Love And Rivalry In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

When people hear of Romeo and Juliet they think about a tragic love story of two young people who died because they could not bear being without one another, but how did that tragedy come about? Romeo and Juliet meet at a party one night and immediately fall in love. They soon find out they are from families that greatly despise one another and know that they should not be together but they are already too far fallen for each other. Romeo is soon exiled and so they decide to run away together because Juliet does not want to be without him and that plan ends up going downhill. Romeo and Juliet's parents were bad influences on their kids because of their refusal to end a long lasting feud, teaching hate towards the opposing family and pushing their kids to do things against their will.

Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet between 1594­ 1595, a play about love, courtship and marriage that ended in tragedy.

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

Throughout Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare conveys the theme of conflict in a myriad of forms. This theme of conflict is presented through the characters language and speech, as well as sporadically their actions. Notably, the conflict can be eternal, physical, mental and emotional which allows the audience to gain a deeper understanding of the characters. Furthermore, the idea of conflict is emphasized further when placed in juxtaposition with its antithesis theme love.

My grandfather, a Vietnam soldier, and my grandmother, a Vietnam civilian, met and fell in love in the midst of the Vietnam War. While on opposing sides, they attempted to love in a time filled with violence and uncertainty in the world. Similarly, Romeo and Juliet chose to love instead of hate. They fell in love regardless of the conflict between their two families. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet took risks and neglected the wishes of those around them in order to be with each other.

Gavin BaconMrs. Mary AmatoEnglish II3/8/18Feuds have been around for a long time. Like Cain and Able, short lived as the feud was. Knowing why feuds happen, and how they usually start is going to be asked and addressed. We will talk about the families involved and what drove them to fight.

Hate between more than one causes everlasting tragedy. Such as the young love between Romeo and Juliet. It was between two enemy families, the Montagues, and the Capulets. Romeo had found his way into the Capulet home for a feast for the friends of Capulet and family. He falls in love with Juliet at the party and he falls in love with her, love at first sight for them. There are constant quarrels between the rivaling families, which slowly tore it all apart between the two young lovers. The fights that Tybalt continues to start, over and over, eventually end in his death and Mercutio’s death. Soon after the Prince of Verona deems Romeo exiled from all of Verona, this severely breaks his and Juliet’s hearts, that now they can’t see each other at all. The two eventually kill themselves, which really strikes both families with grief and they apologize for all the fights and hate. This proves how hate will destroy the little bits of love that are still there. These families are against each other and the children from both sides fall in love, but due to the ignorance of the family feud they both ended their lives.

Romeo and Juliet, a tragic play written by William Shakespeare, manifests the idea that love supersedes hatred. The playwright evidently enforces the prominence of love though the relationship of Romeo and Juliet, despite their families’ feud. Additionally, Shakespeare uses Juliet’s nurse to demonstrate the prominence of love, despite the hatred of lower social class by the upper class. Moreover, the predominance of love over hatred is displayed through characters, Lord Capulet and Lord Montague, when they unite in sorrow. As a result, William Shakespeare evidently displays that love conquers hatred.

Not many stories end in a death between two star crossed lovers, but Romeo and Juliet do. Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona, Italy and is a story of the feuding of the Capulets and Montague families. Romeo is a 16 year old boy from the Montague household, and Juliet is a 13 year old girl from the Capulet household. Juliet falls in love with Romeo one night at a party at the Capulet house. I chose that the best theme for this story is Love Vs.

Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare is a story about 2 young adults who fall in love with each other but can't get married because there families are enemies who do not want anything to do with each other.I think that this story is deeper than most would think. It is trying to give you a message that if you do not deep into you will not get. Many would say that this is a story about misfortune that happens to the main 2 characters. This is more then that! This tale is about Feuds.

The Opposing Themes of Love and Hate in the Play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

"Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight / For I ne'er saw true

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.

William Shakespeare, through his many tragedies, expressed his views of the world. Although they primarily focused on the aspect of sorrow, they also involved hatred-induced violence that led to such sorrows. This is especially seen in his famous play, “Romeo and Juliet”, where hatred between two groups ultimately leads to sad deaths. The thematic message that can be derived from the play is that hatred leads to destruction. The feud between the two powerful families of the play, the Montague and Capulet, lead to many unfortunate deaths and finally, the deaths of their heirs which finally snaps the two families from their stupor. Shakespeare develops the thematic message with his use of situational coincidences and colorful vocabulary to emphasize

Is love a special connection or is it something more physical? Throughout many centuries the perspective of love has always revolved around an association that the two people have in common. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, we see how love is diverse; Romeo talked about Rosaline. He mentioned that he was very depressed and even offered her money to marry him. Today, love is a crave, something that people do not take much time to think on.