The Theme of Hate in Romeo & Juliet. Writing a creative piece about the quarrel of Act I, scene 1.

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Manon Mollard MP5a                                                                                    01/10/04

English: The Theme of Hate in Romeo & Juliet.

Writing a creative piece about the quarrel of Act I, scene 1.

A young woman, who sells fruits and vegetables at the market, just came back from town, and tells her husband what happened in the morning, at the market square:  

This morning, just like every morning, I woke up after you had left to work on the land. I got dressed, drank my tea, fed the chickens and carried my bags full of fruits and vegetables to town, with the donkey. I arrived at the market place, and installed my little stand next to the tree in front of the church. Some people and friends came, either to buy some vegetables, some fruits, or just to chat a little bit. I was talking about the children with Hannah when we saw four men who started to fight.

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I saw them biting their thumbs at each other, and I could hear all kinds of injuries. Slowly but surely, more people were joining the quarrel, hitting each other, pushing each other. And I only understood the situation when a group of men arrived running and screaming “Down with the Capulets!” and in another street, a group of men and women screaming “Down with the Montagues!”. As more people joined, it was starting to get quite violent: Sampson and Gregory, followed by their supporters, on one side; and Abraham and Balthasar, also followed by their supporters, on the other side. ...

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