Conrad O’Brien
4th Period
March 29th, 2023
Prompt #2
Hate over love in Romeo and Juliet Hate and revenge are two very powerful emotions that can lead to destruction. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is about the hatred and revenge between two families, and the refusal of each family to resolve their differences. The resistance to change is only broken at the cost of many people’s lives. There are many instances where love and compassion are shown throughout the book, but the hate between the families always seems to outweigh the others. Romeo and Juliet have to covertly be in a relationship simply because of the ongoing hatred between the two families. The selfishness between the families, the want for revenge, and violence are all forms of hatred shown throughout the book that cost people’s lives.
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“Clubs, bills, and partisans! Strike! Beat them down! Down with the Capulets! Down with the Montagues!”(1.1.66). This shows how the people of Verona are tired of the feud and want both families to be brought down. While both families are still unaware of the damage they are causing to each other, and to the entire community. Another example of stubbornness shown by the families is “Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender Of my child’s love.”(3.4.12-13) Lord Capulet says this to Paris with no knowledge that Juliet has been secretly in love and married Romeo. Overall this shows how both families throughout the book are unaware and stubborn. This shows how the deaths of Romeo and Juliet can be blamed on the selfishness and unawareness of both