Violence and How It Can Move People How does Shakespeare use violence in his plays? In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare two lovers in fair Verona whose houses are destined to hate each other fall in love with each other. They are not even supposed to meet and then they love, marry and then kill themselves. First, The houses are only brought together through violence because of a brawl. For instance Sampson states in 1.1 44 "Nay, as they dare. I will bite my thumb at them, which is disgrace to them if they bear it" ( Shakespeare ). This quote is what starts the violence throughout the whole story. Romeo and Juliet just ignore the feud between their parents. How Romeo ignores the feud between the families by going to the beach and writing poetry. How Juliet ignores the feud by not marrying Paris. Violence is part of their lives and then this leads to the death of people they love. …show more content…
For instance Mercutio states in 3.1 "But I’ll be hanged, sir, if he wears your livery. Marry, go before the field, he’ll be your follower. Your Worship in this sense may call him 'man'." The fight starts a chain reaction that leads to death. Tybalt was the person who edged on this fight because he felt insulted when Romeo came to the party held by the Capulets. Romeo doesn't want to fight and he is a lover and wants to respect Tybalt because they are family. Mercutio is just trying to defend Romeo because Tybalt is trying to kill him. The fight with Tybalt and Mercutio leading to their death pushes the story to the death of Romeo and