ROMEO AND JULIET - CONFLICT ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare is a play about two people who fall in love but are forced to be apart because of the conflict between their families, the Montagues and Capulets. This family grudge has been on-going for many generations. There is a lot of conflict in the play for different reasons. Throughout Romeo and Juliet the theme of conflict is conveyed in many forms, mostly through physical violence. Conflict is key in the structure of the play, it is highlighted in the beginning, middle and the end. Shakespeare deliberately uses dramatic structure in Romeo and Juliet. He illustrates that love cannot exist without hate and peace cannot exist without violence. When something happy and exciting happens, …show more content…
This just shows us that the Capulet family are more violent than the Montague family. Tybalt is a Capulet that loves to fight and hates peace. This can be seen in the words Tybalt and the Capulets choose to use:”What! Drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues and Thee”. As well as when they said “A dog of the house of Montagues moves me.” The harsh language used reinforces the conflict between the families. The close up shots on the fighting show the best angles of the action. It shows the audience the skill level required when sword …show more content…
The Capulet household is often focused on conflict. This conflict is essentially between Juliet and her parents. When Juliet finds out that her father has arranged for her to marry County Paris, a gentleman of noble status, she is devastated and refuses. In the 15th and 16th century, women, especially from wealthy families, were expected to obey their fathers. However, Juliet opposes her father’s wishes. As a result, Lord Capulet threatens to disown Juliet; he uses harsh tone: 'Graze...hang, beg, starve, die in the streets'. He is so angry with Juliet and yells at her “Out, you green-sickness carrion! Out, you baggage, You tallow-face”. Lord Capulet also threatens physical violence against Juliet when he is angry, telling her “My fingers itch”. The emotive language used shows Juliet crying vigorously as her father is shouting at her. She cries and sobs saying “no, no I will not marry who you
Still, Juliet refuses to marry Paris. This outrages Lord Capulet who says, “Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch! / I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday, / Or never after look me in the face” (3.5.166-169). Unlike Lord Capulet’s earlier impressions, he is much more strict here, forcing Juliet to marry Paris or else her father is no longer going to care for
The Theme of Love and hate is very important and prevalent in this play and is one of the most relevant to the development of the story as it encompasses both of the main focuses of the feud and Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. There is a quote by Romeo after he sees the aftermath of the first brawl which could be said about most all events in this play as they follow the same underlying theme,
Romeo and Juliet is a story based on conflict. The conflict in the story is Capulet against Montague. From ancient times, the two families have held grudges against each other. As the book states. “Two households, alike in dignity...from ancient grudge break to new mutiny. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean (1.Prologue.1-4).” The grudge between the two families has led to fighting and even death.
This presents that Tybalt may have been seeking a fight or was attracted to the aggressive situation as a perfect place to displace his own frustrations. It is as if Tybalt uses his family’s pride and hatred toward the Montague’s as an excuse to mask his anger management problems. Toward the end of Act 1, Tybalt again uses his family’s dignity for an excuse to fight Romeo when even Lord Capulet himself is unbothered by his enemy’s
Throughout the plot of Romeo and Juliet, there were many instances of conflict. While most of them were nonviolent, the fight between Romeo and Tybalt was the deadliest, causing two casualties. Mere threats between Mercutio, a relative of the Prince of Verona, and Tybalt resulted in Mercutio being stabbed by Tybalt, followed by Romeo killing Tybalt. Shortly after both deaths, the Prince arrived, heard what occurred, and consequently banished Romeo from Verona, due to a declaration he had made in an earlier scene in the play. While Romeo violated the declaration, he did not deserve a punishment as strict as being exiled.
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.
Out, you have your baggage! You tallow face!” Shakespeare 3.5. 152-157) Thus, Lord Capulet is basically saying to Juliet that if she doesn't marry Paris, it will look horrible in the Capulet’s history and he will repudiate her from being a Capulet.
First, is the family feud between the Montague and Capulet. The family feud between two families, Montague and Capulet, did not allow Romeo and Juliet to be together. Tybalt says, “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee coward”(1.1.66-68). Tybalt is showing
Martin Luther King Junior said “Hatred paralyses life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonises it. Hatred darkens life; love illumines it”. The relationship between the Montague's and Capulet's is filled with hatred that has been bequeathed from generation to generation. The reason behind why the two houses are fighting has been lost in history, yet both houses still continue to fight and make enemies of each other.
Cohen Smith Ms. Kramer English 9 Hour 5 January 14th 2016 Family Ties Lord capulet has a very high standard for family loyalty which leads to the entire families ultimate demise. He saw loyalty to the family as the most important feature and expected Lady Capulet, Juliet and the entire family to fold to his every whim. Juliet before seeking out Friars advice, would rather die than be forced to marry Paris as her father lord Capulet has arranged, he is angered by her lack of loyalty to her fellow kinsmen and reacts with violent harsh and extremely hurtful remarks to Juliet. “Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch!”
Lord Capulet’s demand for respect and obedience attests for the tragedy as when either is lacking, he becomes belligerent. Lord Capulet’s violent tendencies are emphasised when he bellows at Tybalt for defying his command, demonstrating the ire caused by his nephew’s audacious remarks, to disregard Romeo who has attended the
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a tragic love story. The story concerns the love between two young people, Romeo and Juliet. This is set against a feud between their two families: the Montagues and the Capulets. This feud develops the themes of conflict, deception and dignity in the play. The play includes a lot of themes, love, family, hate, deception and revenge.
The titular play of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare, suggests a very negative view of the human nature that in all its complexities, is flawed and hinders a very glorified subject of Shakespeare’s from ultimately prevailing: love. The faults of young love, a family feud and the power struggles within the chain of being are all complex products of the human nature that prevented a happy ending. Shakespeare stresses that the lovers were only driven to their suicidal fate by their young love in a very limited time triggering attempts to rebel against the wishes of their feuding families and the chain of being. Shakespeare utilises dramatic
The play 'Romeo and Juliet' by William Shakespeare is centred around the concept of conflict and the way it leads to tragedy. Luhrmann's film appropriation explores the same idea, however, he exaggerates the conflict and violence to engage a contemporary audience. Through the feud between the Montague and Capulet families, Shakespeare and Luhrmann demonstrates the terrible consequences of conflict. This is seen in Act three Scene one, the fight scene where Mercurio dies and Act five Scene three, the final scene where Romeo and Juliet take their own lives.
One of William Shakespeare’s famous and outstanding plays is ‘Romeo and Juliet’. The play tells a story of two ‘star-crossed lovers’, Romeo and Juliet, who belong to two house rivals, which are Montague and Capulet respectively, that meet, get married, and die out of love. In the play, Shakespeare expresses heavily on the conflict, both externally and internally. The major conflict of the play is the feud between Capulet and Montague. However there are other forms of conflict including Juliet’s emotional dilemma over the death of her cousin, Tybalt, and her ever-growing infatuation of Romeo. Furthermore, Shakespeare heightens conflict through literary devices and intrinsic features. Hence Shakespeare uses an abundance of methods in order to