Romeo and Juliet was written containing a great deal of love and hatred. The two combined created tragedy. This William Shakespeare play centres on two disputing families in Verona Italy and two young lovers belonging to the families. The two lovers are Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. This play proves that love can rise even when families come from a background of hatred although this one results in tragedy. The two families feel that their hatred would not allow its members to love a person belonging to the opposite family. Romeo and Juliet felt the opposite way. They think that the hatred isn't going to come between them and they are determined to be able to love one another.
The dispute between the Montague's and the Capulet's was not just a fight between the head of the families, just the adults or even just the immediate families. It involved everyone that had to do with either family. An example of this i
Love and hatred both play a large role in Romeo and Juliet. Love overpowers hatred but it results in tragedy. The play proves that love can rise through families that have come from a background of hatred.
Romeo and Juliet fell in love not knowing they were members of feuding families. When they realized this they continued to meet secretly. They felt they loved each other so much that they would do anything to be together. "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? / Deny thy father and refuse thy name. / Or if thou wilt not be but sworn my love. / And I will no longer be a Capulet" (ll ii 33-36). Juliet doesn't want Romeo to be a Montague, she wants to be allowed to be with him. Romeo also felt the same way, he loved Juliet very much and he would have done anything for her: "I take thee at thy word, / Call me but love and I'll be new baptis'd, / Henceforth I never will be Romeo" (ll ii 49-51). Romeo is explaining to Juliet the way he feels toward her an
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