Hate In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

The Theme Of Romeo and Juliet
Love and hate are both strong passions controlled by different motives but can lead to similar side effects. It is love that sends Romeo into the courtyard of his enemy to see Juliet just before the oncoming dawn, it is the powerful loathing of the Montagues that controls Tybalt in his murderous rage. Both feelings are completely opposite, and can be completely blinding, and completely consuming. These emotions, and some in between, course through the characters of Shakespeare’s work Romeo and Juliet. It is a love that is rooted as deeply as the hate, this hate is so strong, that it goes back generations between the Montagues and the Capulets, but the love is strong enough to conquer it. There are many themes in Romeo and Juliet, but the battle for love against hatred is by far the most overarching theme in the entire play. …show more content…
The Montagues and the Capulets have fought back and forth for many years, and only now does death sting them into reconciliation with one another. Only now do they find peace, and that peace had a high price. This ongoing conflict that was so deeply rooted in hate had created a dramatic story for the failure of hatred. Shakespeare knew the point he needed to get across in the play of Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare was a genius playwright, if he had needed to get any other point across to the audience who saw the production of Romeo and Juliet, then he would have done it. It is clear that Shakespeare wanted to prove how hatred destroys and love