Violence and Its Additional Problems

As Mahatma Gandhi once quoted, “Anger is the enemy of the non-violence and pride is the monster that swallows it.” Many times in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, violence broke out. Never once did the Montagues or the Capulets become the monster that destroys anger. Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, are “star crossed lovers” that often causes problems in the city of Verona, Italy. Violence is rarely the answer, but sometimes it can be for the greater good.

Very few times in history has violence ever solved problems without causing any more because of the grieving involved. First, Tybalt, Capulet’s nephew, is angry at Romeo for going to the Capulet’s party. Tybalt tries to search for Romeo but instead he comes across Mercutio, Prince’s kinsmen and one of Romeo’s best friends. Both of them spark a fight which leads to Mercutio’s death. Tybalt intimidated Mercutio by sneering, “what wouldst thou have of me?” (III. i. 75). This states that Tybalt slays Mercutio, which in turn made Romeo furious. Romeo’s anger pushes him into killing Tybalt. This suggests that if Tybalt only questions Romeo or even Romeo tells Tybalt that they are now related, it could have ended differently. Second, Romeo never gets the message that tells him that Juliet is still alive. Balthazar, Romeo’s servant, tells Romeo of Juliet’s death and the two both go to Juliet’s tomb. Juliet’s arranged husband, Paris is there and suspects Romeo of vandalizing his “loves” tomb. Paris orders, “Obey and go with me, for thou must die.” (V. iii. 57). In fact, this is the second time that House of Escalus’s blood is spilled once more. Prince is furious with this because his kinsman is not killed because of an issue the Capulet’s nor has Montague wanted to sol...

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...ase that does not include violence. Tybalt being hot-headed and Romeo unable to keep calm led to Tybalt’s death and Romeo’s exile, which later leads to his mother’s demise. Paris and Romeo are arguing at Juliet’s tomb lead to a fight which led to Paris’s death. Even killing Osama Bin Laden was only temporary because soon later the Boston Marathon appeared and it was not the human thing to do. Non-violence is not always the best thing to do, but it is a hardship that needs to happen for peace. More violence cannot lessen the pain of violence itself.

Works Cited

Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. Ed. Paul Moliken. Delaware: Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classics, 2005. Print.

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