Comparing Hate In Romeo And Juliet

Love versus hate. Both are insanely powerful and extreme emotions that are often used to mean something very strong and are not to be taken lightly. Love, on one hand, is defined as an intense feeling of deep romance or affection towards someone. Hate, on the other, is often called a “very strong word” because of its definition: a strong loathing or distaste towards someone. The biggest difference between the two is that true love has the ability to conquer all other emotions and even alter one’s sense of reality. Obstacles such as war, hate, and distance can be overcome by a truly powerful love. In children’s movies such as Cinderella and Snow White, even the most extreme situations like poverty and death can be overpowered by love.

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Romeo and Juliet, two 13 year olds, fall madly in love after Romeo claimed to be head over heels for a girl named Rosaline. They each go unimaginable distances to be able to see each other, and even commit a double suicide in the end. From the very beginning of the play, Shakespeare shows that Romeo and Juliet’s love could eventually diminish the feud between the Montague and Capulet families that had. Shakespeare wrote, “(...)From forth the fatal loins of these two foes /A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life /Whose misadventured piteous overthrows /Do with their death bury their parents' strife.” (Prologue,5 \8) . This prologue initially tells the readers and audience that Romeo and Juliet’s love will be so great that it has enough power to bring the two to kill themselves. Once the star crossed lovers take their own

In the TED Talk “Israel and Iran: A Love Story”, the speaker, Ronny Edry, an Israeli graphic designer is reaching out to Iranians over Facebook by creating posters. They read, “Israel Loves Iran”, “We Don’t Want War” and, “Iran Loves Israel”. These posters became a way for Israelis to reach out to Iranians and vise versa. As the people who were supposed to hate each other because of their politicians expressed peace through Facebook, their unexpected love grew. Edry explains, “Now people from Iran, the same ones who were shy at the first campaign and just sent, you know, their foot and half their faces, now they're sending their faces, and they're saying, ‘Okay, no problem, we're into it. We are with you." Just read where those guys are from. And for every guy from Israel, you've got someone from Iran. Just people sending their pictures. Crazy, yes?”(TED). Iranians and Israelis were so caught up in thinking that they hated each other that they did not realize that it was unnecessary. Both groups of people were surprised by how quickly their love spread and how it could overcome something as powerful and destructive as