What role does Benvolio play in the fights that occur in Act 1 Scene 1?
Benvolio’s role in the scene is to attempt to de-escalate a violent and angry situation. This is related to Benvolio’s perspective throughout the play, which prioritizes preventing the violence that occurs between the Capulet and Montagues.
Why does Benvolio encourage Romeo to attend the Capulet ball?
Romeo agrees to go to the party because he reads that Rosaline will be there. He wants to go, so that he can watch Rosaline. Benvolio encourages Romeo to go to the party, so that he can show Romeo a whole bunch of other beautiful women that will make Rosaline look plain in comparison.
How does Romeo get invited to the Capulet’s party?
A Party Invitation A Capulet servant, sent on the errand to deliver his master’s party invitations, bumps into Romeo and Benvolio. The servant cannot read and so asks Romeo to read the invitation for him. Romeo finds out that Rosaline’s name is on the list for the party.
Why did Romeo kill Paris?
As Romeo has been exiled from the city on penalty of death, Paris thinks that Romeo must hate the Capulets so much that he has returned to the tomb to do some dishonor to the corpse of either Tybalt or Juliet. Romeo kills Paris. As he dies, Paris asks to be laid near Juliet in the tomb, and Romeo consents.
Is Paris jealous of Romeo?
Paris’ dying words are a plea to the man who has killed him: “If thou be merciful, / Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet” (5.3. 72-73). Even after this, Romeo shows no jealousy; instead, he seems to regard Paris as a comrade in the adventure of love and death.
What bad decisions did Romeo make?
Talk about bad luck! As you can see, the three major causes of Romeo and Juliet’s death were bad choices, adult interference and bad luck. An example of bad choices is that Romeo and Juliet got married in one day, and make out in the balcony all night
What’s the ending of Romeo and Juliet?
At the end of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo returns to Verona because he believes Juliet is dead. When he arrives at her tomb she appears lifeless, and in his grief he kills himself by drinking poison. Moments later Juliet wakes, and, finding Romeo dead, she plunges his sword into her breast.
How did Juliet kill herself?
On seeing Juliet, he drinks the poison so he can be with her in heaven. Juliet finally awakens to see Romeo there with her – however, she quickly realises he has drunk poison. So, instead, she kills herself with Romeo’s dagger.
Is Romeo and Juliet sad?
Romeo is sad at the start of the play. He is sad at this point because he is in “love” with Rosaline. Much later in the play, he is sad (beyond sad, really) because he believes that Juliet is dead. He is so devastated by this that he kills himself.
Why does Lord Capulet want Paris to wait before marrying Juliet?
Why does Capulet want Paris to wait before marrying Juliet. He doesn’t trust Paris. He needs to get approval from Escalus first. Juliet is already promised to another suitor.
Did Romeo and Juliet die together?
Romeo takes his poison and dies, while Juliet awakens from her drugged coma. She learns what has happened from Friar Laurence, but she refuses to leave the tomb and stabs herself. The deaths of their children lead the families to make peace, and they promise to erect a monument in Romeo and Juliet’s memory.
Who killed himself first in Romeo and Juliet?
The deaths of Romeo and Juliet occur in a sequence of compounding stages: first, Juliet drinks a potion that makes her appear dead. Thinking her dead, Romeo then drinks a poison that actually kills him. Seeing him dead, Juliet stabs herself through the heart with a dagger.
What does Romeo drink that kills him?
Friar Lawrence discovers that his plan has gone wrong and heads to the Capulet tomb to rescue Juliet. However, Romeo gets there long before the Friar. With him he has a bottle of poison that he has purchased from an apothecary . He has already decided that life is not worth living without Juliet.
What does Juliet say about Romeo while she’s on her balcony?
Juliet appears on the balcony and thinking she’s alone, reveals in a soliloquy her love for Romeo. She despairs over the feud between the two families and the problems the feud presents. Romeo listens and when Juliet calls on him to “doff” his name, he steps from the darkness saying, “call me but love.”
What is the main message of Romeo and Juliet?
Love is naturally the play’s dominant and most important theme. The play focuses on romantic love, specifically the intense passion that springs up at first sight between Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet, love is a violent, ecstatic, overpowering force that supersedes all other values, loyalties, and emotions.