Causes Of Feud In Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet Essay

In Romeo and Juliet, a feud between the Motague and Capulet family cause chaos in the city of Verona. In the long run, that feud is one of the factors that lead to the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet. These two lovers fall in love very quickly, but there were many factors going against their love, but fate was never gonna work out; both of them would end up dead after only knowing each other for four days. William Shakespeare, in his tragedy Romeo and Juliet, includes the characters of Lord Capulet, Lady Capulet, and Juliet, in order to advance the plot of the play and to emphasize the overall theme. After Juliet learns that the man she’s been dancing with at her father’s party is Romeo Montague, she realizes that her “only love” is “sprung from [her] only hate” because he is “a loathed enemy” (Rom.1.5.146-147). Even though she and Romeo have only met just a few minutes ago, she has already admitted her love for him. Her

She tells Juliet that she will share “all that he doth possess' ' and “By having him making [herself] less”(Rom.1.3.97-98). By doing this she sets up the expectation that Juliet is expected to marry Paris , only so they can gain a higher status. This selfishness shows the amount of care and concern she has for Juliet which brings up conflict later on because Romeo and Juliet are in love. But Lady Capulet doesn’t know or care, so when Juliet refuses to marry Paris, Lady Capulet says, “I would the fool were married to her grave” (Rom.3.5.142-143) and she will disown her and consider her dead to her. By doing this, Lady Capulet is trying to scare Juliet into marrying Paris, and she will not be happy, or forgive Juliet until she finally decides to marry Paris to satisfy her parents ultimately forces Romeo and Juliet to make drastic decisions to be together leading to their