Differences Of Characters In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet Final Essay One of the most prominent opposites in this play are the two main families, the Capulets and the Montagues. Even though they are quite alike in their feuding ways, they seem to have different approaches with their children, and their lives in general. Going on with that, they also both have many things in common that create a confusing, yet intriguing play. The Capulets, especially the father in the family, seems to have more of a temper, what with the fact that he verbally (and most likely physically as well) abuses his daughter into getting married to Paris. And even though Lady Capulet seems to be against the whole ‘Yelling at your daughter to get her to do what you want’, she doesn’t really do anything to …show more content…
They’re more the type that would frown upon his attitude, whilst doing absolutely nothing besides speaking to others on the matter. One of the major differences between these families is one’s parenting skills excel over the other’s, but going along with that topic, a similarity is that they’re both undoubtedly bad at what they do (which is raising their children).
A resemblance between the two households is that they both go along with the feud. Neither group tries to stop the battle, but everyone seems adamant in continuing. Well, everyone except Ladies Montague and Capulet, and Benvolio. And eventually, Romeo and Juliet. The feuding does eventually stop in the end, when the two main characters kill themselves. So, it wasn’t the word of death from the Prince to get them to stop, it was both of their children dying, one by poison and the other by blade.
In conclusion, Shakespeare included the feud in the play so that their could be a play. Without the battling of the families, there would be no plot other than a Love Story that made no sense. And the end of the play would result in two lovers murdering themselves for no apparent reason, other than depression and/or a suicide