Romeo and Juliet

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 s

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In reality, she was a conniving liar. Their children’s death was caused by hate, but because of the sacrifice of their lives, the feud ended. However, hate was the indirect reason that the fighting between the Montagues and the Capulets ended. Her father then threatened to throw her on the streets and “ne’er acknowledge [her]” (III, v, 195) again. Because of their inability to be together, Romeo and Juliet eventually ended their own lives. In Romeo's rashness, Tybalt dies also. She then vowed that “when [she] does [marry]… it shall be Romeo” (III, v, 122-123). This fatal act was due to the feud between their families. Just after Romeo married Juliet, Tybalt called Romeo a villain and challenged him to fight. Romeo tries to stop them, but his attempts are in vain. Out of anger and guilt, Romeo than retaliates and attacks Tybalt. He promises “either [Tybalt] or [Romeo] must go with [Mercutio]” (III, i, 128). Despite the fact they were forbidden to communicate, they proclaimed that neither could continue without the other. None of this would have happened if there was no quarrel between the families.

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