There are many factors in life that people do have control over, however there is also some things that we don’t have control over. As citizens, we don’t have control over what the government does and how they go about doing their business. Although, we do have control over the choices we make. It’s a choice of every individual whether or not to do drugs or drink alcohol. We have the decision to give in or resist the urge. Sure others can influence us to do one or the other but in the end; one has to make the decision. Romeo and Juliet did not have control over some of the differences that separated them and led to their tragedy such as their family’s hatred for each other, or the way they felt for each other and love compared to their parents, but they did have control over the way they went about their love compared to everyone else in the tragedy.
The hatred between the families of Capulets and Montagues in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is something that has been going on for as long as they can remember. The constant feuds are something that Romeo and Juliet simply did not have any control over. They couldn’t stop how the rest of their families felt even if they tried. They are kids and adults won’t take advice from them because “adults know best.” Romeo and Juliet were aware of this fact, so they didn’t attempt to change the way their parents felt about the other families. An example of this would be in Act 3:5 lines 94-95 when Juliet says to her mother, “Indeed I never shall be satisfied with Romeo till I behold him-dead-. Here Juliet makes her mother seem as if she is on her side of hating Romeo.
The way Romeo and Juliet feel about each other and love in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is something that couldn’t be avoided either. From the moment they laid eyes on each other there was something special. A spark felt between the two. We know this from Act 1:5 line 52, when Romeo sees Juliet for the first time and says, “For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” Juliet’s parents had an arranged marriage and they expected her to have one as well but the two lovers couldn’t deny how passionate they felt about each other from the very beginning.
The love that Romeo and Juliet share completely opposes the deep roots of anger and hate between their parents. The quote from the Chorus best states this. Chorus: Two houses, both alike in dignity ? From ancient grudge break to new mutiny ? A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life: Whose misadventured piteous overthrows, Doth with their death bury their
It’s often said that love at first sight is what occurred in this dismal story but you can not truly be in love until you have gotten to know the person and actually talked to them. When Romeo first saw Juliet he was already saying he was in love with her and didn’t even speak to her, “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!” (I.V.52). When in actual, true love you must know the person. Juliet had just learned his name and she was already calling him her love, “My only love, sprung from my only hate!” (I.V.138). On top of that, they were just teenagers. Majority of all teenagers suffer from mood swings due to the hormones raging through their body. One day they’re angry the next they’re sad, so how could they have truly known what they have wanted? Yes, it is possible for teenagers to be in love, but it’s hard to tell whether it’s actual love. “One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun” (I.II.96) In that line he was talking about a girl he met before he met Juliet, Romeo was claiming he was in love with her, Rosaline, and he was really down about that sitatuion. “Is Rosaline that thou didst love so dear, / So soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies / Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.” (II.III.66-68) Friar Lawrence even pointed it out; if he was able to get over Rosaline that quickly then he did not love her. If he could get over her that fast then he could find somebody else and get over Juliet
The feud meant that they had to keep their relationship under wraps and tip-toe around their families. The ancient grudge between the two families meant that if one member of either family found out about Romeo and Juliet then they would be killed, ‘If they do see thee, they will murder thee.’ The family feud between the Montague and Capulet families could also be held responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because they both grew up with people dieing within the families because of the grudge. For instance Mercutio and Tybalt, Mercutio was a very loyal friend of Romeo’s and Tybalt was Juliet’s cousin. The deaths of these characters meant that Romeo and Juliet were both distressed and unhappy, and thus could have given more reason to their own deaths, ‘ A’ Thursday let it be, a’ Thursday, tell her,
The two main forces driving Romeo and Juliet together while simultaneously pulling them apart are the Capulets and the Montagues. As is typical with all teenage romance, parents who don’t approve of their child’s love will do everything they possibly can to keep them apart (in Juliet’s case, it’s trying to marry her off to someone else). But while these efforts are noble on their parents’ part, teenagers have a natural tendency to go against what their parents say, especially when it comes to something that will make them happy or their “true love”. In the instance of Romeo and Juliet, whether this was true love or simply lust, the Capulets and Montagues were made to be the barrier between them, causing sad, lovelorn children. Acting as barrier between them also forces Romeo and Juliet to see each other in secret, and Romeo’s walk of shame after their “honeymoon” night was what got Romeo into the whole ordeal with Tybalt later on in the play.
The Hostility Between the 'Montagues' and the 'Capulets' in Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare William Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet has a major theme of conflict. The main conflict in the play is the feud between the two wealthy families: the ‘Montagues’ and the ‘Capulets’. Shakespeare does not state the reason for the hostility between the two families. Shakespeare may have done this to indicate how long the feud has been going for. Shakespeare creates conflicts between characters in the play.
Have you ever loved someone so much to the point where you’d lose your life just to be with them? That is how Romeo and Juliet felt about each other in the play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Long ago, Shakespeare wrote a romantic classic that is still being taught in classes today. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story of two lovestruck teenagers who are forced to hide their newfound relationship due to their families’ seemingly never-ending feud. Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet take risky actions that lead to their deaths. Other characters in the play, create a clear marker of separation of the two families. However, no matter what choices they made, one might argue that they were always destined
Firstly, the Capulets and Montagues are at odds with each other. Members of each house and servants break into a sword fight, clashing with each other. Sampson says "Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember thy swashing blow." (Act 1, Scene 1, Line 60). The feuding between the two families motivates Sampson to challenge the Capulets. Another example of how the two houses despise each other is what Romeo and his friends have to do to get into the Capulet feast. So they will not be recognized, Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio wear comic masks to hide their faces. Mercutio says, "Give me a case to put my visage in" (Act 1, Scene 4, Line 29). They do not want to be recognized because of the hatred between the two houses. Also, Romeo and Juliet are not supposed to be in love: "My only love sprung from my only hate! / Too early seen unknown, and known too late! / Prodigious birth of love it is to me, / That I must love a loathed enemy." says Juliet (Act 1, Scene 5, Lines 137-140). They are not supposed to love each other because it just so happens that each of their houses despise each other. It is unfortunate for Romeo and Juliet that their two families are against each other, because this means that they are not supposed to be married.
Romeo and Juliet were born into opposing families. Montague was the leader of the Montagues, similar to Capulet, who was the leader of the Capulets. Juliet’s father was Capulet and Romeo’s father was Montague. Furthermore, lots of times there would be fighting between the two families when running into each other on the streets of Verona. Additionally, the Capulets held a masquerade. It was known that only Capulets were invited to attend, although Romeo and his friends, Mercutio and Benvolio went to the party. When the Capulets saw the Montagues at their party they were surprised and disgusted. “This, by the voice, should be a Montague… Come hither, cover’d with an antic face, to fleer and scorn at our solemnity?” (1.5. GO BACK AND CHECK LINE NUMBER). This shows the distance and hatred between the two families. One would think to be kind and invite the Montagues to the masquerade because it is was the nice thing to do.
Romeo and Juliet is set in an Italian city named Verona. Romeo is the son of of Montague, a powerful family patriarch, and Juliet is the daughter of Capulet, another powerful patriarch. There’s one problem with this. Capulet and Montague hate each other. There’s another problem. The story was set in a time where men were thought of as superior to women. It was not unusual for a father to marry his daughter to another man just for the political status. This makes it impossible for Romeo to marry Juliet peacefully. In today’s world, Capulet’s actions would not be regarded as good parenting, so that is why, in our eyes, Capulet seems like a bad father, but there is more to his bad side. He tried to marry Juliet off to a kinsman of the prince just for the political status, but his bad parenting also harmed Juliet in another way. He let his anger get the best of him in most cases, and by doing this, it made Juliet keep secret from him. So, by being stubborn, self-absorbed, and hot-tempered, he influenced Romeo and Juliet to kill themselves.
In the beginning of the play, the Chorus said, “Their unfortunate, pitiful deaths bury their parents’ quarrel.”, (1.P.7-8). In this part of the play, the chorus is explaining how Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were the only thing that could and did stop the Capulet and Montague family feud. The family feud is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because if they had not been fighting, then the relationship they had would have been okay with no problems. I believe the feud is primarily at fault because if the feud didn't exist, they would not have kept their relationship a secret. Also the events that had led up to their deaths would not have happened so neither of them would have
At the end of the play, when Romeo and Juliet both take their lives, expressing a symbol of their everlasting love, the Montague and Capulet families finally understand what was going on and how it resulted into both families dying off. “As rich shall Romeo’s by his lady’s lie, poor sacrifices of our enmity” (Shakespeare).They expressed regret towards each other, but the main value that was expressed between the two families was the showing forgiveness. They forgave each other and promised not to spark another fight in the future, because that would ultimately lead to more deaths of innocent family members and unnecessary tension for the entire
Firstly, from the beginning of the story of Romeo and Juliet the reader can see the effects of the feud on the community. In the families, on the Capulet side, Sampson and Gregory are servants that despise the Montagues, going so far to say “A dog of the house of Montague moves me” (1.1.7), in that he means even a simple dog from the house of Montague can make him angry. That goes to show that the feud is more than a petty fight but an ancient grudge affecting all. As for the major Capulets in this scene, Tybalt shows, saying hateful things such as, “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, / As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee, / Have at thee, coward!”
Romeo and Juliet were not meant to be a couple and live their lives together. They did love each other, although their families long feud rejected their fate of being forever together. Romeo and Juliet’s passion for one another started at the Capulet’s masquerade ball where they first met. Romeo had the intentions of dancing with a
One of the biggest conflicts in this story is between the Capulets and Montagues. The Capulets and Montagues hate each other with a passion. They always start fights when they see each other. The fights begin with smart remarks, leading up to the biggest conflict within the families, Romeo and Juliet. They also have other conflicts, like Romeo and Mercutio fighting, resulting in Romeo killing Juliet's cousin when he is married to her. Its safe to say the Capulets and Montagues do not get along, and if any of them would date let alone talk it would be a disaster.
The hatred between the Montagues’ and the Capulates’ are also working against the couple. While Romeo and Juliet are seemingly deeply in love, the rest of their families were continually battling it out, with death usually being the end result. How could two lovers keep a relationship together with so much violence and hated without totally abandoning their families? I feel that this is another example that the couple wasn’t deeply in love. This hate is shown with several “battle” scenes between the two families.