The Opposing Themes of Love and Hate in the Play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Romeo & Juliet is a story of love and hate, a story that echoes throughout fiction and reality and whose themes can be found nearly everywhere. The views on love and hate that Shakespeare shows apply to everyone and everything in this world, and each living thing’s life. Love and hate are universal concepts, and the specific take that Shakespeare shows is one of the most accurate and all-encompassing takes on these concepts ever written. Stories both similar and different to Romeo & Juliet all show these same themes in some way. Romeo & Juliet may seem simple, but it’s subtle details show layers and layers of understanding of how humanity and this world work. The ideas it brings up have a large range, and can include things like how emotions

Intro: Naturally, I feel that Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet play shows all feelings and thoughts of people in 1597, through to today’s world in 2016. One of the main themes that Shakespeare focused on in the play ‘ was hate. The main hate statement was shown between the two families. You’ll need a point here about hate, what it is and why it continues to be a force in society? Why does this theme continue to play havoc in an increasingly divided world? How do you relate to this theme, have you ever hated or been hated? Have some personal reflection here will make your piece stronger.

The emotions of love and hate are at the forefront of the theme in this play by William Shakespeare. The Oxford Standard English Dictionary defines ‘love’ as ‘to have strong feelings of affection for another adult and be romantically and sexually attracted to them, or to feel great affection for a friend or person in your family’ and defines ‘hate’ as ‘a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action dislike intensely, to feel antipathy or aversion towards someone or something’. However, words cannot portray such wide and powerful emotions. Love and hate include elements of life, passion, long-term bonding and dislike, disgust and loathing respectively. It is because

Romeo as we all know was born into a Noble family, but a feuding family no less, who have endured a harsh and long conflict with their rivals the Capulets. Much unlike the rest of the family, he grew up a sensitive and caring boy with a unique love for reading, walking in the gardens, and of course his innate love for women. It was at this time of growth that I met him as a child and soon I would become his tutor. Quite more often than not, Romeo would visit me during the night or a summer afternoon in my cell to discuss and confide with me the problems and issues he faced. Through these dialogues we engaged in over the years I came to learn the kind of person Romeo was, and the

When Tybalt perishes at the hand of Romeo, the family grieve over his death, but when it came to the relationship between Juliet and her Mother, it seemed non-existent. The Nurse played the maternal role in Juliet’s life, and her real Mother only cared at times she felt obligated to. The relationship between Romeo and his parents seemed to also be quite forced. Romeo was never accepting of the feuds between the families and desperately tried to stay away from his Father’s ‘drama.’ These family relationships could be a sign of bad luck, but if the hatred between the families which was their own making, did not exist the two children could have had better relationships with their parents.

In Shakespeare’s cautionary tale Romeo and Juliet, there is constantly a struggle between love and hate, causing tension throughout the play. But even the most powerful love simply can not conquer this burning, consuming rage we see surrounding the love. In the end, hate is always the victor of the struggle in ‘fair Verona’.

Romeo and Juliet are inclined by the feud that has lasted before their days that controls their separate families and as a result their love is marked by hatred. Therefore, love and hatred are entwined throughout the play with terrible penalties. Whereas Shakespeare shows that hatred fuels the action and determines their destinies, love has the capacity to bring about the understanding of the two families.

Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, conveys both the qualities of love and hate in the main and subplots. Romeo and Juliet are forbidden lovers from two rival families, which is the centre focus of the play. The feud forms the hate-filled backdrop of this love story and the play also highlights the mother/daughter relationship between Juliet and the Nurse, and how this is different to the relationship between Lady Capulet and her daughter. During this performance of Romeo and Juliet, there are many examples of love and hate explored by Shakespeare.

Romeo show his true colors when he acts very sentimental as he talks to Benvolio. Romeo fell in love with a woman by the name of Rosaline but the problem is she does not love him back. “Why, such is love's transgression. Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, Which thou wilt

Juliet replies saying,”I'll look to like, if looking liking move; But no more deep will I  endart mine eye Than your consent gives strength to make it fly.” ( 1.3.99-101) In other words Juliet is saying she will try to see if she likes him without saying to her mother that she doesn't want to be with him.Likewise, Nurse,Juliet's most trusted friend, tells Juliet that Romeo is from the Montague family, Romeo is her enemy, but she still chooses to love him. Juliet being flabbergasted, exclaims ” 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.(1.5.145-148)  Both Romeo and Juliet know they come from opposing families and that their families would not approve of a relationship between the two, but they still decide to keep their relationship going. Similarly, Juliet Refuses to marry Paris.”I will not marry yet; and when I do, I swear  it shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, rather than Paris.”(3.5.125-127) Juliet is in love with Romeo and she is telling her parents the person she will marry is Romeo, Paris will be in the picture. In the English Renaissance period women were not only supposed to be compliant with men's needs and wants, but they were also stereotyped to be inferior than their male

Romeo and Juliet, Williams Shakespeare's tragic account of love and hate. Romeo the dashing young prince, and Juliet, the fair maiden. Both entwined with the politics of the city of Verona, the battle of hate that rage through the Montagues and Capulets. But they learned to love despite the hate the should have felt, even though they loved it eventually ended in their demise. Through this tragic account the play creates personas of love, hate, and loyalty. We see the love of a tender heart through Romeo, the fire of hatred through Tybalt, and the loyalty of true friendship through Friar Lawrence.

Good Morning/Afternoon Miss Rigby, Romeo and Juliet displays the the nature of love and the reason for its destruction. It is the most common story to associate with love, it has been adapted to film multiple times, even within a modern setting. Within the play lies many different themes, two of which I will analyse today which are love and hate. The deepest principles in human nature are hate and love, these two contrasting emotions are key in understanding Romeo and Juliet. It 's a play which dates back to the late 1500’s written by one of the most influential playwrights in history William Shakespeare. Today I will explore the nature of love and hate within Romeo and Juliet and discover the issues that are still relevant today.

Humans are born with the ability to love and hate, whether that is the instinctive action to love your family or the hatred triggered by an offensive action. Love and hatred are dominant themes of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, and they share a strong bond. Two individuals are brought together by their ardent love; yet, separated due to their families conflicted past. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was written in the 1590s by the influential writer William Shakespeare, and to this day the play still remains one of the most eminent and powerful tragedies ever written. The hatred and rivalry created between the two households is ultimately the driving force of the play. this essay will analyse instances where the feud was

In the beginning of this play, Romeo is first know for his love swayed; yet beaten for dead by a woman named Rosaline.She was “ an eye treat” as the saying goes, but Romeo had only thought he had been loving her.After all, to him it was love at first sight;Nevertheless,Romeos feeling were true and just maybe it really was love at first sight.But the difference with that love compared to his love for Juliet is that she was a side track and when he found Juliet only then did he find his real true love.

Romeo puts his point across plain and simple to Friar Laurence, stating “Then plainly know my heart’s dear love is set on the fair daughter of rich Capulet. As mine on hers, so hers is set on mine, and all combined, save what thou must