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* WickedStepmother: Lady Capulet in ''spades'', especially towards Rosaline.
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* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: Rosaline is shown to be very protective towards her younger sister Livia. She wants to arrange a good marriage for her sister, to a man who loves and can take care of her. When the riot breaks out at Romeo and Juliet's funerals, Rosaline gets separated from Livia and risks her life to get her to safety.
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* SecretKeeper: Rosaline and Benvolio were these to Juliet and Romeo respectively, being the sole witnesses to their weddings. Later on, Livia discovers that Lady Capulet has been hiding an injured Prince Paris in the family estate.
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* DecompositeCharacter: In the play, Escalus is the Prince of Verona throughout the events of the story. For the show this role has been split between Escalus' father (who decrees any further breach of the peace punishable by death) and Escalus himself, who only becomes Prince the same night Romeo and Juliet get married.
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* DecompositeCharacter: In the play, Escalus is the Prince of Verona throughout the events of the story. For the show this role has been split between Escalus' father Prince Cossimo (who decrees any further breach of the peace punishable by death) and Escalus himself, who only becomes Prince the same night Romeo and Juliet get married.
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* OldMoney: The Capulets have been rich and noble for centuries, and they recent the Montagues as NouveauRiche.
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* OldMoney: The Capulets have been rich and noble for centuries, and they recent view the Montagues as NouveauRiche.
* RichesToRags: After the death of their parents, Rosaline and Livia were taken in by their uncle and aunt, the Lord and Lady Capulet, and made to work as servants (though this happens out of Lady Capulet's personal jealousy towards their mother, and Lord Capulet is unhappy about the situation).
* SiblingYinYang: Prince Escalus and Princess Isabella.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Count [[spoiler: Prince Paris survives his duel with Romeo on Juliet’s tomb.]]]]
* StarCrossedLovers: Romeo & Juliet obviously, but also Rosaline and Prince Escalus, who love each other but cannot be together due to extenuating circumstances (i.e, Rosaline losing her nobility by being made a servant, and Escalus' father forbidding the romance since it would upset the BalanceOfPower between the Capulets and Montagues).
* StarCrossedLovers: Romeo & Juliet obviously, but also Rosaline and Prince Escalus, who love each other but cannot be together due to extenuating circumstances (i.e, Rosaline losing her nobility by being made a servant, and Escalus' father forbidding the romance since it would upset the BalanceOfPower between the Capulets and Montagues).
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* ShoutOut: To [[TheTamingoftheShrew another of Shakespeare's well known works]] when Lord Montague is criticizing Benvolio for breaking his engagement to "Minnola's Daughter"
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* CanonForeigner: Rosaline's sister Livia and Princess Isabella.
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* CanonForeigner: Rosaline's sister Livia and Princess Isabella.Isabella have no counterparts in the play.
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* SequelEscalation: The scale of the feud is ramped up a whole order of magnitude for the show. In the play, it was just the Montagues and Capulets and their respective servants that participated in the feud. But in the series it is revealed that pretty much the ''entire population of Verona'' is involved, as the two families employ or offer patronage, directly or indirectly, to everyone in town.
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* SelfMadeMan: According to Lord Capulet, the Montagues' grandfather started off as nothing more than a shepherd who managed to make himself one of the two richest, most powerful men in Verona.
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* GoodCopBadCop: Prince Escalus and Princess Isabella have this dynamic when dealing with the feud, with Isabella advocating harsh implementation of the law and Escalus favoring compromise and negotiation.
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* DecompositeCharacter: In the play, Escalus is the Prince of Verona throughout the events of the story. For the show this role has been split between Escalus' father (who decrees any further breach of the peace punishable by death) and Escalus himself, who only becomes Prince the same night Romeo and Juliet get married.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Benvolio and Rosaline.Rosaline, by decree of Prince Escalus, in order to try to quell the rioting that threatens to turn into civil war.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Romeo and Juliet [[CaptainObvious of course]], but also Tybalt and Mercutio, all of whom are set die in the first episode, but continue to appear in flashbacks.drive the plot afterwards.
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* BalanceOfPower: The old Prince's main concern was making sure neither Capulets nor Mantagues gained the upper hand in their feud, because if either one of them did, their next target would be the throne.
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* BallroomBlitz: A fight erupts during Romeo and Juliet's funeral after the statue of Juliet, a gift from Lord Montague, is revealed to be defaced with the word "Harlot".
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* BallroomBlitz: A fight erupts during Romeo and Juliet's funeral after the statue of Juliet, a gift from Lord Montague, is revealed to be defaced with the word "Harlot". This devolves into a full blown riot that engulfs the entire city.
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* BlueBlood: The Capulets are one of the most ancient noble families in the region, and the importance of this is brought up constantly.
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* OldMoney: The Capulets have been rich and noble for centuries, and they recent the Montagues as NouveauRiche.
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* YouKilledMyFather: Rosaline has a personal stake in the feud as her father was one of the casualties, killed by the Montagues.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Count Paris survives his duel with Romeo on Juliet’s tomb.]]
* WeAREStrugglingTogether: Escalus' greatest concern is that if the internal divisions arising from the Capulet/Montague feud don't end, the city will be easy prey for either Venice, Florence or the Papal States.
* WeAREStrugglingTogether: Escalus' greatest concern is that if the internal divisions arising from the Capulet/Montague feud don't end, the city will be easy prey for either Venice, Florence or the Papal States.
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* AdaptationExpansion: In this version of the story, Lord Capulet secretly encouraged Romeo and Juliet's relationship and asked Friar Laurence to perform the wedding. He had hoped this would give the Montagues the upper hand, but that plan went up in smoke when they died.
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* AdaptationExpansion: In this version of the story, Lord Capulet Montague secretly encouraged Romeo and Juliet's relationship and asked Friar Laurence to perform the wedding. He had hoped this would give the Montagues the upper hand, uniting both houses under his name, but that plan went up in smoke when they died.
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* TheChessmaster: Lord Montague managed to play ''every'' character from the play like a fiddle, including his own son. If it wasn't for Tybalt acting as a SpannerInTheWorks it's likely he would've gotten away with it.
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* AbusiveParents: Lady Capulet raised her two nieces, Rosaline and Livia, but treated them more like servants than family. Rosaline believes this is because Lady Capulet is jealous of their late mother.
* AdaptationExpansion: In this version of the story, Lord Capulet secretly encouraged Romeo and Juliet's relationship and asked Friar Laurence to perform the wedding. He had hoped this would give the Montagues the upper hand, but that plan went up in smoke when they died.
* ArrangedMarriage: Benvolio and Rosaline.
* AdaptationExpansion: In this version of the story, Lord Capulet secretly encouraged Romeo and Juliet's relationship and asked Friar Laurence to perform the wedding. He had hoped this would give the Montagues the upper hand, but that plan went up in smoke when they died.
* ArrangedMarriage: Benvolio and Rosaline.
* BallroomBlitz: A fight erupts during Romeo and Juliet's funeral after the statue of Juliet, a gift from Lord Montague, is revealed to be defaced with the word "Harlot".
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* ColorblindCasting: the series has many actors of varying ethnicities playing the Italian characters of the play, most notably with black actors playing members of both the Capulets and the Montagues.
* DoomedByCanon: Romeo and Juliet, as well as Tybalt and Mercutio, in the pilot episode. [[spoiler:But not Count Paris.]]
* InMediasRes: The pilot episode starts with Romeo and Juliet’s wedding, and from there progresses through the remainder of the events of the play, with some variations.
* DoomedByCanon: Romeo and Juliet, as well as Tybalt and Mercutio, in the pilot episode. [[spoiler:But not Count Paris.]]
* InMediasRes: The pilot episode starts with Romeo and Juliet’s wedding, and from there progresses through the remainder of the events of the play, with some variations.
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* ColorblindCasting: the The series has many actors of varying ethnicities playing the Italian characters of the play, most notably with black actors playing members of both the Capulets and the Montagues.
*DoomedByCanon: Romeo KingOnHisDeathbed: Prince Escalus and Juliet, as well as Tybalt and Mercutio, Princess Isabella's father dies in the pilot episode. [[spoiler:But not Count Paris.]]
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* {{Nephewism}}: Rosaline, Livia, and Benvolio are all orphans who were raised by their aunts and uncles, but none of the relationships are exactly loving. Lady Capulet forces her nieces to work as servants while Lord Montague is overly critical of his nephew.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: The Capulets and Montagues are shown grieving Romeo and Juliet after their suicides.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: The Capulets and Montagues are shown grieving Romeo and Juliet after their suicides.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Romeo and Juliet [[CaptainObvious of course]], but also Tybalt and Mercutio, all of whom appear in the first episode.
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* SecretRelationship: Rosaline and Escalus are in love, but can't be public about their feelings for each other. Benvolio discovers this after witnessing them share a BigDamnKiss.
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* WeAREStrugglingTogether: Escalus' greatest concern is that if the internal divisions arising from the Capulet/Montague feud don't end, the city will be easy prey for either Venice, Florence or the Papal States.
* WeAREStrugglingTogether: Escalus' greatest concern is that if the internal divisions arising from the Capulet/Montague feud don't end, the city will be easy prey for either Venice, Florence or the Papal States.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Count Paris survives his duel with WhatTheHellHero: Livia calls out Rosaline for not telling her that Romeo on Juliet’s tomb.]]
* WeAREStrugglingTogether: Escalus' greatest concern is that if the internal divisions arising from the Capulet/Montague feud don't end, the city will be easy prey for either Venice, Florence or the Papal States.and Juliet got married.
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* WeAREStrugglingTogether: Escalus' greatest concern is that if the internal divisions arising from the Capulet/Montague feud don't end, the city will be easy prey for either Venice, Milan or the Papal States.
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* CanonForeigner: Rosaline's sister Livia and Princess Isabella.
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** Rosaline is black.
** Prince Escalus is black.
** Lady Capulet is Burmese, Indian, Malay, English, Scottish, and Iranian.
** Romeo [[PosthumousCharacter was]] black.
** Mercutio [[PosthumousCharacter was]] part Armenian.
** Tybalt [[PosthumousCharacter was]] part Pakistani.
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** Prince Escalus is black.
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''Still Star-Crossed'' is an ABC series that is based upon ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. It is produced by Shonda Rhymes's company Shonda Land with ABC.
The series tells the story of what happened after the famous play's ending. Rosaline (Lashana Lynch), the woman who rejected Romeo before he met [[RelatedInTheAdaptation her cousin]] Juliet and Benvolio (Wade Briggs) are forcibly bethrothed by Prince Escalus (Sterling Sulieman) in an effort to put an end to the rivalry between the Montagues and the Capulets. The two both set out to find a way to end the violence without having to go through with their undesired union.
Not to be confused with the CW's ShortRunner ''Series/StarCrossed''.
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!!''Still Star-Crossed'' provides examples of:
* AscendedExtra: Rosaline is the main character of the show. Quite a step up from being TheGhost.
* ColorblindCasting: the series has many actors of varying ethnicities playing the Italian characters of the play, most notably with black actors playing members of both the Capulets and the Montagues.
* PeriodPiece: Set in 16th Century Verona, just like the original play rather than a SettingUpdate.
* PosthumousCharacter: Romeo and Juliet [[CaptainObvious of course]]. They are set to appear in flashbacks.
* RaceLift
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Rosaline is a member of the Capulet family, though only a cousin to the them.
* SequelSeries: It is intended to serve as this to the play.
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The series tells the story of what happened after the famous play's ending. Rosaline (Lashana Lynch), the woman who rejected Romeo before he met [[RelatedInTheAdaptation her cousin]] Juliet and Benvolio (Wade Briggs) are forcibly bethrothed by Prince Escalus (Sterling Sulieman) in an effort to put an end to the rivalry between the Montagues and the Capulets. The two both set out to find a way to end the violence without having to go through with their undesired union.
Not to be confused with the CW's ShortRunner ''Series/StarCrossed''.
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!!''Still Star-Crossed'' provides examples of:
* AscendedExtra: Rosaline is the main character of the show. Quite a step up from being TheGhost.
* ColorblindCasting: the series has many actors of varying ethnicities playing the Italian characters of the play, most notably with black actors playing members of both the Capulets and the Montagues.
* PeriodPiece: Set in 16th Century Verona, just like the original play rather than a SettingUpdate.
* PosthumousCharacter: Romeo and Juliet [[CaptainObvious of course]]. They are set to appear in flashbacks.
* RaceLift
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Rosaline is a member of the Capulet family, though only a cousin to the them.
* SequelSeries: It is intended to serve as this to the play.
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