Romeo And Juliet Conflict Analysis

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Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet, one of the main protagonists, Juliet, is forced to deal with a great amount of conflict, whether it is external conflict or internal. Juliet has conflict with many people excluding herself, such as with her father and mother, with the Nurse… Equally, she is conflicted on the inside on many occasions.
Juliet’s internal conflicts are evident throughout the play, especially when she says “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”. This quote comes from the very first act, right after she had met and kissed Romeo at the Capulet banquet. She had fallen in love with him, and had asked the Nurse who Romeo was. She had then explained to Juliet that he was a Montague. The first part of the quote, (My only love sprung from my only hate) means that the only person that the truly loves, Romeo, came from the only person she has been raised by her family to hate, Montague, meaning that Romeo is Montague’s son. When she says “Too early seen unknown...

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