Do you believe love may overpower hate, or could they both work together? In “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, Romeo who is inflicted by both love and hate, has now seen the love of his life on her deathbed. This shatters Romeo’s heart and he starts to pour out all his emotions as he kisses Juliet, he then decides to drink poison so that he may join her wherever she may be. This shows that Romeo killed himself because he lost the person he cared for the most, he loved Juliet and refused to live without her. Romeo would have never thought of drinking the poison if he knew his love was still alive, all because of love he decided to end himself with his lover so they may forever be together physically and mentally. Even though both the Capulets and Montagues hate each other, Romeo’s love for Juliet was so great it overpowered the hate he had for the Capulets. …show more content…
They both fall in love with each other and they end up getting married. The Capulet Tybalt hates Romeo but he does not know that Romeo has just been married to his cousin Juliet, this causes Mercutio to fight Tybalt instead of Romeo. Mercutio has been killed by Tybalt and it angers Romeo so greatly that he forgets about his love for Juliet so he decides to murder Tybalt stating “Either thou or I, or both, must go with him. (89)” Romeo then sends Tybalt to join Mercutio. The prince finds out and banishes Romeo which means he will never be able to see his love Juliet. This leads to Juliet making a plan to escape with Romeo, this plan fails and they both end up killing themselves next to each other so that they may forever be together in the name of