While the story of Romeo and Juliet may seem far off from anything we experience today, the relationships between characters in this play can connect to things we see in modern times. We’re probably not going to see priests giving teenage girls potions, or 2 teenagers fighting to the death in the streets. But the basis on which these relationships are based off remains the same throughout time. For example, a less dramatized version of two teenagers fighting to the death is two kids fighting at lunch. There is hatred in both scenarios, but the play is more dramatic for entertainment. But first, let's start off with positive relationships. In the play, Friar Lawrence and Juliet have a very good relationship with one another. Friar Lawrence is always trying to help Juliet. “Come, I’ll …show more content…
Romeo and Tybalt did not have a good relationship at all. When Romeo is heard by Tybalt at the Capulet’s party, Tybalt does not want him there. He even talks back to Sir Capulet, saying, “Such a villain is a guest. / I’ll not endure him.” (I.v.84-85) Tybalt calls Romeo a villain again in Act 3, saying, “Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford/No better term than this: Thou art a villain.” (III.i.61-62) Romeo did nothing wrong in either of these scenarios, but Tybalt’s hatred for Romeo sparked these words. If you have read the play, you may be wondering how this could be a negative relationship when Romeo tells Tybalt he loves him more than he could imagine. This is still a negative relationship though, for two reasons. 1, relationships are a two-way street. If both people don’t like each other, it is not a positive relationship. 2, shortly after Romeo says he loves Tybalt, he says something that pretty much takes it back. After Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo says, “Either thou or I, or both, must go with him.” (III.i.134) Romeo then stabs Tybalt and murders him. It’s hard to love somebody and kill them at the same