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Hate In Romeo And Juliet, By Shakespreare

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While sometimes love can be twisted into hate, it takes much hate to put out the fire that is love. "Two households, alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene... Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean... A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life... Doth with their death bury their parents' strife... " Romeo and Juliet, by Shakespreare, is about two star-crossed lovers. Lovers that take their lives at the end of the play. You will find out the way feuding families affect the people around them. Several characters love Julietbut in different ways. For instance, the motherly love between The Nurse and Juliet, the expected attraction between Paris and Juliet, and lastly, the romantic, passion-filled love between Romeo and …show more content…

On page 45, Juliet says that she "...will look at him and try to like him..." but tells Lady Capulet not to count on her falling in love. This proves that from the very beginning, Juliet has known that she would not fall in love with someone that she was forced to be with. Count Paris is not a negative person, but it's about how Juliet didn't choose him and how she isn't ready to be sold off to some man she doesn't know. It doesn't matter how great he is. To some it up, the relationship between Paris and Juliet is limited and based on expectations from both sides of the family unlike Romeo and Juliet's …show more content…

For example, on page 81, Juliet says, "I haven't heard you say a hundred words yet, but I recognize the sound of your voice. Are you a Montague? Are you Romeo?" Then Romeo replies by saying, "I am neither of those things if you dislike them." This shows the reader that even though Romeo and Juliet have only known each other for a day, they have already developed deep feelings. This is just the beginning for these star-crossed lovers and this shows, not only is love possible, but deep passionate bonds can be made, and made to last a lifetime. Therefore, Romeo and Juliet's relationship is unexpected, exciting, and passion-filled. It will also last a long time since it's forbidden and

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