herself.

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Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel and he declines the challenge and insists that he won’t fight Tybalt. Mercutio is angered by Romeo’s “cowardice” and takes on Tybalt himself. Romeo wants Mercutio to stop fighting Tybalt so he decides that it’d be a good idea to block his arm in mid combat and Tybalt stabs Mercutio from under Romeo’s arm and Mercutio falls dead after rambling about plagues and a pun or two. Romeo doesn’t realize that it is his own fault that Mercutio died after Mercutio even blamed his wound on him. Romeo lets his emotions decide his actions and becomes enraged and ignores that Tybalt is now his family and fails to see that he was the reason Mercutio was killed.

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