Theme Essay---Romeo and Juliet! Pride drowns out any other more positive feelings such as love and forgiveness and this is what caused the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Pride keeps the two families fighting because neither wants to admit their wrong. Even the family servants are proud to fight. The family’s take pride in fighting and dominating each other. Pride keeps the two families fighting because neither one wants to say sorry, or admit that they were wrong. Both sides feel that if they say sorry, they’re positions will be weakened. They fear that they will lose everything if they admit they are wrong. This is evident in Benvolio and Tybalts fight. “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee, …show more content…
They are proud to be above the other family, because they like flaunting power to and over each other. “O calm dishonourable, vile submission! Alla stoccata carries it away. (Draws his sword.) Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?” (Mercutio 3.1, 69). Mercutio says this to Tybalt in an effort to get him to …show more content…
“’Tis, but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm, nor face, nor any other part belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet. So Romeo would, where he not Romeo called, retain that dear perfection which he owes without that title. Romeo, doff thy name and for thy name, which is no part of thee take all myself.” (Juliet 2.2, 38). She’s trying to tell him that his name is just his name and she would love him even if he wasn’t called Romeo anymore. Juliet’s pride prevents her from marrying Paris because she doesn’t love him (she doesn’t even like him), she loves Romeo and would rather marry him. The nurse tells Romeo of Juliet’s dislike for Paris. “Oh, there is a nobleman in town, one Paris, that would fain lay knife aboard, but she, good soul, had as lief see a toad, a very toad, as see him. I anger her sometimes and tell her that Paris is the properer man. But, I’ll warrant you, when I say so, she looks as pale as any clout in the versal world.” (Nurse 2.4,