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William Shakespeare 's Romeo And Juliet Essay

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The Montague and Capulet feud is one between the two families that starts off in the play as a rather petty one but what happens is this “ancient grudge break to new mutiny” which causes the ordeal to increase significantly in seriousness. The feud between Romeo and Juliet’s families becomes so hate driven that “the continuance of their parents’ rage, Which but their children’s death, naught could remove” And this includes the other lives lost such as Tybalt and Mercutio’s which just fires up the families even more. Romeo and Juliet both commit suicide and this is in fact what finally convinces both families to bury the hatchet and quell the feud. 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, “What fray was here? Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all. Here 's much to do with hate, but more with love.” I find this quote to be very important to keep the whole story in perspective with most all events that occur in Romeo and Juliet to be due to a battle of love and hate with love being more prominent and powerful. The time however where love isn’t necessarily greater than hate is when Romeo enacts revenge upon Tybalt for

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