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Juliet, who is heartbroken that Romeo is dead, tries to drink some of Romeo’s poison but there is none left. Instead, she kills herself with Romeo’s dagger. The Capulets and Montagues agree...
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As they walk in the street under the boiling sun, Benvolio suggests to Mercutio that they go indoors, fearing that a brawl will be unavoidable should they encounter Capulet men. Mercutio replies that Benvolio has as quick a temper as any man in Italy, and should not criticize others for their short fuses. Tybalt enters with a group of cronies. He a...
The sudden, fatal violence in the first scene of Act 3, as well as the buildup to the fighting, serves as a reminder that, for all its emphasis on love, beauty, and romance, Romeo and Juliet still takes place in a masculine world in which notions of honor, pride, and status are prone to erupt in a fury of conflict. The viciousness and dangers of th...
Romeos cry, O, I am fortunes fool! refers specifically to his unluckiness in being forced to kill his new wifes cousin, thereby getting himself banished (3.1.131). It also recalls the sense of fate that hangs over the play. Mercutios response to his fate, however, is notable in the ways it diverges from Romeos response. Romeo blames fate, or fortun...
Tragedy. The play can be classified as a tragedy. Tragedies are plays that tell stories of people who make errors and suffer. In most tragedies, the main characters die at the end (like Romeo and Juliet).
Jun 4, 2020 · At the masked ball, Romeo spies Juliet and instantly falls in love with her; she also falls for him. They kiss, but then Tybalt, Juliet’s kinsman, spots Romeo and recognising him as a Montague, plans to confront him. Old Capulet tells him not to do so, and Tybalt reluctantly agrees.
Mar 10, 2023 · Romeo and Juliet is an early tragedy by William Shakespeare about two teenage star-crossed lovers. It ends with their suicides, uniting rival households of a long-running family feud. The play has been highly praised by literary critics for its language and dramatic effect.
Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. The plot is based on an Italian tale written by Matteo Bandello and translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1567.
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Outside the tomb, Romeo finds Paris mourning for Juliet. Romeo fights with him and leaves him dead. He breaks into the Capulet tomb and discovers Juliet, as cold as if she were dead.
