Family Feud in William Shakespeare´s Romeo and Juliet

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In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, two families living in the city of Verona, have been fighting for ages. The rivalry causes a series of events to occur, including the children of the two families kill themselves due to their everlasting love for the other person. The cause of this is that their emotions are leading their way of life as opposed to the thoughts they have, and the knowledge they have acquired throughout their life. This reveals the theme that acting more on emotions than logic often causes unnecessary actions and rivalry to occur.

Is family always the cause of issues? Does the audience know how much our family reflects on our opinions? Everything that anyone does reflects on us, depending on our gender, age group, family, or ethnic background. If you think that families are hard on each other then think of Romeo and Juliet’s families, including Capulet, Lady Capulet, Tybalt, Nurse, Montague, and Lady Montague, and how they played the ultimate role in Romeo and Juliet's deaths.

Romeo and Juliet, tragic love story, both of them dead, but before we get into all of that, wouldn’t it be nice to just go back to the beginning and actually think about who made this happen. Before, we can get started talking about all of what happened and how they died, let’s think about some of the topics that I’m going to cover in this essay. First of all, I’m going to be talking about the feud between both of the families . Personally, I think that it could have been because the money and the ambition that both the families had which of course, led to the fight.

Romeo and Juliet is a story based on conflict. The conflict in the story is Capulet against Montague. From ancient times, the two families have held grudges against each other. As the book states. “Two households, alike in dignity...from ancient grudge break to new mutiny. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean (1.Prologue.1-4).” The grudge between the two families has led to fighting and even death.

The Relationship Between Parents And Children In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet The tragedy of 'Romeo and Juliet' is the result of feuding between two noble families in Verona/Italy. Romeo was born into the Montague household, who were the more controlled, quieter family. They did not 'enjoy' the fights therefore tried to avoid the feuds.

Tragic accidents occurred in a world where two young teenagers met and fell in love. Many viewers have seen the story of Romeo and Juliet and numerous people have heard of it. Most of them do not know that the love story of Romeo and Juliet is very tragic and disastrous. Juliet’s parents are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because they were unconcerned, controlling, and resenting of Juliet.

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.

The Capulet’s were known to be the ones continuing the family feud as they were always the ones provoking the Montague’s and starting the fights. As males were the head of the family in charge, he is to blame for the continuing feud. Fate was also a major role with this flaw. Although Lord Capulet was blamed for continuing the feud, this plays along with fate and that fate kept this feud going. Act 1 Scene 1 Line 65 he says to Lady Capulet, “What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!” If the feud was not continued by Lord Capulet, Romeo and Juliet wouldn’t have had to hide their love for one another nor keep their marriage a secret. Romeo wouldn’t have been banished for killing Tybalt and most importantly, they wouldn’t have died. In this scenario Lord Capulet should not have tried to pull out weapons to fight the Montague’s as it is shown that the feud between the families can be linked back to him, as he is being confrontational and aggressive. Lord Capulet was exceptionally antagonistic towards the Montague’s, leading towards the feud being continued which spiralled towards the tragic

The story of Romeo and Juliet is a tragic tale of star-crossed lovers whose families, the Capulets and the Montagues, have had a feud for as long as both can remember. Romeo and Juliet see each other at a dinner party that Juliet's parents set up, and they immediately fall in love when they meet each other's eyes across the room. Without delay, they then sneak of to Friar Lawrence to take each other's hand in marriage.

Romeo & Juliet Throughout Romeo and Juliet there are multiple examples of feuds and violence throughout the play. First, within the opening scene of the play the servants of the Capulets and Montagues engage in a street fight. The Capulet servants Samson and Gregory bait Abram into confrontation by insulting his master. The quote from Sampson saying “But if you do,sir,I am for you. I serve as good a man as you.”

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet live their lives growing up as sworn enemies. Whereas,Without the Family Feud Romeo and Juliet would never have to be secretive about their love. They wouldn't need to express their feelings to only each other,the nurse,and Friar Lawrence. The conflict has caused so much struggle

Two households, both alike in dignity, /In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, /From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, /Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean (Prologue, 1-4). recalls Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. As in this example, dignity doesn’t affect or end the feud between two families. In the article named “Families of blood feud victims cry out” which published in Turkish Daily News in April 9, 2008, there are two families which has a blood feud going around. Ikilik family protected another family which was the enemy of the other family which Ikilik’s had controversy between. In my further research, I also found that Ikilik family kidnaped a girl from the other family. After this event Ikilik family moved to Mersin from

In the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare accurately reflected society in the fourteenth century by his use of family feuds, arranged marriages, the use of astrology and much more. The family feud between the Montagues and the Capulets are the ultimate reason that led to the death of Romeo and Juliet. Their feud in Verona was caused by their constant fighting, which made the two families oppose and despise the other. This family feud, along with many real life feuds of the 1300s, led to violence and tragedy. “He based the family conflict on a well-known feud between the Capelletti family of the Guelfs and the Montecchi family of the Ghibellines.”

VERONA, Italy- Once again the Capulet’s and Montague’s rival was taking to the streets, shocking the citizens of Verona with a battle leaving both Tybalt Capulet and Mercutio Escalus dead and banishing Romeo Montague.