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Breakdown of Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Scene 1

Nutshell Summary:

Themes Discussed:
(For more detailed discussion of THEME in Romeo and Juliet see https://dai.ly/x80qt0r)

- T1 Wasteland / Hero’s Quest: Love the redeemer
- T3 Self vs Society: Mercutio aligned with society; Romeo aligned with the Self
- T4 Love as truest expression of the Self
- T8 / T10 Revenge, Furies / Wasteland
- T9 Revenge / Justice
- T10 In-group / Out-group
- T11 Fate; not cosmic, but personal; strength of character vs weaknesses
- Tragedy: Crux, fulcrum, peripeteia, fatal error, tragic flaw

Characters Discussed:
(For more detailed discussion of CHARACTER in Romeo and Juliet see https://dai.ly/x80pud8)

- C1 Romeo: Worthy hero, idealist
- C1 Romeo: Tragic flaw — abandons Self, aligns with society; he senses the wrongness
- C3 Mercutio: Projection, we see what we want/expect to see
- Benvolio: fair dealer, balances the forces of Self-Society, hero?
- C8 Lady Capulet: Political thinker, seeking advantage, revenge

This video on Shakespeare’s LANGUAGE might also help: https://dai.ly/x80qtdh

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