Hate In Romeo And Juliet

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“Romeo and Juliet” is a play about two star-crossed young lovers, who’s love story ended due to the resentment between the two families, Montagues and Capulets. Both families hate each other because of an old argument and riled up again. The pop-up of the argument started to create disagreements between people and are constantly fighting with each other. Both love and hate can be at times blinding and become as compelling as an influence that everything else is of low in significance. For example, many deaths are involved between the two families prior to Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other. As Romeo states “Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love.” (Scene 1, Act 1, pg. 175) Knowing what is going on between both families, the love both Romeo and Juliet have for each other, blocks the family title from each other. During Juliet’s orchard, both Romeo and Juliet were hasty enough to promise their love by marrying each other in less than an actual day.” If that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow.” …show more content…
Mercutio is a loyal person to the Montague family whilst Tybalt is loyal towards the Capulets. The disagreement between them two leads to a fight that eventually lead Mercutio to his death by Tybalt’s hands. Mercutio’s last word “Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world.” (Scene 1, Act 3, pg.) Mercutio’s death then lead Romeo hatred towards Tybalt for killing his closest friend and from there Tybalt’s death was imminent. In accordance to Tybalt’s death, the banishment of Romeo from Verona was set. Love is displayed when Romeo returns to Verona assuming Juliet’s death had occurred. He then expresses his deep feelings of love for her by drinking poison so he can lie with his “deceased” spouse,

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