Love and Hate in Act 1 Scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

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Love and Hate in Act 1 Scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is about two families, The Montagues and the Capulets. These two families hate each other and Romeo and Juliet come from different families so they can't share the love they have for each other. The play ends in tragedy and both families learn a valuable lesson. When Romeo sees Juliet for the first time he prepares for the speech that is about to come by having his eyes fixed on Juliet and slowly moving forward as he tries to get a glimpse of her. Some of the comparisons that Romeo uses in his speech puts forward a message that Juliet is the most perfect human being in the whole world and that she stands out from everyone else. Romeo displays this by, "As rich as a jewel in an Ethiops ear." By saying this, Shakespeare has showed Romeo's feelings for Juliet by emphising how much she stands out. An ethiop is what people in Shakespeare's time used to call any black African and a jewel is sparkly and shiny and would stand out in a black mans ear. By using rhyming couplets in Romeo's speech Shakespeare is building up a 'love at first sight', feeling and the speech has a conclusion, which conveys that this is to perfect to be true and that something bad will happen. Tybalt's reaction to Romeo is hatred as he makes a fuss to Capulet and wants rid of him. This is demonstrated by, "Tis he, that villain Romeo." I think the word 'villain' is key as this s is a word that is used when you loathe someone. Before you even hear Tybalt start his speech in Act1, Scene5, you can see the hatred brewing in Act1, Scene1, when Tybalt says, "I hate the word, as I hate all hell, all Montagues and thee." Instantly you can see that Tybalt is arrogant and argumentative and you can also recognise the hatred he has for all Montagues by making the comparison between his hatred of hell and all

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