Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakesphear early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. Every feud starts from something but there is one emotion that fuels this particular feud; hatred. Growing up we are taught that hate is an extremely powerful word, but do we even understand the extent of how powerful hate can be? The American Psychological Association describes hate as “a hostile emotion combining intense feelings of detestation, anger, and often a desire to do harm.” We often see in the play that the feelings of hatred can affect the people who mean the most to you. It can change the way people view you. Romeo and Juliet dramatized the meaning of hatred in all the best ways. Shakespeare is known for not being interested in “portraying a prettied-up, dainty version of love.” So naturally, we have to assume that the play has some twisted parts in it.
The first scene starts off when two servants of the Capulets express their hatred for the Montagues and a fight breaks out. This is the very scene where we are shown just how catastrophic hate is. It's been proven that hatred can drive your
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As a result of all of Romeo's anger and denial, he blames Tybalt and says “ Away to heaven, respective lenity, and fire-eyed fury be my conduct now.” There are plenty of ways to interpret this text but the way I see it is that Romeo doesn’t care that they are related and he is willing to fight Tybalt. Romeo's hatred for Tybalt caused him to betray his own morals in order to fight him. According to Tutorials Point hatred is described as a “a mental poison that can contaminate your mind, rot your soul, and contaminate all of your relationships. Anybody who has ever been engulfed in hatred knows how destructive and mind-consuming it can be.” You can clearly view the scene with Romeo and Tybalt that hatred is a poison that makes a person