Causes Of Violence In Romeo And Juliet

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Have you ever felt so angry or disliked someone so much, to the point where you have the need to cause that person harm, even if you don’t know why you or the people around you dislike them? William Shakespeare portrays what could happen if this anger is taken to the extreme in his story Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a story of two teenagers who fall in love. The problem is, their two families have a long lasting hatred towards each other, causing conflicts with Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. Due to their families’ hatred and anger towards each other, Romeo and Juliet come up with a plan so that they can be together, resulting in their deaths. While shakespeare does suggest that anger can be a powerful feeling, he also implies that anger and hate can cause people to do dangerous things and go out of control. Taken together, these show us that hate and anger can cause people to become dangerous and cause harm and destruction to themselves and the people around them.

Romeo and Juliet is conflict and love. Conflict and love are both shown through characterization in all of the characters. In the beginning, we see Juliet 's character as a little young child who obeys her family duties. When she meets, Romeo, her character is taken on a rollercoaster of emotions. Juliet 's character is the source of conflict and we see this through her developing actions. Romeo creates Juliet into this powerful young women. Romeo is so important to Juliet that she does not want to loose him. Conflict begins to arise when things actually take off. Once they are together on the balcony, is when they both realize that they are meant for each other. That true love is true and that they are destined for the stars. True love is

In this essay I will address how conflict is successfully used in Act 1 Scene 1 to prepare the audience for the rest of the play. It will firstly show how Shakespeare uses physical conflict between the two feuding families. Secondly I will demonstrate the idea that Shakespeare introduces emotional conflict through the character of Romeo, and his outpourings of love for Rosaline. Finally I will show that the character of Romeo demonstrates both physical or external conflict and emotional or internal conflict. The purpose of the prologue is to clearly outline the plot of the whole play in fourteen lines and it also allows the audience to be settled before the actual play

The want for revenge leads many of the characters in Romeo and Juliet into murderous acts which eventually leads to severe punishments and a further need for revenge. The everlasting revenge in Romeo and Juliet is first born from ancient grudge between the Capulets and the Montagues, which is ultimately settled with the tragic, abrupt unifying factor of both Romeo and Juliet's death. Several instances within the interactions of the characters suggests that vengeance is driving force of the plot, and that consequently, there must ultimately be an end to the feuding and recoil, due to the fact that there must be a resolution after the thrilling climax..

The first aspect of anger in the play is the ever-lasting feud and the rivalry between the Capulets and the Montagues. This feud includes every one of every rank and ranges from the masters of the two houses and their sons to the servants and keepers. The reason for this feud is not introduced but the disastrous violence , riot , quarrels , and blood shedding resulting from this rivalry is described. The danger is lurking and the strife might break out at any moment as described by Hickey:

Throughout Romeo and Juliet the theme of conflict is conveyed in many forms, mostly through physical violence; reflected in the era of the Renaissance where there was political turmoil and many European nations were at war. Shakespeare presents the theme in other forms as well; family versus family, sacred versus profane, parent versus child and language versus inner conflict. Conflict is a key in the structure of the play; it is highlighted in the beginning, middle and end. As an audience we are constantly being reminded of conflict which is reflected within the era the play was written in. The Renaissance was the 'rebirth ' of classical learning and was also the time when Science challenged many traditional Christian beliefs which resulted in Catholics fighting Protestants; the Gunpowder plot and the Spanish Armada. Shakespeare chose to dramatise conflict as it was the context in which he was writing plays. It is therefore arguable that this period was characterised by irreconcilable opposites in politics, religion and art. Nothing in the world can exist without its opposite- just as love cannot exist without hate, violence cannot exist without peace.

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Shakespeare uses the plot in his play to convey the fact that selfish acts such as revenge only cause pain for those involved. Romeo, for example, is severely punished for his

Acting on selfish desires can result in violent actions. When one is overcome by grief they tend to act on impulse with revenge in attempt to fill their sorrow, when in fact that only makes the situation worse. In William Shakespheres Romeo and Juliet the fude between Montague and Capulet heats up as Romeo Montague is caught by Tybalt Capulet at a Capulet party. Tybalt selfishly wants to put Romeo in his place. The only way Tybalt negotiates is by war.

In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, there are many cases in which the characters express motions and actions of revenge. Ever since the beginning of the play Tybalt swore that he would one day get his revenge on Romeo, when he saw him at their party. This would stay true through the rest of Tybalt's short life. In many situations while the two families are fighting

The most persuasive writer in English literature, William Shakespeare wrote one of the most outstanding plays, Romeo and Juliet in 1596. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy about two teenagers who fall in love and gets married, despite the feud their families had for years. The families feud cause drama to the street of Verona caused the deaths of the young

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Romeo and Juliet is about two star crossed lovers who’s families have a big rival vary and this rival vary will stop Romeo and Juliet from being together this play is set in Italy and in the city of Verona i am going to concentrate on the following three acts and scenes act 3 scene 5 , act 5 scene 3 and act 1 scene 1 .

Is Romeo and Juliet a Shakesperian play full of love at first sight or just rash and consequential decisions? In this play we meet two star crossed lovers who meet at a party on one night and then, almost instataneously, plegde themselves for each other and plan to marry, which then leads to six people dying including themselves. Romeo and Juliet should have taken it slow with their affairs in order to eliminate the violence and death that ensued from them falling in love, encourage a healthier road to peace in order to unite both families, and to better encourage a more joyful relationship, as mentioned by Friar Lurence.