The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare revolves largely around the idea of love and hate, and how they clash. Romeo and Juliet are deeply in love, but their two houses are sworn enemies. This ends in the untimely death of both Romeo and Juliet and the two houses making peace. In this play, Shakespeare tries to tell us that nothing good comes from hate.
There are many instances of hate in R&J. For instance, between Romeo and Tybalt, the Montague’s and the Capulet’s, Romeo + Juliet and fate, Paris and Romeo, and a few others. Any of these situations of hate could be taken and only bad things could be shown for what had become of them, usually ending in death.
Romeo and Tybalt’s hate resulted in the death of Mercutio and ended with the death of Tybalt. Romeo + Juliet hated what they believed to be fate, because it tore them apart. In the end, R+J died because of the way they tried to defy fate, even if fate was not truly there. Paris and Romeo’s hate at the end caused violence, which ended in Paris’ death. For the Mantague’s and the Capulet’s, all you have to say is that it sparked all of this other hate, which always ended in death.
There is so much hate and consequence in Romeo & Juliet, I could go on for an incredible amount of time. But I do not only believe this to be true in R&J, it is true in my life too, that hate has never ended well. Either nothing has come of it yet, or something bad has come of it.
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