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Why does Romeo first refuse to fight Tybalt?
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He refuses to fight him because he is now married to Juliet which mean their families are bonded which essentially is saying Romeo is a capulet and doesn't want to hurt someone in his family
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Who do you think is to blame for the fight between Mercutio and Tybalt?
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Tybalt because he interprets Romeo's presence as an insult at the party and when Romeo shows up that day he thinks he has come to make fun of the capulet party. It is tybalts fault because he could not control his temper and he assumed false reasons for Romeo's presence.
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Explain why Romeo chooses to fight Tybalt after all. In your opinion, was he justified in killing Tybalt? Discuss why or why not?
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He fights Tybalt to avenge Mercutio's death. I think he is justified in that time period because if romeo let it be it would seem that the capulets won
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The nurse advises Juliet to forget about Romeo and marry Paris. Does this advice surprise you?
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This does not surprise me because from the beginning the nurse has always oozed over how paris is such a man . She also doesn't want Juliet to get her heart broken by Romeo
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Compare Juliets soliloquy of Act II, scene 5, lines 1-19 with her soliloquy of act III, scene 2, lines 1- 35
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the first soliloquy discusses how nervous she is for the nurse to come back because she took too long. She wants to be married and is impatient. The second soliloquy talks about how nervous she is for the Romeo to visit her. She's waiting for the nurse to bring the rope for Romeo
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What if anything prevents Juliet from simply joining romeo in Mantua?
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She is bethrothed to marriage, no means to get there, if she goes missing they will try to find her
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What occurs in scene v to alieniate Juliet from her family?
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She does not want to marry Paris, so her father says he will throw her out and disown her if she doesn't marry him