Romeo and Juilet is one of the worlds greatest most continuously popular play since its first prefomacne in the mid 1590s. Romeo and Juilet is widely regarded as one of the greatest love stories of all time. The play Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by Willaim Shakespere early in his upcoming career. The play is a tragic love story by Shakesphere about two lovers who are not meant to be together as they come from feuding families. To summarrise the play, Romeo and the Montagues and Juielt of the Capulets were born to be sworn enemies due to life long conflict between their families. In Romeo and Juilet, there are many common themes shown through love, hate, fate, family, violence, and death, all of these themes represent the central topic …show more content…
The play also explores familal love, love between friends, and even love for ones enemies. For example, when Romeo kills tybalt, he says, “O, I am fortune’s fool!” (Act 3, Scence 1). This quote represents how Romeo is torn between his love for Juilet and his love for his friend Mercuito, who was killed by Tybalt. Familal love is one of the main reasons love is the main theme in Romeo and Juliet . The feud between the Capulet and the Montague families is the driving force behind the tragic ending of the play. Romeo and Juilets love is forbiden because of their familes, longstanding hatred for each other. The two lovers are forced to keep there realionship a secret, and their love is ultimalety doomed because of their families feud. The play highlights the importance of familial love and the consequences that can arise when it is ignored or rejected. A quote that represents the familial love in Romeo and Juilet is “For never was a story of more woe than this of Juilet her Romeo”. This quote is spoken by Prince Escalus at the end of the play after the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juilet. It highlights the sorrow and greif that their familes expirence between the Capulet and Montagues families. The quote serves that familial love is powerful force that can positive and negative consequences. Romeo and Juilets love for each other is so strong that it ultimately leads to reconciliation of their families, but only after a great tready that leaves both familes devastated. The play serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of familial love and the destaving consequences that can arise when it is ignored or