A Tragedy of Two
“O do draw thy rod and cast away all but cloak, Between those who love and those who square, Lest we fight and die yet live in despair, O do for nothing lest dispel from sight.” A Merrily Death by Cullen Dittmar. William Shakespeare’s expressive and classic play, Romeo and Juliet, tells of a tale between two “star-crossed lovers” who are from feuding families. Juliet is a member of the Capulet family and Romeo is a member of the Montague family. Both families are of remarkable and honorable reputation. This ancient feud has gone on for centuries. Throughout the feud, there have been violent duels, threats, and feelings of hate and revenge that results in multiple deaths, notably the suicides of both Romeo and Juliet decisively. …show more content…
To start off, Romeo described the duels between the Montagues and Capulets as love that struggles rather than describing it as hate. At one point in the story, Romeo says, “Where shall we dine? --O me! What fray was here?-- Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all. Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love. Why then, O brawling love! O loving hate! O anything, of nothing first create! O heavy lightness, serious vanity! Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health! Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! This love feel I, that feel no love in this” (Act I. Scene i. 185-195.). As Romeo is confused, Romeo exploits the fight as more of an act of struggling love rather than hate by connecting his grief for Rosaline not loving Romeo to the dispute. Both families are loyal to members of their own, so they prove that loyalty by attacking the opposing family. Indeed, Paris also attempted to fight Romeo in efforts to both defend Juliet and avenge the deaths of Juliet and Tybalt. For instance, Paris proclaims, “This is that banisht haughty Montague That murdered my love’s cousin--with which grief It is supposed the fair creature died-- And here is to come to do some villainous shame To the dead bodies. I will apprehend him” (Act V. Scene iii. 51-55.). Paris holds Romeo responsible for the murder of Tybalt and the indirect murder of Juliet, so Paris believes that Romeo has returned to desecrate Juliet’s dead body. Paris, both in sorrow and in anger, defends them through violence because Paris loved Juliet and he admired tybalt, so he defended their bodies by challenging Romeo to a fight since he believed that Romeo had returned to further dishonor their bodies. Finally, Juliet violently stabbed herself to be reunited with Romeo. For example, “Juliet. Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O happy dagger! [Snatches Romeo’s
“O do draw thy rod and cast away all but cloak, Between those who love and those who square, Lest we fight and die yet live in despair, O do for nothing lest dispel from sight.” A Merrily Death by Cullen Dittmar. William Shakespeare’s expressive and classic play, Romeo and Juliet, tells of a tale between two “star-crossed lovers” who are from feuding families. Juliet is a member of the Capulet family and Romeo is a member of the Montague family. Both families are of remarkable and honorable reputation. This ancient feud has gone on for centuries. Throughout the feud, there have been violent duels, threats, and feelings of hate and revenge that results in multiple deaths, notably the suicides of both Romeo and Juliet decisively. …show more content…
To start off, Romeo described the duels between the Montagues and Capulets as love that struggles rather than describing it as hate. At one point in the story, Romeo says, “Where shall we dine? --O me! What fray was here?-- Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all. Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love. Why then, O brawling love! O loving hate! O anything, of nothing first create! O heavy lightness, serious vanity! Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health! Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! This love feel I, that feel no love in this” (Act I. Scene i. 185-195.). As Romeo is confused, Romeo exploits the fight as more of an act of struggling love rather than hate by connecting his grief for Rosaline not loving Romeo to the dispute. Both families are loyal to members of their own, so they prove that loyalty by attacking the opposing family. Indeed, Paris also attempted to fight Romeo in efforts to both defend Juliet and avenge the deaths of Juliet and Tybalt. For instance, Paris proclaims, “This is that banisht haughty Montague That murdered my love’s cousin--with which grief It is supposed the fair creature died-- And here is to come to do some villainous shame To the dead bodies. I will apprehend him” (Act V. Scene iii. 51-55.). Paris holds Romeo responsible for the murder of Tybalt and the indirect murder of Juliet, so Paris believes that Romeo has returned to desecrate Juliet’s dead body. Paris, both in sorrow and in anger, defends them through violence because Paris loved Juliet and he admired tybalt, so he defended their bodies by challenging Romeo to a fight since he believed that Romeo had returned to further dishonor their bodies. Finally, Juliet violently stabbed herself to be reunited with Romeo. For example, “Juliet. Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O happy dagger! [Snatches Romeo’s