The Cause Of Conflict In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Romeo And Juliet

Romeo And Juliet, alongside Hamlet, is probably Shakespeare’s most performed play and has also been adapted in many forms. In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet killed themselves due to the conflicts between the Capulets and the Montagues, Romeo and Juliet’s families. Regardless of the differences in reactions regarding the conflict between the two families, both Romeo and Tybalt are characters that act before they think, causing an unfortunate effect on the tragedy of the play.

Tybalt’s rage, combined with his high respect for his family guides Tybalt to his tomb. Tybalt acts before he thinks this is demonstrated in act 1 scene 5, when Tybalt sees Romeo at the capulet’s party, his overwhelming pleasure and honor for his family‘s feud between the Montague, drives him to want to duel Romeo at the party. He stated to Lord Capulet “Now, by the stock and honour of my kin, to strike him dead, I hold it not a sin”(Shakespeare,I.V.60-61). Lord Capulet then tells him that he should not fight at the party and tells Tybalt, “Content thee, gentle coz let him alone; he bears him like a portly gentlemen”

This play is relevant today because this play teaches the audience a lesson of life, this play teaches the audience that conflicts can sometime result in consequence. This was shown in the play because Romeo and Juliet’s families were in a feud and both Romeo and Juliet died, after these death’s the families then made up. The consequence of the families was losing their son and their daughter, but this led the families to end the feud between the Capulets and the