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The END
Conclusion
References

Tybalt is often misrepresented as the villain of the play, when he is just as much a victim as the rest of Verona’s youth. Mercutio is only remembered for his puns and innuendos, even though there is much more to him than just a clown.

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Part 3 - A strange rivalry: Tybalt vs Mercutio
B - Death comes for everyone

The Duel is the tipping point of the play. While the prologue says that the feud is ancient and has been reawakened with a new rage, nobody has died because of the feud.

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Part 3 - A strange rivalry: Tybalt vs Mercutio
A – Through each other’s eyes

Their personalities, beliefs and views of the world end up clashing and the resulting fight is the turning point of the play. But who are they to each other, really?

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Part 2 - Tybalt, honour and loyalty: the angry Prince of Cats
B - Or another victim?

There is something else already in these two lines, the first he speaks: his attention to ranks and social value, his obsession with the system of Verona.

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Part 2 - Tybalt, honour and loyalty: the angry Prince of Cats
A – Villain?

Tybalt is skilled with a sword. Indeed, Tybalt’s first appearance in the play is sword in hand. He is the second main character to appear.

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Part I – A royal jester, a mercurial clown: who is Mercutio?
B – The Queen Mab tirade: Mercutio’s bravura

One of the most famous tirades of Romeo and Juliet is said by Mercutio. He launches into the phantasmagorical recital of his dream after Romeo reveals he had a dream.

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Part I – A royal jester, a mercurial clown: who is Mercutio?
A – The one who talks a lot: five centuries of analysis and interpretations

Mercutio’s weapon of choice is language. He loves to hear himself, he loves puns and jokes.

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Villains, clowns or misunderstood characters?
A study of Tybalt and Mercutio, from play to movies

Introduction:
Most movie adaptations often cut or misunderstand the roles of Tybalt and Mercutio.

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Part 3A! "A strange rivalry: Tybalt vs Mercutio", through each other's eyes.
What happens when you put fiery Mercutio against angry Tybalt?
(spoiler: nothing good at all)

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Villains, clowns or misunderstood characters?
A study of Tybalt and Mercutio, from play to movies
Part 2 - Tybalt, honour and loyalty: the angry Prince of Cats
B - Or another victim?
A dive beyond Tybalt's angry mask to look at the vulnerability at his core
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Villains, clowns or misunderstood characters?

A study of Tybalt and Mercutio, from play to movies

Introduction, part 1A and 1B and part 2A already up

Part 2B, 3A and 3B, conclusion and sources will be posted next week!

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Part 2 - Tybalt, honour and loyalty: the angry Prince of Cats
A – Villain?

Meet Tybalt, the Prince of Cats, the Capulets' Blade.

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Shakespeare on Screen - A study of Tybalt and Mercutio - PART 1B
The Queen Mab tirade: Mercutio’s bravura

The Queen Mab speech is not just a long speech made of puns and funny, goofy, Mercutio-esque jokes. It has a dark underlying tone.

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Part 1A - A royal jester, a mercurial clown: who is Mercutio?

The one who talks a lot: five centuries of analysis and interpretations

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Villains, clowns or misunderstood characters? A study of Tybalt and Mercutio, from play to movies

Who are Mercutio and Tybalt? What parts do they play in Romeo&Juliet?

Welcome to the introduction of a multimedia Character Study.

Stay tuned for part 1!

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My brother's started posting on YouTube the project he's been working on for years: a scifi epic, written, narrated, recorded and arranged by him.
While the text is in French, there are English subtitles and you can follow the story easily. Here's the Prologue: youtube.com/watch…
Enjoy! #SciFi

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"One no longer needs to demonstrate Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki's environmentalist sentiments. Environmentalism, feminism and anti-war pacifism are the three main themes that can be highlighted from movie to movie."
"There are four films of interest we can review."

The way the weather went from so cold last week that we were considering restarting the wood stove to so hot this week the heat made me nauseous is bullshit. Like, can we get a progression here, from cold to warm to hot, instead of radical jump from cold to hot? Smh.

Hello!

If you would like to read "Meta-literature: the “mise en abyme” of the narration in William Goldman's The Princess Bride" in its entirety, here is a downloadable PDF. Enjoy!

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"Thus, a one-sided conversation takes place between Morgenstern and Goldman throughout the novel as Goldman's abridging work progresses."

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If you've liked the metafictional journey, don't hesitate to buy the writer a cup of coffee!

I, for one, am tired of [gestures broadly]. I have grown weary of [points in all directions simultaneously].

Very important and timely thread, a must read, truly.

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"But on the second level, we meet Goldman; not Goldman as the author, but Goldman as the character recounting how he discovered the original novel when he was a child and his father was reading it to him [...]."

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"Let us start at the beginning. At its first level of reading, The Princess Bride is the story of Buttercup, the aforementioned Princess, and Westley, her great love [...]."

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“This is my favourite book in all the world, though I have never read it”. With these words, William Goldman provides us with the crux of the novel in our hands.

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The Shepard of Spring

#BookChallenge
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Cover of Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers

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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
2/20.

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IWTV s01e01 parts 1 and 2/2, rewatch and meta commentary. Enjoy! (Drop a tip)