The Results of Hostilities in Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare

In Act 1, scene 1, lines 68-69 You can imagine the intensity of the feud when Shakespeare writes, “clubs, bills and partisans! Strike! Beat them down! Down with the Capulets! Down with the Montagues.”

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The very first scene of the play indicates that “the rivalry between the Capulets and the Montagues is also, for the men (Sampson and Gregory, both of the Capulet household), the impetus for an inward rivalry, an inward pressure to masculine self-assertion that cannot be appeased or concluded.” (Appelbaum, 1997) This is shown in the exchange of vulgar jokes of Sampson and Gregory. They talk about how they would “push Montague’s men from the wall, and thrust his maids to the wall.” Not

Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, tells the tale of two young lovers whose lives end in great tragedy. What makes their story so tragic is that despite their love for one another, their families are mortal enemies. Conflict is a central ingredient in Romeo and Juliet's sad fate. Although their love for each other is strong, it cannot overcome the deluge of conflict that surrounds them. Ultimately they are defeated by the conflicts of person vs person, person vs self, and person vs society.

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.

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 play starts with Sampson and Gregory, two of Capulet’s servants, beginning a quarrel with two servants of Montague. This shows that from the working-class to the upper-class in the two families, they still hold a grudge against the opposite family. Tybalt arrives at the scene, speaking of his loathing of the Montagues, “I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee”. A furious riot develops with Lords Capulet and Montague joining in and officers clubbing both sides of the fight, only for it to be stopped by the neutral Prince Escales. The riot further emphasises the vast level of hate between the two families.

Shakespeare presents the complex family feud between the Montagues and the Capulets as the underlying ‘antagonist’ of the story, another major reason as to why the lovers didn’t prevail. This grudge is complex as the character’s actions in siding, supporting or in trying to pacify the feud makes the feud more complex. Some of Shakespeare’s greatest use of insults lend themselves to develop the dramatic technique of characterisation among the endorsers of the feud and while doing so, builds up the foreboding mood and suspenseful atmosphere of the feud. An exchange of insults between servants Sampson and Abraham such as do you bite your thumb at us, sir? would’ve united Elizabethan audiences together despite their distinctions among class. In the first act, Tybalt only

The ancient feud of unknown origin between the Capulet’s and Montague’s is a very prominent idea within the play. Its seems that the servants of both

Sampson and Gregory are itching for a fight as they both believe that they have just as much right to defend the name ‘capulet’ as any other member of the family. So there is also this love for the name and for the fight as though they are children awaiting

            In the beginning of the play we are introduced to two characters, Sampson and Gregory. Itching for a fight, they believe they have as much responsibility to defend the name Capulet as their masters do. "The quarrel is between

The audience sees this in Act I, Scene I when Gregory and Sampson pick a fight with the Montague servants, Abram and Balthasar, which eventually turns into a nasty brawl with Benvolio, Tybalt, and the citizens of Verona. The absolute insanity of the feud is shown when both old men join the fray and Capulet asks for his sword. Lady Capulet says, “A crutch, a crutch! Why call you for a sword?” This means that even though Lord Capulet is old, his everlasting hatred for the Montagues is still burning

However, the inquiry at hand does not emphasize the hatred among the two houses, but instead, questions their reasoning for such an ongoing rivalry. Friar Lawrence additionally states, “For this alliance may happily prove to end your families’ feud, their hate remove.” (II.iii.96-97). Not only does the conflict between the households portray no viable reason, but it troubles those involved, such as the Montague, Friar Lawrence. Lord Capulet and Lord Montague may contain mindsets strictly based off the feud between them. Nevertheless, as elders, they display unawareness of the troubles the rivalry has brought to their peers as well as the disturbance it precipitates for thoughts of impartiality from youths. Moreover, the audience can infer how if these characters consider the thoughtless purpose of the conflict, problems would not have surfaced when Friar Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet, where his only motive composes of the elimination of the Capulet-Montague strife. Through the inclusion of an unknown purpose for the obstinate feud, William Shakespeare depicts a probable reason for the troubles and possible despair of various

When families start to clash like they did between the Capulets and Montagues, problems start to arise. Within the beginning of the play Sampson and Gregory were already trying to irritate the Montagues. As Gregory walks past he says, “I will frown as I pass by them, if they bear it” (Shakespeare I.i. 35). In this line Gregory and Sampson were trying to pick a fight with the Montagues, if the Montagues would allow for it. These actions of them annoying each other for no reason leads to unnecessary tragedies and deaths. Other tragedies like this come up when Tybalt, Juliets cousin makes Montague's get in a fight. Tybalt, Juliet's cousin And the montagues get in a fight.

Have you ever been so angry with someone that it made you do rebellious things? If yes, then you can relate to the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there are three major conflicts that could have been prevented major conflicts by both families, such as the fight of the servants, Mercutio and Tybalt contacting, and Romeo’s interaction with Count Paris..