“Violence is everywhere in Shakespeare,” (White Web). The reader can see that violence is a major theme throughout the entire play, from the prologue to the very last line, “Romeo and Juliet” is a story of pain and tragedy. The feud between Capulet and Montague families leads to destruction and death. In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, the feud between the Montague and Capulet families causes the lovers to be secretive and impulsive which leads to their and others unfortunate demise. Firstly, from the beginning of the story of Romeo and Juliet the reader can see the effects of the feud on the community. In the families, on the Capulet side, Sampson and Gregory are servants that despise the Montagues, going so far to say “A dog of the house of Montague moves me” (1.1.7), in that he means even a simple dog from the house of Montague can make him angry. That goes to show that the feud is more than a petty fight but an ancient grudge affecting all. As for the major Capulets in this scene, Tybalt shows, saying hateful things such as, “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, / As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee, / Have at thee, coward!” (1.1.60-62), meaning he hates Montagues more than anything else. That is proven in the fact that there has been three brawls in Verona in the past started by the …show more content…
"The prologue and the Prince speak of the feud as the mutual “rage” of the fathers, but we do not see that in the play, at least not as the initiating impulse of any of the acts of violence" (White Web). Whether the parents want to fight or not, the feud has taken countless lives throughout the story of Romeo and Juliet. It is the entire city of Verona’s hatred towards the other family that causes the feud to continue. “The civic content – the brawls of various sorts and the misrule or ineffectual rule of family, church, and state – is always ominously present" (Hager
Mercutio: Menî–¸ eyes were made to look, and let them gaze. I will not budge for no manî–¸ pleasure, I. This is just a small sampling of crime and violence versus peace and law. Later in this scene, Mercutio challenges Tybalt in a duel, then when Mercutio is slain, Romeo goes on to challenge Tybalt, killing him. If Mercutio, Tybalt and Romeo would have listened to Benvolio, the fights would have not occurred, and the outcome of the play would be changed. An example of love versus hate occurs through the relationship Romeo and Juliet and the hate between their families.
...the intensity of the play, the very sweet and romantic scenes would have intrigued the audience and with the shock deaths at the end it would have saddened then because Shakespeare involved his audience and drew them in with his soft and subtle scenes to the heart wrenching scenes. When, after Romeo and Juliet die, the two families make friends. I would think the audience wouldn’t be surprised because in the prologue it said, “Doth with their death bury their parent’s strife.” This means that with Romeo and Juliet’s death it will end the family’s feud. In conclusion I would say that Shakespeare puts conflict in sense which represents both physical and verbal abuse. It is important to include both aspects because not every character is going to have either a constant physical or verbal fight. Romeo and Juliet without conflict are like Romeo and Juliet without love.
From the very beginning of the story, Shakespeare asserts us how much hate the two family have for each other. In the opening scene in Verona, the two servant of different families, the Montagues and Capulets, start a fight between each other. Talking to Gregory, Sampson announce how he “will bite [his] thumb at [the Montague’s servant]” (1.1.44-5). This tells the reader that because the Montagues and Capulets dislike each other, so will anyone close to them. The quote shows that when someone is a close friend to someone, the friend will hold the same grudge as a way to show their loyalty to their friends. Lord Capulet and Lord Montague decide to resolve their conflict my beginning a sword fight in the street of Verona. Power by
The feud meant that they had to keep their relationship under wraps and tip-toe around their families. The ancient grudge between the two families meant that if one member of either family found out about Romeo and Juliet then they would be killed, ‘If they do see thee, they will murder thee.’ The family feud between the Montague and Capulet families could also be held responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because they both grew up with people dieing within the families because of the grudge. For instance Mercutio and Tybalt, Mercutio was a very loyal friend of Romeo’s and Tybalt was Juliet’s cousin. The deaths of these characters meant that Romeo and Juliet were both distressed and unhappy, and thus could have given more reason to their own deaths, ‘ A’ Thursday let it be, a’ Thursday, tell her,
Drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montague’s, and thee. Have at thee cowards!” which proves to us that Tybalt is more committed to the feud then Benvolio and the Montague’s. Act 1 scene 5: in this act we look at how Romeo goes to the great. feast in the household of the Capulet’s.
‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare incorporates the theme of conflict through many different characters and situations. The definition of conflict is “a fight, battle, or struggle; especially a prolonged struggle; strife” The play mainly focuses on the tragic lives of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet; the two characters belong to the Montague and Capulet households respectively, which have held ongoing grudges against each other for years. The play ends with both main characters committing suicide, to be together in heaven. As with many of Shakespeare’s works, the theme of conflict is a strong one. For a start, there is the ongoing conflict between the two families; the Montagues and the Capulets. The audience is unsure how this grudge started; this reflects how tedious some ongoing grudges can be. This is a vital conflict to keep the structure of the story, as without this conflict Romeo and Juliet would not have encountered the problems they had with their marriage. However, there are different ways of putting this grudge across - through dialogue, such as Mercutio’s intell...
Firstly, the Capulets and Montagues are at odds with each other. Members of each house and servants break into a sword fight, clashing with each other. Sampson says "Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember thy swashing blow." (Act 1, Scene 1, Line 60). The feuding between the two families motivates Sampson to challenge the Capulets. Another example of how the two houses despise each other is what Romeo and his friends have to do to get into the Capulet feast. So they will not be recognized, Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio wear comic masks to hide their faces. Mercutio says, "Give me a case to put my visage in" (Act 1, Scene 4, Line 29). They do not want to be recognized because of the hatred between the two houses. Also, Romeo and Juliet are not supposed to be in love: "My only love sprung from my only hate! / Too early seen unknown, and known too late! / Prodigious birth of love it is to me, / That I must love a loathed enemy." says Juliet (Act 1, Scene 5, Lines 137-140). They are not supposed to love each other because it just so happens that each of their houses despise each other. It is unfortunate for Romeo and Juliet that their two families are against each other, because this means that they are not supposed to be married.
until one person gets killed. In those days if you said no to a duel,
The prince of Verona is a very honourable person and a royalty that people adored and follows order from. But one of his order or law he stated in front of the Montague and the Capulets is that anyone that starts a fight in the town of Verona they will be punished. The prince fails Romeo and Juliet because of banishing Romeo from Verona which is worse than him getting killed and allowing the feud to continue even though he knew there is a fight and hatred between the families or the two households, the Montagues and the Capulets. The prince banishing Romeo is worse than being killed because if Romeo was to be banish he would have to leave Verona and have to find another place which meant he would be leaving his love of his life which is Juliet. He
Raghda Al Feb. 27, 2024 Mueller. The play of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, starts with two families both alike in dignity, who are feuding also known as the Monatgue family and the Capulet family. Since the families are feuding the kids also have this hatred against each other, so many fights break whenever the two families meet, this leads to Verona being in danger, which forces the Prince to state that if they were to fight again that they would be sentenced to the death penalty. Furthermore, this cuts to Romeo who is a part of the Montague family, he is saddened about Rosaline. This then leads to Benvolio, his friend, telling him to attend the Capulet party with him.
In the beginning, there was a huge brawl between the 2 families in the streets. As well as, there was a duel between Benvolio and Tybalt, Romeo and Tybalt, and Paris and Romeo which also adds to the murder example because Benvolio died to Tybalt then Romeo killed Tybalt then after some time Romeo killed Paris. In the world today, murder is very common in the world today because people think to solve each others problems is to get rid of them which happened a lot in the story. In Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet was abusing his daughter because she wasn’t going to marry Paris. Compared to the world today, children and even the spouse don't obey there commands. Usually the father, tend to beat them and make them feel superior and powerful and hope to enforce that he/she is the boss of the house and do what they say. Towards the very end, a suicide death occurred between both Romeo and Juliet over each others death even though they weren't actually dead before they died. Suicide is a very leading death in America and possibly around the world where teenagers like Romeo and Juliet kill themselves because they think they have lost everything and can no where near come back from this
Romeo and Juliet: Is love a cause of violence? Is love a cause of violence? is the theme introduced in the play Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two star crossed lovers whose devotion is so intense it causes violence. Love is always considered the opposite of violence, but in this tale of Romeo and Juliet, they are one in the same.
Barely half-way into the first scene and violence bursts out on Verona’s thoroughfare. The Prince, Escalus, is forced to ride into town to find the source of this conundrum, and finds the culprits once again to be the Capulets and the Montagues; then declares: “By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets and made Verona’s ancient citizens cast by their grave beseeming ornaments to wield old partisans, in hands as old, canker'd with peace, to part your canker'd hate. If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace” (Shakespeare I. i. 83-90). Through this statement Prince Escalus sheds light on the fact that the family feud has involved more than just themselves. Whether the two families have realized or not, they have single-handedly managed to take the ancient peace of Verona and turn it into a defensive behaviour that forces the citizens to take arms in fear that the two will quarrel in their once peaceful streets.
In the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, conflict takes place all throughout. Such as friend vs foe, family vs family, or parent vs child. One conflict was between Juliet and her father, Capulet. During the play Juliet secretly gets married to Romeo. Juliet was a Capulet and Romeo was a Montague their families were rivals so the marriage was in secret.
In Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, the major theme of ‘Conflict’ is incorporated through series of events and the characters. Throughout the play the theme of conflict is conveyed in various forms. Mostly through verbal and physical violence, as well as through inner familial hostility. Shakespeare presents the motif of conflict by using two opposite ideas; Love/hate, rivalry, free will/fate. The themes of conflict and opposites are a recurring idea throughout the story used by Shakespeare to create tension between characters.