Theme Of Ignorance And Hate In Romeo And Juliet

The Capulet’s and Montague’s are responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet because of the hatred between the families.

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

Romeo was a Montague and Juliet was a Capulet and the families’ feud meant that the two could never be together. This is shown in this quote, “My only love sprung from my only hate! / Too early seen unknown, and known too late!’ (5.3.295-299). In this scene, Juliet complains about Romeo being a Montague. She wishes that he wasn’t so that they could freely be together. Also, both families and their servants would always pick fights on the streets of Verona. One of these fights would result in Romeo being banished from Verona. In a scene of the play, Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin decides to pick a fight with Romeo and his friend Mercutio in the middle of the street. Romeo tries to stop the fight because he is now related to Tybalt through his marriage to Juliet. This is shown in the following quote where Romeo tries to keep the peace, “Draw Benvolio, beat down their weapons. / Gentlemen, for shame! / ... / Forbid this bandying in Verona’s streets” (3.1.381-384), but no one listens to him and Tybalt ends up killing Mercutio. Romeo has no choice but to kill Tybalt for revenge which leads to the Prince banishing Romeo. Without the feud, Romeo and Juliet would not have had to keep their love a secret and, the fight that resulted in Romeo’s banishment would never have happened. This is why the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues is responsible for Romeo

In Romeo and Juliet hate s a big component of the play. This hatred is used in the many fights that end up with someone being killed. “To strike him dead I hold not a sin.” In this quote Tybalt is wanting to kill Romeo because he is a Montague and Tybalt is a Capulet. This means that there is a lot of conflict. “ ’Tis he that villain Romeo.” Tybalt calls Romeo a villain because of the conflict between the two parties. Hatred is a very big part of the story of Romeo and Juliet. Hatred is a big part of Romeo and Juliet being

Hate is one very important idea examined in Romeo and Juliet and is explored by Juliet when she states ‘Here's much to do with hate, but more with love’ (1.1.166). William Shakespeare conveys the consequences of hate in his play through the ancient feud between the Capulet’s and the Montague’s, the irrational decisions made and the deaths that resulted. It is the ancient feud between the two families that lead to the irrational decisions made by Romeo and Juliet as well as their demise. It is questionable as to whether Romeo and Juliet’s lives would be spared if their families were not feuding.

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The feud between the two families is a reason that they are responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The Capulet’s hate the Montague’s so much that Juliet could not tell them that she loves Romeo. Document A states, “From ancient grudge break to new mutiny” (Document A). Meaning that the two

One of the reasons why Capulet is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death is because of the Montague - Capulet feud. Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet can’t be together due to their parents fighting. At the beginning of the play, a fight breaks out between members of the Capulet and Montague families (Act I, Scene I, Lines 50 - 70). After the fight causes a disturbance in Verona, Prince Escalus says that anyone that fights again will be executed. This punishment comes up again when Tybalt, a Capulet, and Romeo, a Montague, fight after Tybalt kills Romeo’s friend, Mercutio (Act III, Scene I, Lines 80 - 130). Instead of

Intro: Naturally, I feel that Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet play shows all feelings and thoughts of people in 1597, through to today’s world in 2016. One of the main themes that Shakespeare focused on in the play ‘ was hate. The main hate statement was shown between the two families. You’ll need a point here about hate, what it is and why it continues to be a force in society? Why does this theme continue to play havoc in an increasingly divided world? How do you relate to this theme, have you ever hated or been hated? Have some personal reflection here will make your piece stronger.

Capulet screams, “Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch!” (3.5.161). From this evidence, the reader can identify that Juliet’s father is verbally abusive by telling Juliet that she is just weighing him down. This significant because the reader can observe that Juliet how badly she wants to marry Romeo to escape from her father. This is significant because Juliet wanted to escape the lifestyle she had to live in and this overall change changed the lifestyle of the Capulet and the Montague families because not only were Romeo and Juliet united, but the Capulets and Montagues became united too. This caused a ripple effect because everyone was affected, although Romeo and Juliet only planned for their unity. Juliet may have felt that her death and Romeo’s death occurred because of her devastating past. Lastly, some characters in the play may feel that Tybalt was to blame for starting a fight with Mercutio, killing him, and ending in his own death after battling Romeo. Benvolio exclaims, “... and Tybalt slain”

Shakespeare uses the Capulet’s friends and family to convey that sudden, young love is a possible cause of unfavorable outcomes. After Tybalt slays Mercutio, he returns to Romeo, where he is so enraged about his friends death that he kills Tybalt himself. Being part of the Capulet family, everyone is mourning over their beloved cousins death. Lady Capulet is especially upset, as she whines, “‘O, the blood is spilled / Of my dear kinsman! Prince, as thou art true, / For blood of ours, shed blood of Montague’” (Shakespeare 3.1.115-117). She says that the “blood is spilled”, and that because of that, the “Montagues” need to “shed blood” too. Tybalt got slain because he initially found Romeo at a Capulet party, due to Juliet being an attendant there also. This infuriated Tybalt, leading to him to challenge Romeo to a duel, the very duel that cost Tybalt his life. Tybalt was a loved cousin of the Capulet family, therefore causing them much sorrow. This sorrow and negativity is caused by Romeo and Juliet's relationship, as Tybalt wouldn't of been dead, and his family wouldn't of been in grief if it weren't for Romeo and Juliet being “star crossed” lovers. Later on, after the tragic death of Tybalt and Mercutio, Lord capulet sets up Juliet to marry Paris. But, to his surprise, Juliet declines his offer due to her love for Romeo. Lord Capulet becomes incensed and screams, “‘And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, / For by my soul, I'll never acknowledge thee, / Nor what is mine shall never do thee good”’ (Shakespeare 3.5.204-206). He says that he wishes for her to “die in the streets” and that he will “never acknowledge” her. Lord Capulet's words greatly affect Juliet, but even more himself. He is distraught he has to be so cruel to her, but meanwhile his veins are flooded with fury as she refused to take part in being married to Paris, therefore she is cursed to “die in the streets”. If Romeo were to never steal her love, Juliet may of been married to Paris, and everyone could have continued their lives as accustomed. Nonetheless, the two young

What is more powerful, love or hate? In the case of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare the answer appears to be hate. It takes no expert to see that the famous novel Romeo and Juliet is focused on these principles and loves struggle to overcome hate. No matter how you look at the novel it is apparent that people act as a response to enmity. Whether it is Friar Lawrence in his attempts to amend a long suspended feud or Tybalt's fiery and violent ways that lead to many troubles and deaths, the book tends to focus in on this principle of love and hate and how they clash. In the novel Romeo and Juliet the deaths of the two young lovers Romeo and Juliet can be pinned on nothing other than the

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

When the Capulets and Montagues walk into Juliet’s tomb they find Juliet and Romeo dead beside each other. The two families realized that the deaths of their only children were because of the hatred between their families it caused them to stop despising each other. The evidence for this is in Scene 5 Act 3 when Capulet says “O brother Montague, give me thy hand: This is my daughter's jointure, for no more can I demand.” Here he is saying to Montague that we need to come to a state of peace as that is all my daughter wanted. This shows that Romeo and Juliet’s love has made the two families realize that they need to end their feud. They both state that they will put a statue of Romeo and Juliet in pure gold as Capulet says they were the “poor sacrifices of our enmity.” He is saying that they were the sacrifices to make their feud. This is evident as because of Romeo and Juliet’s true love they lost their lives to be together but has ending with the two families coming to peace. Even though the deaths of these two young lovers was what made the families hatred finally end, Romeo and Juliet could have survived if the families didn’t hate each other. Evidence of this is when the Prince says, “Capulet! Montague! See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love! And I, for winking at your discords, too have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished.” Here he is saying that because of the families hate it has lead to the deaths of many and they all must be punished. Capulet and Montage are one of the main reasons for Romeo and Juliet’s death as there would have been no reason for Romeo and Juliet to hide their love. If the two families have just resolved their differences a long time ago Romeo and Juliet could have lived happily together but they sadly realized this after they lost their

Romeo is faced with similar oppositions as Juliet. His family, being sworn enemies to the Capulets, are kept in the dark about his romance with Juliet. Also, when the Capulets begin to perceive of the close relationship between Romeo and Juliet, it makes him a greater target to Capulet men such as Tybalt. There is no doubt as to Romeo’s faithfulness towards Juliet and his desire to do all that is needed in order to have her love, but because of his lack of experience in life, Romeo is not at all faultless. Perhaps the most notable act that sabotaged his relationship with Juliet was his slaying of Tybalt. However honorable and necessary it may have seemed to him at the time, Romeo’s rashness once again rears its ugly head after Mercutio foolishly brings about his own demise. Of course, Romeo immediately regrets his impetuous actions after the grave mistake had already been done as he does many times throughout the story.