Violence is a serious issue, lots of people die from other people having different emotions constantly, and that can lead to violence. In William Shakespeare; Romeo and Juliet one very important theme is violence from strong emotions. Throughout this play the Capulets and Montagues have a lot of hate towards each other, and a lot of people are affected by this hate. Their children are in the worst position because they are expected to hate each other, however with the deaths of these two they turned the tables and finally the two families are now at peace. In this essay it will prove that in Romeo and Juliet, strong emotions can take a turn and accidentally hurt someone.
In this play Tybalt causes a death of an innocent person because he had a strong hate for the Montagues and accidentally killed Mercutio. Before Mercutio was killed, he was taunting Tybalt and they fought with no intent of hurting each other. So Romeo comes along and tries to break it up but Mercutio says after being stabbed, “Why the devil you came between us? I was hurt under your arm” (Shakespeare 100). In this quote from Romeo and Juliet it proves that strong emotions can lead to accidental violence, when Tybalt didn’t mean to stab Mercutio and ended up killing him without realizing how his anger affected him. Also after the fight …show more content…
He ran after Tybalt with one thing on his mind… the death of Tybalt for killing Mercutio. “Alive, in triumph! and Mercutio slain! Away to heaven, respective lenity, And fired eyed fury be my conduct now! Now Tybalt take the ‘villain’ back again That late thou gavest me; for Mercutio’s soul… either thou, or I, or both must go with him” (Shakespeare 46). In this quote it tells that Romeo was very angry with Tybalt. It proves that strong emotions can lead to accidental violence because Romeo had killed Tybalt, and then after he regrets it because he just killed his wife’s
In this play Tybalt causes a death of an innocent person because he had a strong hate for the Montagues and accidentally killed Mercutio. Before Mercutio was killed, he was taunting Tybalt and they fought with no intent of hurting each other. So Romeo comes along and tries to break it up but Mercutio says after being stabbed, “Why the devil you came between us? I was hurt under your arm” (Shakespeare 100). In this quote from Romeo and Juliet it proves that strong emotions can lead to accidental violence, when Tybalt didn’t mean to stab Mercutio and ended up killing him without realizing how his anger affected him. Also after the fight …show more content…
He ran after Tybalt with one thing on his mind… the death of Tybalt for killing Mercutio. “Alive, in triumph! and Mercutio slain! Away to heaven, respective lenity, And fired eyed fury be my conduct now! Now Tybalt take the ‘villain’ back again That late thou gavest me; for Mercutio’s soul… either thou, or I, or both must go with him” (Shakespeare 46). In this quote it tells that Romeo was very angry with Tybalt. It proves that strong emotions can lead to accidental violence because Romeo had killed Tybalt, and then after he regrets it because he just killed his wife’s