“ Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of a soldier is proved.” - Martin Luther King Jr. “Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.” - Niccolo Machiavelli. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet hate and loyalty play a part in making the play what it is. Romeo and Juliet are loyal to their families, the Montagues, and the Capulets, but hatred stops them from being together. They get married, but the hateful fight between their families caused them to commit suicide. Mercurio the Prince's nephew and Romeo's best friend is very loyal to Romeo and very witty. Considering his death was early on in the play, he showed examples of being witty and loyal. In Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio shows a characteristic of being witty. To begin,
The theme of William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet is love is a cause of violence, this is proven by the many deaths and fights which are caused by a feud through out the play. The Capulet family and Montegue family as well as their allies are willing to kill or to die for their side, so for their love of the Montegues, people will murder the Capulets and vise versa. The aforementioned occurrence makes violence a very prevalent subject throughout this Shakespearean play, and love an extremely important emotion as well.
In William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” hate is shown to be stronger than love because...
Loyalty plays a big part in Romeo and Juliet. Ties of loyalty are woven throughout the play, binding certain characters together. The main theme is the feuding families of Romeo and Juliet that holds an “ancient grudge” against each other: the Montague’s and the Capulet’s. Romeo’s family and friends despise Juliet’s family, the Capulet’s, and as the play progresses you will find them defending each other in the face of an enemy. Romeo and Juliet have to defy their parent’s expressive wish not to see each other, and accept the consequences of their forbidden love. They question the fact that there’s no solid fact that the two family’s hate each other: merely time has blown the feuding out of proportion.
The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is about the dilemma of choosing love over loyalty for your family. In the story Romeo and Juliet come from separate families who hate each other, but still find love in each other. They get married without telling their families and eventually the two families get into a fight which ends in Romeo getting banished from the city where Juliet lives. They have a plan for him to get back into to the city to prevent Juliet from being forced to marry another man, but it fails and ends with the suicide death of both Juliet and Romeo. Shakespeare's major theme in the text is that Love plays a major role in our lives and can heavily affect our decisions.
The emotions portrayed in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet play an important part in the composition of the play. The two crucial emotions that are introduced in Act One and used throughout the play are the antonyms of love and hate. Contrast between these emotions are used in the first act, which supplies us with a more realistic situation. The complicated and conflicting relationships between the characters in the play are explored and portrayed by these emotions.
The words “love” and “hate” have two completely different meanings, but they can have a great impact on people. Love and hatred always finds a way to enter people's minds, twisting their thoughts, and knowing this, people allow these emotions to take over their actions. In the play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, hatred is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet, and it all begins with the hatred between the Montagues and Capulets.
The impetuous of youth can lead to a catastrophe later in life. The lack of thinking twice and acting impetuously can lead to unanticipated results. Romeo and Juliet are the offspring of forsworn enemies but find love in each other. During their four day journey to true love, Romeo and Juliet show an explicit amount of impetuous which will affect them physically and emotionally. In William Shakespeare’s, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare emphasizes the rash actions of the characters Mercutio, Tybalt, and the relationship between Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare empowers both Romeo and Juliet by comparing love and hate throughout the story. Through these dualities comes forth an unbreakable bond of love, allowing the audience to truly appreciate the story and the complex comparisons between opposites. Juliet is taken aback when she finally figures out who Romeo is, "My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown and known too late." (I.IV.152) She realizes that she has fallen in love with the very person who she is
Thesis: In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet are loyal, act rashly, and feel pain, because they are in love with each other.
Hate is a very strong word. But in this theatrical it’s used very much to describe many concepts from the story. Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare about the children of 2 fighting families. They fall in love against their parents will. In the end they end up both killing themselves out of love for each other. Consequence of hate is a universal theme in the play because of Mercutio’s execration, Tybalt’s acrimony, and the parents detestation.
“Love always overcomes hate, but love’s effects and hate’s effects are no different in magnitude.” -Anonymous. No one ever doubts the power of love or the power of hate. For as long as time has existed people have loved and people have hated. Strong emotions persuade everyone to act on their inhibition. Everyone wants to be a hero in every situation whether it be trying to save someone or the simple act of finding a winning lottery ticket. These actions are what lead to love overcoming hate even if they are the simplest of acts. The mistake people make is them trying to hard to be the hero. This leads to one traveling great lengths to achieve their goals, but at what cost. Throughout Shakespeare’s most famous play, Romeo and Juliet, his main
“Hatred is blind, as well as love.” This is a famous quote says Oscar Wilde. Some people think love and hate are two separate, opposite things, but some think if there is no hate, there’ll be no love. Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play written by William Shakespeare which everyone knows, the author shows audiences how Juliet has developed. The love between Romeo and Juliet is an extreme, entangled existence. Juliet says, “My only love sprung from my only hate!” Actually, neither love nor hate has leave their relationship. Both of them are complex and blurry, but they can change people easily by cover their eyes. Juliet has changed completely through the play since her loves and hates. She has changed from a obedient girl into a young lady who is passionate and faithful to love and independently-minded.
Hatred and love are pivotal issues explored in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (1599). Not a single scene transpires within the play without the level of antagonism existing between the Capulet’s and the Montague’s operating in the backdrop, constantly posing a vigil on individuals and one that is present in the interactions of the characters. Throughout this play, Shakespeare explores the idea of love arising from hatred and how hatred fuels passion between the characters in both their public and private lives. Both of these timeless themes in Romeo and Juliet clearly reflect the human condition, and retain value not just in the Elizabethan period in which the play was written, but also in the modern era.
Star-cross’d lovers, a phrase first spoken in the theatrical play Romeo and Juliet crafted by William Shakespeare a man whose works have held the apex of the stage for ages. This one of his many wondrous works depicts the fleeting moments between two conflicted youths and their love. Though they were members of rival households who held timeless grudges against one another, they still managed to find a place for their love. However, as the play moves forward the two find themselves slipping down a treacherous slope which ultimately leads their happiness and they themselves to ruin.
Romeo & Juliet is a story of love and hate, a story that echoes throughout fiction and reality and whose themes can be found nearly everywhere. The views on love and hate that Shakespeare shows apply to everyone and everything in this world, and each living thing’s life. Love and hate are universal concepts, and the specific take that Shakespeare shows is one of the most accurate and all-encompassing takes on these concepts ever written. Stories both similar and different to Romeo & Juliet all show these same themes in some way. Romeo & Juliet may seem simple, but it’s subtle details show layers and layers of understanding of how humanity and this world work. The ideas it brings up have a large range, and can include things like how emotions