Compare Capulet's Intention To Create Tension Between Montagues And Capulets

I was taking my usual late-night stroll through the gardens of Capulet, and I recalled my argument with Capulet which I had incited earlier that night. I have to admit, I was right in this argument whilst Capulet was acting immature and naive. The son of the archenemy of the Capulet family had snuck into the invite-only Capulet party! Romeo Montague was his name, I recalled, he was the man who snuck in. I couldn’t believe that Capulet had permitted him to stay even though our two families have an ancient grudge and even our servants know to take the wall from any man or maid of the Montague’s (1.0.3, 1.1.11).

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The ancient feud of unknown origin between the Capulet’s and Montague’s is a very prominent idea within the play. Its seems that the servants of both

            In the beginning of the play we are introduced to two characters, Sampson and Gregory. Itching for a fight, they believe they have as much responsibility to defend the name Capulet as their masters do. "The quarrel is between

An everlasting conflict between two families, Montague and Capulet. What started this inclining depth of mutual hatred, and can it still be considered as the reason for their bickering. The effects of this dispute are even more widespread today, leaving more and more people wondering of the cause.

The futile feud that transformed into something completely tragic and something absolutely gut-wrenching. Little did they know that the irrational behaviour of Capulets and Montagues would escalate into something huge; them losing their children.

There are many people in “Romeo and Juliet” who attributed to their deaths. The first suspect is Lord Capulet, because he was a very mean father to Juliet. Tybalt was a hothead, loyal swordsman who thought he was protecting the Capulet name,but caused many problems. Friar Laurence was presented as a holy man who was trusted and respected by the other characters, but made many mistakes. Therefore, Romeo and Juliet did not do this on their own, because they had help from Lord Capulet, Tybalt, and Friar Laurence.

The very first scene of the play indicates that “the rivalry between the Capulets and the Montagues is also, for the men (Sampson and Gregory, both of the Capulet household), the impetus for an inward rivalry, an inward pressure to masculine self-assertion that cannot be appeased or concluded.” (Appelbaum, 1997) This is shown in the exchange of vulgar jokes of Sampson and Gregory. They talk about how they would “push Montague’s men from the wall, and thrust his maids to the wall.” Not

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The Hostility Between the 'Montagues' and the 'Capulets' in Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare William Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet has a major theme of conflict. The main conflict in the play is the feud between the two wealthy families: the ‘Montagues’ and the ‘Capulets’. Shakespeare does not state the reason for the hostility between the two families. Shakespeare may have done this to indicate how long the feud has been going for. Shakespeare creates conflicts between characters in the play.

Throughout this whole story the Capulet’s and the Montague’s do not at all get along. Not only does this feud cause them to hate one another, but it also causes all the families with these names to fight with the other. Sometimes feuds can change and affect the lives of everyone involved. When they first got in a fight in the beginning of the story, “ What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues and thee. Have at thee coward!” ( Tybalt, Act I, Scene I) This has shown how huge the feud actually is. Comparing the Montague’s to something very worse than life. Capulet exclaimed, “ Clubs, bills, and partisans strike! Beat them down! Down with the Capulets! Down with the Montagues! (Scene I, Act I).

The play starts with Sampson and Gregory, two of Capulet’s servants, beginning a quarrel with two servants of Montague. This shows that from the working-class to the upper-class in the two families, they still hold a grudge against the opposite family. Tybalt arrives at the scene, speaking of his loathing of the Montagues, “I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee”. A furious riot develops with Lords Capulet and Montague joining in and officers clubbing both sides of the fight, only for it to be stopped by the neutral Prince Escales. The riot further emphasises the vast level of hate between the two families.

Conflict presents itself in many different forms. Whether it be the massacre of over 800,000 people that the Rwandan Genocide caused in a mere hundred days, or the long-lasting conflict between the Montagues and Capulets in Romeo and Juliet. Rwanda is a small landlocked country within Africa that is about the size of Maryland (Beauchamp, 2014). The Hutu people are in the majority, making up 85 percent of the population, while Tutsis made up 14 percent of the population ("United Human Rights Council"). In Romeo and Juliet the hostility between the Montagues and Capulets has been occurring for many centuries and has caused much trouble in their city.

Shakespeare presents the complex family feud between the Montagues and the Capulets as the underlying ‘antagonist’ of the story, another major reason as to why the lovers didn’t prevail. This grudge is complex as the character’s actions in siding, supporting or in trying to pacify the feud makes the feud more complex. Some of Shakespeare’s greatest use of insults lend themselves to develop the dramatic technique of characterisation among the endorsers of the feud and while doing so, builds up the foreboding mood and suspenseful atmosphere of the feud. An exchange of insults between servants Sampson and Abraham such as do you bite your thumb at us, sir? would’ve united Elizabethan audiences together despite their distinctions among class. In the first act, Tybalt only

In this essay, I will be examining Shakespeare’s treatment of relationships in Romeo and Juliet. As a poet and playwright, he wrote 154 sonnets, 2 long narrative poems and 38 plays, one of his most famous plays being Romeo and Juliet. There are many different types of relationships between characters, and these are essential to the play. The prologue tells us that the play is about two star-crossed lovers from two feuding families, the Montagues and Capulets. There is hatred between these two families, this explains this, ‘Thou villain Capulet’. This quote suggests because of the hate between their families, the lovers are doomed from the start.