in the book romeo and juliet why does the posion last 42 hours?
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Because it's a story and that fits in with the plot!!
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Maybe the fact that he has no patience. If he was not so quick to act, Juliet would have woke up before he stabbed himself and she never would have drank the poison.
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This is from Romeo and Juliet, where Romeo believes that Juliet has died and is determined to see her again.  He is saying this as he is about to drink poison, the apothecary is a druggist who made the poison.  He is talking about how quickly he will die, and "thus with a kiss I die" means that he is dying out of love for Juliet.
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It's in the book of Daniel. The words were written on a wall by a hand that appeared. Daniel was brought in to interpret the words. It is something about your time being up. The king that saw the words written died that night. I don't recall any more off the top of my head. Daniel is a really interesting book. I would highly recommend reading it.
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Juliet's long soliloquy before she drinks the potion focuses on her fears.  She at first calls the nurse, then changes her mind, realizing that she must act alone.  At first she fears that the potion won't work at all and lays a dagger beside her in case it doesn't.  She then fears that Friar Laurence may have lied, and really plans to kill her in order to avoid being punished for performing their marriage. \n\nAfter deciding that the Friar is honest and trustworthy, Juliet fears that she will wake up before Romeo arrives.  This prospect frightens her the most.  She fears strangling to death for lack of air, and then thinks about being in the vault with the bones of her ancestors, including Tybalt's recently dead body.  In horrible images, she imagines herself playing with the bones of her dead relatives and even smashing her own brains out with one of the bones.  As she imagines Tybalt's ghost seeking out Romeo, his murderer, she drinks the potion as a toast to Romeo.\n\nEven though Juliet's worst fear is that she will wake up too soon, it is ironic that this is the one thing that could have saved both their lives.\n\nJuliet is tragically alone in this scene, expressing her deepest fears in total isolation.  She shows her bravery as proof of her intense love for Romeo. In fact, it is her love for him which allows her to overcome her worst fears.
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William Shakespeare authored Romeo and Juliet and it was one of his most famous plays alongwith Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer's Night Dream etc. It was extensively potrayed during his time.
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Ok, I will help - but I will not give you the answers, that's not help.  If the Shakespearean-era language is difficult to get through, I suggest checking out a noted version of the play (Penguin Publishing has some excellent, quite affordable paperback versions) to help you understand who's saying what.  You might also try to find a full production of the play or a video version. (Zeffirelli's is visually stunning, but leaves out a lot of the by-play.  The newer version with DiCaprio & what's-her-name is visually odd, but leaves in more of the dialogue.  Most libraries also will have the odd BBC or Canadian production in their media library, and these are usually complete dialogue without anything too extreme in the way of visuals.)\n\n1. Think about social conventions of the time - Juliet is a young, unmarried but highly marriageable woman.  Also, think about any parents' natural reaction if they were to find their daughter in the company of any young man - especially if that young man was a member of a family you hated.\n\n2 & 4 are very closely related.  Think about modern divorce rates in marriages that are made quickly - then think about a society where annulments were possible but difficult and divorce as such was not really an option.\n\n3. Reread the scene, and think about Juliet being a young woman besotted, while the nurse is somewhat of a doddering old lady who tends to ramble on and on and on (and some of her lines do amount to Elizabethan toilet humour, by the way).\n\n5.  Think about the purpose of a foil.  Mercutio & Nurse are both close to the main characters, and marginally involved/possibly condoning their behaviours.  Pick out a few key points in the act and you should have no trouble getting 8 to 10 sentences.  For example, do these characters encourage this lovelorn behaviour between the main characters? How? Why?\n\nPersonal sidenote/pet peeve about this play: Why does everyone perform the Queen Mab speech as though it's a huge dramatic foreshadowing?  It is, even the densest people grasp that after seeing the play once - but keep in mind Mercutio's playful, sarcastic character - why on earth would he of a sudden burst into this long prophetic rant?  I've gotten a few people to read it as a mocking, sarcastic sort of monologue, and have been far more pleased with it...
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Romeo, Juliet, and Paris are found dead shortly thereafter by a squire, who runs off to alert others. As word spreads throughout Verona about the deaths, the two feuding families (except Lady Montague, who had died of grief for her son) and the Prince converge upon the tomb. They are horrified to find Romeo, Juliet, and Paris all lying dead, and Friar Lawrence (who has hurried to the crypt but is too late to prevent the tragedy) reveals to them the love and secret marriage of Romeo and Juliet. The feuding families are reconciled by their children's deaths and agree to end their violent feud, as explained by the prologue. The play ends with the Prince saying, "A glooming peace this morning with it brings; The sun for sorrow will not show his head. Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things; Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished; For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
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*conflict- many instances of conflicts in this play. Montagues vs. capulets, mercutio vs. tybalt, romeo vs. paris and many more!!!!!\n     *climax- the point of the story where everything is exciting, everything is glorious, great, or magnificent! everything goes downhill from there. i think theclimax is either in the balcony scene or the party.\n     *falling action- secret wedding and after.\n     *resolution- either romeo and juliet's death, romeo's banishment, when romeo buys the poison (?), or when Juliet makes plans with friar lawerence (?)\n     *i know this isn't muc, but it's a starting point!!!!! my class just finished the romeo and juliet unit, so this stuff is fresh in my mind. i'm REALLY sry that i can't figure out the resolution, but if you've read the play thru, you should be able to choose one of these answers!!!!! good luck with your project and grades!!!!!
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The real life Romeo and Juliet died in Verona , Italy in 1303.  So I assume it is based on that actual time.  It is believed that the play was first performed between 1594-1595.  A little more than you asked, but I hoped it helped.
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When we meet Romeo he is sad because the woman he loves (Rosaline) does not love him back. Although a Montague and is suppose to hate the Capulets, Romeo does not hate anyone. He is seen in the early scenes to be blissfully pinning away about Rosaline to even concern himself with the matters such as the events between the Montagues and Capulets that was engaged in Scene 1.\n\nWhen we meet Juilet she is baded by her mother and nurse and told whether she would like to marry Paris. Juilet is no more than a child and does not understand the difference between love(simply married to someone) and love(in terms of passion in which she experiences later on with Romeo). She is obedient in her parent's wishes, without much thought. Compared to Romeo's lust of love...Juilet's naitivity is strangly juxtaposed when she meets Romeo and it is Juilet who expresses the desire to marry the following day. \n\nHope this helps
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During his time period females here not allowed to act. So Romantic scenes weren't shown as much as they are portrayed in movies of today's culture. Also Romeo and Juliet is WAY overrated! Anyway, the big balcony scene is much different in his time as well because of the way that stages are set up so you might want to look up a diagram on them.
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It really depends on what we are doing and whether we have anything else going on later in the day. Sometimes it's just a quicky before work. Other times, it can last hours' depending on what we're in the mood for.
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Totality can never last more than 7 min 40 s, and is usually much shorter.\n\nFollow the link for more information.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia#Utopia.27s_Family
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Romeo and Juliet: what are the major themes
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Very interesting, I did not know this.  But if it only lasts for two hours, why bother?
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Juliet is in the story Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare.