Romeo And Juliet Conflicts And Feuds Essay
The Effects of Conflict and Feuds Conflicts and feuds among families and friends only cause disaster. They rip people apart and destroy relationships. William Shakespeare displays this in the tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. He emphasises this point through arranged marriage, loss of childhood, and suicide. Initially, Shakespeare shows the calamitous effects of feuds through the arranged marriage of Juliet and Paris. In Act 3 Scene 5, Lady Capulet approaches Juliet in her room and announces, “Marry, my child, next early Thursday morn. The gallant, young, and noble gentleman, the County Paris, at Saint Peter’s Church…,” to which Juliet replies, “He shall not make me ther a joyful bride. I wonder at this haste, that I must wed ere he that should