In William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, there are many forces that effect the final tragic ending. Fate, Destiny, Love, and Hate all seem to control Romeo and Juliet's lives. The effect of hate is particularly harmful. It engrosses the minds of all Capulets and Montagues and corrupts their view of each other. The hatred between the Montagues and the Capulets limits relationships, damages Father-daughter bonds, and ends lives.
             Romeo and Juliet, in all probability, were not really in love. They were infatuated with each other. They were in love with the idea that they were in love. However, this love could not grow because of the hatred between their families. It seems that Fate had arranged it so that their "only love [was] sprung from [their] only hate" (I, v, 140). Romeo and Juliet saw each other in secrecy and soon fell madly in love. Despite the fact they were forbidden to communicate, they proclaimed that neither could continue without the other. Juliet feared that if they were not married, "[her] grave [would] be [her] wedding bed" (I, v, 136). Because of their inability to be together, Romeo and Juliet eventually ended their own lives. This fatal act was due to the feud between their families.
             The hostility between the families is not the only hatred in Romeo and Juliet. Juliet played the role of the dutiful daughter while she was with her father. In reality, she was a conniving liar. She had maintained a secret love affair and staged her own tragic death at the cost of those who loved her. In those actions, she proved that there is hatred and selfishness in her heart. When her father informed her she would be married to Paris, her evil aggressions displayed themselves to her family. She blatantly defied her father, refusing to "marry yet" (III, v, 122). She then vowed that "when [she] does [marry]... it shall be Romeo" (III, v, 122-123). Her father t...