The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

In the beginning of the story, the Montagues and Capulets break out fighting in the middle of the street and they are told to stop their fighting or the punishment will be death. Soon after the fight, Capulet

The Hostility Between the 'Montagues' and the 'Capulets' in Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare William Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet has a major theme of conflict. The main conflict in the play is the feud between the two wealthy families: the ‘Montagues’ and the ‘Capulets’. Shakespeare does not state the reason for the hostility between the two families. Shakespeare may have done this to indicate how long the feud has been going for. Shakespeare creates conflicts between characters in the play.

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.

True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice. This is the dominant theme in Shakespeare 's The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, a play is about two rival noble families from Verona, the Capulets and Montagues. Indeed, the two families have such an ongoing hatred for each other that they are constantly feuding violently without end. Having had enough, Prince Escalus, the Prince of Verona, one day decrees the penalty of death to be upon the person who disrupts the peace again. It is against this vicious backdrop that Shakespeare by contrast, accentuates love in Romeo and Juliet. Three different types of love are depicted: the infatuation of Romeo, the son and heir of Montague, with a woman named Rosaline; the arranged love between Juliet, the daughter of Capulet, and Paris, a kinsman of Prince Escalus, whom Juliet’s parents have chosen to be her suitor; and ultimately, the true love between Romeo and Juliet, whose families are each other’s worst and greatest enemies.

What contributed to the death of Romeo and Juliet was the family feud between them,

One feud between two families, the Capulets and the Montagues. Romeo is depressingly in love with Rosaline, Capulet’s niece and Juliet’s cousin. Romeo meets Juliet at the Capulet’s party and falls instantly in love with Juliet. Romeo and Juliet gets married, two people died, and Juliet is forced to marry Paris, a kinsman to Prince Escalus. More people throughout the tragedy will die, so is Fate to blame?

William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is not just about the love affair between two main characters. It is also about a long lasting family feud which in turn causing two brutal deaths.

“Unbridled passion is to blame for the deaths of the young lovers”. To what extent is that statement true? Discuss your response in relation to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

With all the unnecessary scuffles because of the feud, Romeo and Juliet are unable to be together, and

As we analyze the interactions of the Capulets and Montagues, we see how the hostility between them is blinding. When Shakespeare writes, “From ancient grudge to new mutiny, / where civil blood makes civil hands unclean,”(Prologue.3-4) it shows how the fight between these two regal families causes a great mutiny and bloodshed. Furthermore, the text states, “And the continuance of their parents’ rage, / which, but their children's end, naught could remove”(Prologue. 10-11). This illustrates perfectly how the rage among the families was so blinding, that they couldn't notice the damage it had caused until the suicides of their own children. If not for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, the feud between the families would

In the story Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the “star-crossed” lovers took their life in an unfortunate series of events. Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence were all involved with the death of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo was impetuous and did not try to find the cause of Juliet’s “death”. Friar Lawrence was also unknowing of the future, but still gave an extremely important message, one that would define life and death, into the someone else’s hands. Certain actions, such as finding out about the Capulet party was fate. Although many events were caused by the lovers’ immaturity and impulsiveness, fate was the major cause for their deaths.

Shakespeare demonstrated that feud can cause fights and deaths. Feud is at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet. In the prologue, line 10 states “and the continuance of their parents rage”. The two lovers would not let their parents rage get in the way of their love for each other. Romeo and Juliet met at Capulet's party and fell in love with each other knowing their parents would not agree.

John Steinbeck once said, “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” Without the use of opposites, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet would just be another love story. By incorporating many different dualities into his writing, Shakespeare differentiates his readers the true emotions and identity of every single one of his characters. As Steinbeck compares Summer and Winter, he describes them in a way that show they depend on each other. Shakespeare creates The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by incorporating dualities between two opposites. This method enriches his story by adding specific character to the language and writing, allowing the audience

Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare in the 14th century. It is a beautiful tragedy about two star-crossed lovers and their journey together despite their feuding families’ protests. As a result of said feud, both Romeo and Juliet ended their lives, as a result of thinking that the other was dead. If we take this kind of situation and put it into the modern world, someone would be blamed for these tragic deaths. The only question is who. Their parents are to blame- the Montagues and the Capulets.

Not thinking of their families’ disagreements, Romeo and Juliet should have been able to marry and choose who they love desirably without the disturbance. By the encouragement of feuding and quarrelling from the heads of the Montagues and Capulets, the only outcome of this was an extremity of death. Although both of their parents were only wanting the best for their children, simply by not realising how much it was tarnishing their love life. A marriage was decided by Juliet’s parents, the Capulets, where she was due to marry Paris. Without knowing, this would affect the law in which she was by this time marital to Romeo. With Juliet not being able to discuss her marriage to Romeo because of their families’ feuding, this contributed to the unsuccessful plan and deaths of Romeo and herself. The feud between the two families is one of the main explanations and cause for the death of Romeo and Juliet.