Kevin Irani Mr. B EAE2DI-02 23 April 2015 Deadly Love Living in a human society is great, but never perfect. Not everyone gets along together and we do not all necessarily like each other. Humans can sometimes have fights and be hateful to one and another. In the play, Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, hate is one of the main themes. The play is about two families, the Capulets and the Montagues, which have been in a feud for quite a long time. They would not hesitate to demonstrate their hatred to one another. Most readers would assume that the blame for the death of the young couple falls on them. However, other people are to blame. In this play, Romeo and Juliet, a teenage couple, die at the end of the play. The tragic death of Romeo and Juliet is the direct result of the feud between the two families, Benvolio (Romeo’s cousin) and Friar Laurence. The feud caused Romeo and Juliet to get married without their parent’s permission; Benvolio caused Romeo to meet and fall in love with Juliet at the Capulet’s ball. Friar Laurence got Romeo and Juliet married and he convinced Juliet to drink a potion to orchestrate her death, but it leads to disastrous consequences. Firstly, the feud between the two families is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s tragic death. The Capulets and the Montagues are two families that are alike, but they are two clan rivals. They were rivals even
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, two star-crossed lovers, will do anything to show their deep affection for each other. Since they are from two different families, who happen to be enemies, they can be punished for expressing their love for one another. Unfortunately, their passion sparks many outrages. Due to Father Capulet’s feud with the Montague family, Romeo and Juliet's love life results in death.
Romeo and Juliet shows how the story of true love can break the ancient grudge between two families. The conflict in the story is Capulets against Montagues. 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 led to fighting and even death.
SAMPSON A dog of that house shall move me to stand. I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague’s.
Love is like a flame, it provides you with warmth, but too much of it can also burn you. Such is the plot of the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It is a tragedy about two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, who unfortunately, belong to families who bear an ancient grudge against each other. In the play, Romeo and Juliet fall in love and quickly decide to marry each other. At the end, Romeo and Juliet’s decisions cause their untimely death, but in reality, there were other people who also contributed to the lover’s death. Friar Laurence, the Nurse and Lord Capulet are responsible for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
When Juliet says, “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? / Deny thy father and refuse they name, / Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, / And I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (2.2.36-39), this displays the feuding hate between the two families, Montague, and Capulet. In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, Ignorance and hate play a significant role. Without these two main aspects, the tragedies, would have not occurred. Three characters, Capulet, Lady Capulet, and Tybalt are directly and indirectly accountable for the deaths of Romeo, and Juliet. Capulet, is the father of Juliet, in which arranges her to marry Paris. Juliet does not like this, thus, caused dispute between both of them. Capulet displayed a very demanding character, being strict on rules. Lady Capulet, is of course the mother of Juliet, but started the whole topic of marriage at the beginning of the play. This was comparable to when Romeo liked Rosaline, but did not get the love back, as for now, Paris loved Juliet, however Juliet did not return the love back. Tybalt, is a member of the opposite family, the Montagues, in other words, the family hated by the Capulets. Tybalt also plays a character of hatred, as he kills Mercutio, first causing a fight, in who Romeo, liked very much, initiating trouble in the end. When this occurred Romeo said, “Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate, / O anything of nothing first create! / O heavy lightness, serious vanity, / Misshapen chaos of wee-seeming
The two families in the play named the Capulets and the Montagues had a long hatred for each other. For instance, they had fights in the streets simply, because a servant bit his thumb at the Montagues, which was a derogatory gesture. Of course, this kind of drama between the families made a great story opportunity for the author to make the daughter Juliet Capulets and the son Romeo Montagues to fall in love. The fighting between families would have probably went on for years until an unforeseen death of their children happened. There are many different foil characters and situations in the play Romeo and Juliet, which causes lots of confusion to the characters in the story.
In the prologue the families have “fatal loins”. Also in the prologue it states that the only thing that can end the feud is their children's end. “Do with their death bury their parents strife” It wasn't a family feud, there would have been no need for Romeo and Juliet to hide their love. Likewise, Friar Lawrence would not have had to devise a plan to help the couple escape. If the Capulets and Montagues had resolved their differences, both Romeo and Juliet would have lived a happy life. The Montagues and Capulets realize the error of their ways a little too late. Nevertheless, both families resolve their differences after losing their loved ones. All the other instances in the play happen due to the hatred between two
Chorus states (or sings), “Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean”(pg. 771) Even from the start of the play, it was known that there was a hatred between the two. It is unhealthy for two groups of people hating each other like that. This creates children to not be able to make their own decisions and go behind their parents’ backs like they did. At the Capulet party, Romeo states, “Is she a Capulet? O dear account my life is my foe’s debt.” (pg, 790) Even at the very start when Romeo found out Juliet was a Capulet, he was upset. This hatred has made these kids’ life very difficult for them to do what they want. This feud between the two basically created the play. Without the feud, there would be no “Romeo and Juliet” it would just be another story about how two people fell in love a long time
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.
In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo, a member of the Montague family, and Juliet, a member of the Capulet family, fall madly in love and sacrifice their lives for each other. In the city of Verona, the Capulets and the Montagues have a long going feud between their families. Their parents forbid them from falling in love which caused them to do it in secrecy. Romeo and Juliet both chose their fate by the choices they made. The fatal tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was caused by their poor decisions.
The families strife is the backbone of the play, and without it, no conflict would have happened. The feud was the reason for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths because of the secrecy of their romance, the web of miscommunication, and the banishment of Romeo. The feud between the Capulets and the Montagues led to the secrecy of Romeo and Juliet’s romance. It is solely because of the fear of their parents’ strife that their forbidden love was
Misleading is defined as: “a person who is deceptive or sends someone in the wrong direction.” Sometimes misleading gets people out of trouble or helps somebody out in a case. In this case though the Friar mislead these kids Romeo and Juliet where they shouldn’t have been lead. In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, Friar Lawrence’s impulsive decisions contributes to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet consist of different catalysts that make an impact and affect the course of the play. One of the major catalysts includes the family feud. These three passages, taken from the original play, is composed of different perspectives of the family feud from the characters themselves; from Romeo’s opinion comparing love and hate, to Juliet’s soliloquy which reveals her love for Romeo despite the fact that he’s a Montague, and finally to Prince Escalus’ sermon to Capulet and Montague after Romeo and Juliet’s death. Through these significant passages, it is revealed how the feud of the families affects the outcome of the play, and its impact on Romeo and Juliet’s relationship.
The play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare is about a forbidden love between a thirteen year old girl (Juliet) and a sixteen year old boy (Romeo). Both of them belong to very rich families. Juliet belongs to the Capulets and Romeo to the Montages. The Montagues and the Capulets have an extreme feud going on not letting Romeo and Juliet marry, they aren’t allowed to marry therefore there are many fights causing death among the families for eg. Mercutio, Tybalt, Romeo and Juliet.
In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, the feud between the Montagues and Capulets relates to the theme of how people should not let emotions rule their lives. To begin, the discord between two families, the Montagues and Capulets, is the central conflict. These two families despise each other and often engage in fights along the streets of Verona, consequently involving everyone in the town. Their hatred for each other prompts their children to enter a forbidden romance because they fear that their parents will not approve of their love. However, their feud finally ends when they find Romeo and Juliet, their children, dead in the Capulet tomb.