Romeo And Juliet Love And Hate Essay
Love and Hate in ‘Romeo and Juliet’
The ambiguity of the opening sonnet would have made it incomprehensible to much of the audience despite outlining the plot of the play does not tell us how or why anything happens. Such is the layout of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre that most of the people in the penny pits would be unable to understand the sonnet form, the subsequent fight, a far more simple form of introducing the feud between the two families would ensure that the whole audience understands what is going on. In short, the sonnet tells us intelligently and the fight tells us experientially.
Shakespeare’s use of fated, macabre images within the prologue is consistent with the tragedy genre. Frequent use of words such as ‘grudge’, …show more content…
Benvolio, wishing to ‘keep the peace’ wishes to avoid a confrontation with the Capulets however Mercutio deliberately provocative and tries to draw Tybalt into a fight just to wind Benvolio up. Romeo then appears much to the satisfaction of Tybalt who has been wanting to fight him for some time. Despite the atmosphere Romeo refuses to fight knowing that it will damage his relationship with Juliet: ‘I do protest I never injured thee, But love thee better than thou canst devise, which name I tender as dearly as my own’ however Tybalt and Mercutio just think that he is being a coward as they do not know about the marriage. Shakespeare’s use of dramatic irony adds further tension; Romeo does not want to fight as he does not want to kill his new relative. Romeos hesitancy to fight shows that even in heated passionate scenes of hate, love can still exist. The marital status now gained by Romeo has only strengthen his love for Juliet as he refrains from fighting so his relationship does not get damaged. In spite of this Romeo sees red after Tybalt stabs Mercutio, Romeos best efforts to stop this occurrence only get criticised by Mercutio: ‘A plague a’both your
The ambiguity of the opening sonnet would have made it incomprehensible to much of the audience despite outlining the plot of the play does not tell us how or why anything happens. Such is the layout of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre that most of the people in the penny pits would be unable to understand the sonnet form, the subsequent fight, a far more simple form of introducing the feud between the two families would ensure that the whole audience understands what is going on. In short, the sonnet tells us intelligently and the fight tells us experientially.
Shakespeare’s use of fated, macabre images within the prologue is consistent with the tragedy genre. Frequent use of words such as ‘grudge’, …show more content…
Benvolio, wishing to ‘keep the peace’ wishes to avoid a confrontation with the Capulets however Mercutio deliberately provocative and tries to draw Tybalt into a fight just to wind Benvolio up. Romeo then appears much to the satisfaction of Tybalt who has been wanting to fight him for some time. Despite the atmosphere Romeo refuses to fight knowing that it will damage his relationship with Juliet: ‘I do protest I never injured thee, But love thee better than thou canst devise, which name I tender as dearly as my own’ however Tybalt and Mercutio just think that he is being a coward as they do not know about the marriage. Shakespeare’s use of dramatic irony adds further tension; Romeo does not want to fight as he does not want to kill his new relative. Romeos hesitancy to fight shows that even in heated passionate scenes of hate, love can still exist. The marital status now gained by Romeo has only strengthen his love for Juliet as he refrains from fighting so his relationship does not get damaged. In spite of this Romeo sees red after Tybalt stabs Mercutio, Romeos best efforts to stop this occurrence only get criticised by Mercutio: ‘A plague a’both your