the love between two hates

“For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo” (V.III.309-310). Love and hate has a major part in the play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, as the Montagues and Capulets hate for each other makes Romeo and Juliet’s love only stronger while causing the families to lose loved ones over nothing. For example, Romeo falling out of love then back into love with Juliet changes the two families’ relationship into one unlike any other. While Tybalt seeing Romeo at the Capulet Ball creates a violent uproar leading to two deaths; as he has to hold in his anger because Capulet does not want his Ball ruined. Just as important is how when the two families’ hate starts getting stronger, Romeo and Juliet only become more and more inseparable and are willing to do whatever is necessary so they can be together forever. From the moment, Romeo “loves” Rosaline to the day he attends the Capulet ball and first sees Juliet, it is clear that love is a major factor throughout the play. At the ball Romeo had just met Juliet for the first time and eventually kissed her before leaving. “My only love sprung from my only hate! / Too early seen unknown, and known too late!/ Prodigious birth of love it is to me/That I must love a loathed enemy(I.V.138-141) is what she declares to her nurse, after only mere minutes she already loves Romeo who is her enemy, which she knows she cannot do, as it could potentially ruin the two families relationship even more. They both know what the dangers of loving each other are, yet Romeo still sneaks into the Capulet garden just to see Juliet. When they agree to get married in secret it shows how bad the two families relationship is, as in any other relationship they would tell their parents before gettin...

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.... As the feuding relationship only makes the love between Romeo and Juliet more desirable but the hate more violent. First off, Romeo attending the Capulet ball is the first part of the play where we experience hate between the two families. As Juliet and Romeo first see each other, it becomes love at first sight and eventually impacts both families both good and bad. Just as important is when Tybalt sees Romeo at the ball, which unleashes a burning hate and leads to the duel between Mercutio and Tybalt. Lastly, Capulet marrying Juliet off to Paris and moving the wedding day ahead ruins Friars plan and leads to the death of two beloved ones but creates a new kinship between the two families. At the end of the play it is clear that although it came at a deep cost to everyone, love infact played a major role in causing the hate between two families to end for good.