Theme Of Hatred In Romeo And Juliet

Hatred is a powerful emotion, many times overtaking and almost controlling its victim.When one cannot control this emotion its difficult to snap back to reality and face the truth, the truth that maybe it's their own mistake, and that hate is just a side effect of them not being able to accept the facts.In Romeo and Juliet things escalate rather quickly, as after the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt the deaths of other did not stop, one after another. Although there are many persons who could be held responsible there is one that stands out. The person who should be held accountable for this calamity is Mercutio, Mercutio has always had a strong feeling about the Capulets so this led up to him “lighting the match”. Mercutio is the one who convinces Romeo to go to the

Make it a word and a blow”.Mercutio finally shows his true self, while indicating he wants a fight. Tybalt, who came into the conversation much more peacefully, was not looking for a battle with Meructio, but rather trying to find out what had happened to Romeo and why he hadn't responded to his formal duel. Given these, it is clear that Mercutio is the one who can't control himself and is always looking for problems, especially with the Capulets.Also, a couple pages later in the same scene, after Romeo enters, Mercutio is the first to draw his sword, as it is stated in the stage directions after,” Alla stoccata carries it away.” To clarify, Tybalt wanted nothing to do with Mercutio after Romeo had showed up, but Mercutio was looking for trouble all along, so he pulled out his sword .For these reasons, it is further explained why Meructio is the tearaway and cannot be trusted to keep his