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Romeo secretly spends the night in Juliet's chamber, where they consummate their marriage. Capulet, misinterpreting Juliet's grief, agrees to marry her to Count Paris and threatens to disown her when she refuses to become Paris's "joyful bride". [2] When she then pleads for the marriage to be delayed, her mother rejects her.
However, Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt, because Romeo now considers Tybalt to be kin due to his secret marriage to Juliet. Mercutio is incensed at his friend's "calm, dishonorable, vile submission", and decides to fight Tybalt himself, referring to his own sword as his "fiddlestick."
Romeo is subsequently punished by the Prince with banishment from Verona, with the threat of death if he ever returns. Romeo then secretly spends his wedding night with Juliet, the couple consummate their marriage, and Romeo flees. Juliet's parents, unaware of their daughter's secret marriage, have arranged for Juliet to marry wealthy Count ...
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
Joan, Lady Thynne, born Joan Hayward (1558 – 3 March 1612) was an English gentlewoman. She took an active role in managing property including Caus Castle.The secret marriage of her son is said to have inspired Shakespeare's retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story.
Maria, Lady Thynne born Maria Tuchet nicknamed "Mall" (1578 – 1611) was an English gentlewoman whose marriage was against her and her husband's family's wishes and this led to a long legal dispute. It is possible that this story influenced Shakespeare to start to rewrite the Italian story of Romeo and Juliet. Maria and her mother-in-law's ...
Following the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, Rosaline Capulet is betrothed against her will to Benvolio Montague.As the two try to prevent the marriage and the destruction of their warring families, a secret society known as "The Fiend" attempts to depose the beleaguered Prince Escalus by inciting war between the two families.
When Romeo requests the Friar marry him to Juliet, he is shocked, because only days before, Romeo had been infatuated with Rosaline, [2] a woman who did not return his love. Nevertheless, Friar Laurence decides to marry Romeo and Juliet in the attempt to stop the civil feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. [3]