Violence and Conflict in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet, a story set in Verona Italy, tells the story of “two star crossed lovers” from two feuding families, the Capulets and Montagues. There is much violence and conflict in the play and this in the main, stems from the feud. The plays themes are punishment, revenge, supernatural fate, lies, deceit, and conflict. After a while, Romeo and Juliet secretly marry behind their parents backs, perhaps hoping that their true love would end the feud. But it only gets worse. There is a lot more violence, including the deaths of Mercutio, the ‘joker’, and Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. Then finally in the last scenes, the deaths of …show more content…
The most obvious way is in the actual physical fighting, which results in two deaths. The scene starts off with Mercutio and Benvolio being confronted by Tybalt, who is prejudice against the Montagues. Benvolio is a friend of Romeo. Mercutio is also a friend of Romeo, and is the town comedian and he jokes till his death. Mercutio and Tybalt quarrel between each other and begin to fight. Romeo then arrives and tries to stop the argument. Tybalt draws his sword on Romeo and challenges him. Romeo refuses to fight, as he knows that the violence will not solve anything, so Mercutio steps in to meet Tybalt’s challenge. Romeo tries to break up the fight but is unsuccessful. Romeo again steps in to stop the fight, but Tybalt thrusts the sword at Romeo, which stabs Mercutio under Romeo’s arm. Tybalt and the Capulet’s flee, but the Montagues do not realise how bad Mercutio is wounded because he is still making jokes. “They have made worms meat out of me,” The Montagues just laugh, not realising that Mercutio meant he is going to die, and be buried under the ground. When Mercutio finally drops down, Romeo, who at first refuses to fight, swears to avenge him. He runs through the streets, chasing down Tybalt, he finds him, and slays him. Realising that he has just murdered his wife’s cousin, he runs, leaving the body with his friends. When the prince finds out about
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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.
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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
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.
Mercutio and Tybalt are about to fight when Romeo
Additionally, after Romeo’s marriage with Juliet he gets in the middle of a fight. If Romeo did not engage in the brawl between Mercutio his best friend and Tybalt his opposing rival, they would still have a fair chance at survival. Mercutio engages in a fight with Tybalt on Romeo’s behalf because Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt, since Tybalt is now Romeo’s cousin-in-law. In addition, Romeo attempts to break up the progressive fight, but his actions are futile. Furthermore, Romeo getting among Mercutio and Tybalt does more harm than good because Mercutio dies. The only explanation of how Mercutio dies is that Tybalt is able to pierce Mercutio’s chest under Romeo’s arm. Romeo blocks Mercutio’s view, leaving him defenseless and feeble.
Good mercutio!” Tybalt under romeo's arm thrusts mercutio with his sword and now he’s injured because romeo got in the way. Romeo should have never went back for tybalt it was his own fault anyways that mercutio was dead but apparently he
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This causes tension as Tybalt and Mercutio become even more frustrated with Romeo. Mercutio draws his sword in order to defend Romeos reputation. He says “Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk?” challenging him to a duel. A feeling of foreboding hangs in the air.
Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet between 1594 1595, a play about love, courtship and marriage that ended in tragedy.
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.
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In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses the character of Romeo to argue against the Elizabethan era concept that violence equates masculinity.
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