The Themes of Love and Hate in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
During Romeo and Juliet love is juxtaposed constantly with hate. This is shown through language and actions of the characters, and also by …show more content…
“Proud I can never be of what I hate”
This could be put down to a number of things, Juliet becoming a teenager since she is only thirteen; the death of her close cousin, Tybalt, or her love for romeo. I feel this is effective because it leaves the audience to question whether her relationship has ultimately changed her. This brings out the parental instincts in each member of the audience and makes them question what they would do if Juliet were their daughter. Shakespeare, by doing this, again highlights that love can develop many emotions not jus happiness.
I feel that Act 1, Scene 5 is particularly effective for showing the main themes of love and hate. By having the first meeting of the “star- crossed lovers” juxtaposed with the hate and fury of Tybalt who tells Capulet he will “not endure him” (Romeo) shows that both love and hate co-exist but either can present a danger to the other. Shakespeare uses both the feud and the love between Romeo and Juliet to show that other people’s emotions cannot cause others to felt he same. This is shown through out the play, just because the Capulet …show more content…
This is because the couple are a relief from the fighting. The couple also bring back memories fro the audience of what they had to do to be with their first true love. They audience see the couple as the ‘happy ending’ in the play which is shown to be tragically false and ironic.
By having the two contrasting events in the one scene so early in the play I feel, kick-starts the action and immediately makes the audience sympathize with Romeo and Juliet. By doing this so early in the play allows the audience to develop strong feelings and a personal relationship with them so when the end for the couple arrives the audience are affected more. The relationship the audience built with two main on stage characters, Romeo and Juliet, heightens the tragedy of their death and emphasizes the waste of their death and feud between the two families. The audiences’ feelings of love towards the couple change to anger and almost hatred towards the remaining
During Romeo and Juliet love is juxtaposed constantly with hate. This is shown through language and actions of the characters, and also by …show more content…
“Proud I can never be of what I hate”
This could be put down to a number of things, Juliet becoming a teenager since she is only thirteen; the death of her close cousin, Tybalt, or her love for romeo. I feel this is effective because it leaves the audience to question whether her relationship has ultimately changed her. This brings out the parental instincts in each member of the audience and makes them question what they would do if Juliet were their daughter. Shakespeare, by doing this, again highlights that love can develop many emotions not jus happiness.
I feel that Act 1, Scene 5 is particularly effective for showing the main themes of love and hate. By having the first meeting of the “star- crossed lovers” juxtaposed with the hate and fury of Tybalt who tells Capulet he will “not endure him” (Romeo) shows that both love and hate co-exist but either can present a danger to the other. Shakespeare uses both the feud and the love between Romeo and Juliet to show that other people’s emotions cannot cause others to felt he same. This is shown through out the play, just because the Capulet …show more content…
This is because the couple are a relief from the fighting. The couple also bring back memories fro the audience of what they had to do to be with their first true love. They audience see the couple as the ‘happy ending’ in the play which is shown to be tragically false and ironic.
By having the two contrasting events in the one scene so early in the play I feel, kick-starts the action and immediately makes the audience sympathize with Romeo and Juliet. By doing this so early in the play allows the audience to develop strong feelings and a personal relationship with them so when the end for the couple arrives the audience are affected more. The relationship the audience built with two main on stage characters, Romeo and Juliet, heightens the tragedy of their death and emphasizes the waste of their death and feud between the two families. The audiences’ feelings of love towards the couple change to anger and almost hatred towards the remaining