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Friar Lawrence. A Franciscan friar, friend to both Romeo and Juliet. Kind, civic-minded, a proponent of moderation, and always ready with a plan, Friar Lawrence secretly marries the impassioned lovers in hopes that the union might eventually bring peace to Verona. As well as being a Catholic holy man, Friar Lawrence is also an expert in the use ...
Jul 31, 2015 · Act 3, scene 1. ⌜ Scene 1 ⌝. Synopsis: Mercutio and Benvolio encounter Tybalt on the street. As soon as Romeo arrives, Tybalt tries to provoke him to fight. When Romeo refuses, Mercutio answers Tybalt’s challenge. They duel and Mercutio is fatally wounded. Romeo then avenges Mercutio’s death by killing Tybalt in a duel.
William Shakespeare. Written and first published at the end of the sixteenth century, Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare’s best-known romantic tragedy. The play tells the story of a young couple from rival families in medieval Verona, Italy, and the inevitable ecstasy and doom of their whirlwind romance.
After Romeo is dragged to a masquerade at the Capulet house by Mercutio, his wild, fun-loving friend, and Benvolio, his cousin, Romeo falls in love with the beautiful Juliet—not realizing that she is a Capulet, and therefore his sworn enemy due to the feud between their families. Romeo quickly abandons his feelings for Rosaline and swears his ...
challenges Romeo. When Romeo refuses to fight, Romeo’s friend Mercutio accepts the challenge and is killed. Romeo then kills Tybalt and is banished. He spends that night with Juliet and then leaves for Mantua. Juliet’s father forces her into a marriage with Count Paris. To avoid this marriage, Juliet takes a potion, given her by the friar ...
Yet Romeo’s words also suggest that he retains a primarily abstract and poetic understanding of love, more fantasy than reality. O sweet Juliet. Thy beauty hath made me effeminate. And in my temper softened valor’s steel! (III.i.) When Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo regrets not fighting Tybalt himself.
In Romeo and Juliet, love is a force which can—and does—move too fast. With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls, For stony limits cannot hold love out (2.2.) Juliet wants to know how Romeo got into the walled garden of the Capulet house: these lines are his response. For Romeo, true love is a liberating force.
