What Caused The Feud In Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare, is a tragic play, caused by the ancient grudge between the two families, the Montagues and Capulets. The familial feud impacts the course of the main characters’ actions with what could have been their fate: a happy ending now turned into a tragic one. Their actions discourse on what their family members want them to do and the internal affairs they have in between their families. The feud causes violence and death that will turn this play into a tragedy, and irrational behavior due to the grudge. The feud only caused more harm to themselves than good. The main characters and others’ death count only increased throughout the play, until it was too late, as both of their young children had died before the conciliation of the

The action of fighting, from the feud, causes them to act hot-headed and only think about harming the other. After Romeo is exiled, it causes the play to unravel into more tragic deaths to come. The “Monday” is a great day! Ha, ha. Well, Wednesday is too soon, O’ Thursday let it be.—O’ Thursday, tell her, She shall be married to this noble earl...For, hark you, Tybalt being slain so late, It may be thought we held him carelessly, Being our kinsman, if we revel much.”(Shakespeare 3.4 20-27) Right after the death of Tybalt, Lord Capulet wants to marry Juliet soon, it shows ignorance as he thinks Juliet is crying due to the death of her cousin. This also shows irrational actions as his nephew just died but he thinks he is being “considerate” as he is giving a day more for grieving. Due to this sudden arrangement, Juliet is out at her wit’s end and creates a plan that ends in tragedy. Death becomes a common occurrence in Romeo and Juliet, however, they don’t recognize the fact that the root of the feud is the sex, until it affects them personally. “I am hurting. A plague o’ both your houses! I am a sped.