Hate In Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet TDA Essay

In the drama “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet,” William Shakespeare (the author) shows how two star-crossed lovers with feuding families show a fine line between love and hate. This love story has a emotional whirlwind of events that show how the two families hate each other but in a way love each other, which is shown at the end of the story. This makes it extremely difficult for Romeo and Juliet to love each other. Romeo comes from the Montague family and Juliet comes from the Capulet family. William Shakespeare develops this theme throughout the drama by showing us how the feuding households brawl with each other, talk about each other harshfully, and how Shakespeare gives us foreshadowing to how the families

This scene shows how the Montagues and the Capulets love each other but they don’t know it, and they continue to hate each other for no specific reason which makes Romeo upset that he can’t love freely.

The Montagues and Capulets exchange a lot of harsh words with each other, which shows the audience the hatred between each other. An example is shown in this conversation.

Mercutio states, “‘Consort? What, dost thou make us minstrels?

And thou make minstrels of us, look to har nothing but discords. Here’s my fiddlestick; here’s that shall make you dance.

Zounds, consort!’

Benvolio responds, ‘We talk here in the public haunt of men.

Either withdraw unto some private place,

Or reason coldly of your grievances,

Or else depart. Here all eyes gaze on us.’

Mercutio then says, ‘Men’s eyes were made to look, and let them gaze.

I will not budge for no man’s pleasure, I.’

Romeo then enters.

Tybalt then replies, ‘Well, peace be with you, sir. Here comes my man.’” (Act lll, i, 43-53).

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Mercutio says, “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!” (Act lll, i,

Although Romeo is not supposed to like Tybalt he shows love for him. Romeo says, “And so, good Capulet, which name I tender as dearly as mine own, be satisfied” (Act lll, i, 68-69). He has this love for Tybalt because he is technically related to him by his marriage to Juliet, and Romeo knows this but Tybalt does not.

Foreshadowing is the key to showing a fine line between love and hate. It is shown many times throughout the story in either a loving or hatred way. One of the ways of foreshadowing is utilized to show hatred is described in the following text. Friar Lawrence states, “These violent delights have violent ends” (Act ll, v, 9). This foreshadowing reveals when Romeo and Juliet get married secretly without telling their parents. It forecasts a horrible ending where both Romeo and Juliet both die at the end of the story only a few days after they are united in marriage.

Another example of foreshadowing is demonstrated in the story when Juliet says to the nurse, “Ay, those attires are best; but, gentle