Romeo and Juliet is set in fair Verona, a long-lasting argument continues between the Montague and Capulet family. The only way the feud between the families ended was the death of the two children. A central theme introduced in the prologue of Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet is hate. This is identified in the line from the prologue, ‘Where civil blood leaves civil hands unclean.’ Two scenes that introduce and further develop the prologue was that was demonstrated in the play are Act 1 Scene 1 and Act 3 Scene 2. These two scenes show the feeling a hatred in the play.
The theme of hatred is introduced and developed in the opening scene of the play where the Capulets pick a fight with the Montagues. These is seen in Act 1 Scene 1. In this opening act it starts out with a brawl in Verona between the servants of the Montagues and Capulets. The argument continues getting more and more citizens involved until Prince Escalus steps in. Escalus dismisses both sides and send them their separate ways. The use of metaphor develops this theme of hatred. This follows their conversation of how indolent and unmoved on dispassionate Sampson is about everything. But on seeing a Montague, he is hatred is evoked by the …show more content…
It is shown as the Nurse has found out that Romeo killed Juliet's cousin, Tybalt. Through the techniques list, repetition and complex sentence structure give the theme hatred impact. Also, the use of hyperbole, and exclusive language such as ‘no’ and ‘all’ again stress the hateful native of man. The nurse expresses this theme of hate by saying, “There is no trust, no faith, no honesty in men. All of them lie. All of them cheat. They’re all wicked. Ah, where’s my servant?—Give me some brandy.—These griefs, these pains, these sorrows make me old. Shame on Romeo!” From this quote that was said by the nurse, it explains that all the violence is caused by men. Romeo killed Tybalt because Tybalt killed
The theme of hatred is introduced and developed in the opening scene of the play where the Capulets pick a fight with the Montagues. These is seen in Act 1 Scene 1. In this opening act it starts out with a brawl in Verona between the servants of the Montagues and Capulets. The argument continues getting more and more citizens involved until Prince Escalus steps in. Escalus dismisses both sides and send them their separate ways. The use of metaphor develops this theme of hatred. This follows their conversation of how indolent and unmoved on dispassionate Sampson is about everything. But on seeing a Montague, he is hatred is evoked by the …show more content…
It is shown as the Nurse has found out that Romeo killed Juliet's cousin, Tybalt. Through the techniques list, repetition and complex sentence structure give the theme hatred impact. Also, the use of hyperbole, and exclusive language such as ‘no’ and ‘all’ again stress the hateful native of man. The nurse expresses this theme of hate by saying, “There is no trust, no faith, no honesty in men. All of them lie. All of them cheat. They’re all wicked. Ah, where’s my servant?—Give me some brandy.—These griefs, these pains, these sorrows make me old. Shame on Romeo!” From this quote that was said by the nurse, it explains that all the violence is caused by men. Romeo killed Tybalt because Tybalt killed