ipl-logo

Romeo And Juliet Conflict Essay

2714 Words11 Pages

Romeo and Juliet, the story of “star-crossed lovers;” would not be quite the play without conflict. Conflict is of the utmost importance, in any great story. This writing will discuss multiple subjects about conflict. Firstly, the psychological & physical similarities & differences in the conflicts. Nextly, how the conflicts between the families end in tragedy. After that, the three main conflicts in the play. Finally the theme of conflict. All of these subjects will be discussed throughout the passage. One of the major differences between physical and psychological conflict in the play is there is actual physical fighting compared to psychological fighting. In this play, the physical fights are a very important part of the play. When …show more content…

Tybalt's death was an effort by the Capulets to kill Romeo for attending their party but after the duel Romeo ended up winning in the end, killing Tybalt. Now on the other hand Romeo and Juliet were forced to be apart, so they chose death instead of a life without each other. Although in the end both families decided to end the feud as a result of many tragedies. Many examples through the play show how the fighting between the families ends in death/tragedy. Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet there are many conflicts. The first major conflict in this book is when Romeo goes to the ball when he’s not supposed to. Peter approaches Romeo and asks him to deliver invitations to people for the ball. Peter tells Romeo he is invited unless he is a Montague but Romeo is a Montague so he can’t go but Romeo decides to go anyway. At the ball Romeo sees a beautiful girl named Juliet and that's when he falls in love. The second conflict in this play is when Romeo kills Tybalt. Romeo kills Tybalt because Tybalt killed Mercutio and Romeo was very angry so he plunged his sword in Tybalt's chest and killed him. Romeo and Mercutio were very close friends so losing Mercutio was very hard for Romeo and so he took his anger out on Tybalt. Killing Tybalt resulted in Juliet being very angry with Romeo because Tybalt was Juliet's

Show More
Related
440 Words | 2 Pages

Tybalt’s violence starts at a Capulet ball, continues when he kills someone and ends with him being responsible for the death of many people and the rest of the tragedies. Tybalt recognizes Romeo Montague’s voice when he showed up uninvited to a Capulet masquerade ball. Tybalt was furious and wanted to kill Romeo but Tybalt’s uncle stopped him. At the ball, Romeo saw Juliet Capulet for the first time and they fell madly in love instantly before they even knew each other’s names or that they were from the different families. Tybalt still felt disrespected that Romeo and his friend had come to the ball and wasn’t going to let it go.

Read More
781 Words | 4 Pages

Following Mercutio's death, Romeo fights and kills Tybalt to avenge Mercutio. This creates conflict, both internally within Romeo as he is now plagued with guilt, and externally between the Montagues and Capulets as both families are now upset, not only because of their respective losses but also because of what Romeo has caused and his punishment for his

Read More
271 Words | 2 Pages

Romeo and Juliet was a tragic play about two star crossed lovers who are indirectly murdered by Juliet’s cousin Tybalt. It was not the stars who killed Romeo and Juliet, it was Tybalt. There are three main reasons Tybalt is accused of killing Romeo and Juliet: he was a violent person, he killed Mercutio, and Tybalt wanted to keep the feud going. Tybalt was a violent person who kept the Capulet, Montague feud going separating Romeo and Juliet.

Read More
821 Words | 4 Pages

Instead of Romeo killing Tybalt out of anger he could have just threatened him in a way. Romeo putting tybalt down played a large factor on how it has led to the deaths at the end of the

Read More
679 Words | 3 Pages

He, assisted by Mercutio, was the spark that set the Montagues and Capulets completely against each other. During the party, Tybalt’s uncle was aware that a Montague was at his party, but he didn’t mind; only Tybalt was bothered. Later, when Tybalt kills Mercutio, it sets Romeo into a fit of rage, resulting in Tybalt’s death. Romeo takes all the blame for both deaths since Tybalt is slain, causing a chain reaction that forced the Montagues and the Capulets into a seething battle. Tybalt’s own death was the beginning of serious conflict between the two families which subsequently caused more deaths to follow.

Read More
546 Words | 3 Pages

Tybalt was the factor in Romeo and Juliet's death as he always had aggressive behavior toward the Montagues no matter what. Tybalt hated the Montagues and had no respect or remorse for them, such as he said, “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee” (1, 1, 56-57). This shows the animosity he had towards them. This then leads to the house party the Capulets host and Tybalt saw the Montagues gate-crashing the party.

Read More
715 Words | 3 Pages

Tybalt, from the House of Capulet, was a primary cause leading towards the death of Romeo and Juliet. This is because

Read More
566 Words | 3 Pages

In turn, his decisions caused him to kill Tybalt. This is a significant moment in the play because it causes Romeo banishment. When Romeo kills Tybalt he is banished and is later told that Juliet is “dead” when she is actually in a deep slumber. Romeo comes to Juliet’s tomb to say his last words to her and kill himself. This causes Juliet to kill herself once she wakes up and finds that Romeo is dead.

Read More
449 Words | 2 Pages

Though there was a preexisting feud between the Capulets and Montagues, Tybalt's role added fire to the fuel. Tybalt goes out of his way to insult Romeo and his friends. He ends up challenging Romeo to a duel, that his friend Mercutio accepts in his honor which ends in his death at the hands of Tybalt. If Tybalt had left the Montagues alone, the situation between the two families would not have gotten as hostile as it had. Challenging Romeo to a duel which led to Tybalt's death set off a sequence of deaths.

Read More
106 Words | 1 Pages

Also, the play goes from comedic, happy side to complete tragedy because, after Mercutio is killed by Tybalt. Tybalt is killed by Romeo, who is his kinsman, through Juliet. Then, as we know, at the end, both Romeo and Juliet die.

Read More
1293 Words | 6 Pages

By the way, violence in this play can be categorized into four main

Read More
560 Words | 3 Pages

Tybalt was a troublemaker and also a good sword fighter and picked a lot of fights. He fought Mercutio and killed him by accident. Tybalt was slain by Romeo because Tybalt killed his best friend. Tybalt was also mad because Romeo came to his party and thought that it was a

Read More
391 Words | 2 Pages

Tybalt always wanted to fight Romeo. Tybalt and Mercutio get into a fight because of some upsetting words Tybalt said. In the fight Tybalt kills Mercutio, which get Romeo upset. Then Romeo kills Tybalt, which gets him banished form Verona, Italy. So the long-standing family feuding and fate are the cause of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths.

Read More
483 Words | 2 Pages

In this book, Romeo and Juliet’s parents forbade their children from falling in love and getting married. This reaction caused Romeo and Juliet to do many things but they are most famously known for Romeo drinking poison and Juliet stabbing herself in the heart to end both of their lives so that they could be together forever. In my opinion, this book is one of the most famous examples of conflict and others reactions causing more people to have the same or worse

Read More
837 Words | 4 Pages

Romeo is a Montague, the rival family to the Capulets. The hatred that would lead to his own death started with this grudge. Romeo didn’t do anything to hurt the Capulets, but Tybalt didn’t like his presence. Tybalt got angry at a party over nothing. Tybalt sent a letter to Romeo’s home challenging him to quarrel.

Read More

More about Romeo And Juliet Conflict Essay

Related Topics

Open Document