“Romeo and Juliet”, a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, is held in Verona, Italy. The play portrays the reality of a trascurring feud between two households, Montagues and Capulets, which resulted in tragic consequences for the main characters, Romeo and Juliet. The events contrast hate with love, forcing the young star-crossed lovers to grow up quickly and die tragically in despair. The theme of hate is shown through the transcurring feud of both households; the reason behind all six deaths in the play and the prohibition of the love of two star cross 'd lovers.
Shakespeare does not reveal why the families hate each other, but one of the many possible reasons could be that the feud is so longstanding that the families themselves don 't know why it started. The Montagues have always hated the Capulets and vice versa, throughout the play we can clearly observe acts and speeches that involve loathing between Montagues and Capulets
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“Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love. Why the, o brawling love, o loving hate, O anything of nothing first create!” These lines give a great summary of the play. These quote show love and hate. From the quote we can conclude that there is the existence of severe hate in the play, due to the fact that shakespeare is using two opposite words: love and hate to describe Romeo and Juliet 's relationship. “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name. Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love And I’ll no longer be a Capulet. …’Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.” Here, Juliette is asking herself why does Romeo have to be a Montague and not a Capulet. If he was a Capulet it would mean that it would be acceptable for her to be in love with him. She suggest that romeo should give up his name but latter implies