Grief is not shown until Tybalt is killed e.g. ”my wife is dead tonight! Grief of my sons exile hath stopp’d her breath. What further woe conspires against my age?” this is said to the prince in act 5 scene 3. I think that this could be that he is trying to appeal to the princes nature to let Romeo back into the city because it is causing others grief. This shows that he does care about his son because through out the play Romeo and his parent don’t appear have much of a relationship.
Also lady Capulet appeal to the prince for justice against Romeo, “I beg for justice, which thou, prince must give. Romeo slew Tybalt: Romeo must not live.” She doesn’t seem to care that Tybalt killed Mercutio when Romeo was trying to convince Tybalt that he meant peace. She seems to have a more serious relationship with Tybalt than everyone thinks so maybe she grieved more than most because he meant more to her.
Hatred is the strongest emotion in this play; it is clearly seen that the feud between the Capulet and the Montagues is truly hatred and that their children grew up with that so they know no different. Tybalt see Romeo at his party and sees everybody laughing at him because he would let it pass, instead he speaks to his uncle ”uncle, this is a Montague, our foe, a villain that is hither come in spite, to scorn at our solemnity this night” I think that Tybalt enraged that they come to spite his family and the name he honours. Indeed his uncle does not want a scene at his party he has prepared, he tells Tybalt to leave it; he hits Tybalt to get though to him that he doesn’t want a scene at his party. It could be that he has grown tired of this violent feud and has matured although he does seem a violent man though out the whole play.
Mercutio hates the Capulets although he has no family ties with the Capulets or the Montagues. Something in the way he acts around Romeo makes me think the he values the friendship more than Romeo does. “O calm dishonourable, vile submission Tybalt you rat catcher, will you walk?” This is said it Tybalt from Mercutio in act1 scene2.
This is when Tybalt first approaches Romeo at the beach with the intent of killing him of at least do him harm, instead he finds that Romeo is not there so he starts on Mercutio. Mercutio taunts him making him angrier and angrier. When Romeo turns up he pleads peace with Tybalt but he is all in a rage and you can clearly see that he truly hates Romeo and as he tries to harm him, Mercutio steps in the way therefore harming him. It is after this that Romeo hates Tybalt for what he has done and acts rashly and retaliates with dire consequences.
Love is the main theme of this play for it is what the story is based on, the love that is forbidden. I think that it is cruel to deny their children’s love for the sake of a feud and the love seems lost in the middle of all the ill feelings of the rivals.
It is not only the love between Romeo and Juliet but of friends and family.
“If thou bent on love honourable, they purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow… where and what time thou wilt perform the rite.” Juliet to Romeo says this in act 1 scene 2.
I think that when she and Romeo have declared their love for each other, all that’s left for them to do is marry, because they know that if anyone found out before they were wed they would never see each other again.
Juliet’s mother, Lady Capulet says to Juliet about the marriage proposal from Paris “the valiant Paris seeks you for his love.” It seems that her parents can’t see how wrongly suited for her Paris is, and how in love with Romeo she is later in the play.
Her father tries to force her into marrying Paris, because he wants her to have a good life and he thinks that his choice of husbands is the right choice and nobody should question that.
Juliet shows how true her love for Romeo is when she fakes her death in order to get out of her marriage to Paris.
Although fear is present in this story it seems that both sides of this feud are fearless to some point. When the fight is in action it seems that both sides show no fear. I think that the only fear shown is when the friar fears that Romeo does not know the plan and thinks that his love is really dead. Also when Juliet fears that her family will deny her love e.g. “bondage is hoarse, and may not speak aloud… with repetition of my Romeo’s name “ this is said when Juliet fears that her family will harm Romeo for loving Juliet in act 2 scene 2.
Indeed she is scared of what her father might do but at the same deeply in love with Romeo to worry too much about what she is doing.
As I said the friar that gave Juliet the poison is fearful because he knows that Romeo does not know that it is poison and not death. He rushes to sends word in another letter but alas he is too late.
Despair means complete lack of hope and I think that quite often Juliet feels that there is no hope for her and Romeo e.g.
“My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown and known too late! Prodigious birth of love to me, that I must love a loathed enemy.” Juliet says this in act 1 scene 5. In some ways she is quite right in this because his father is her fathers rival so in turn she must hate him to. But she loves him and this is why she despairs.
“O Romeo, Romeo where fore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; or, if thou wilt not, be sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet. This is said Romeo by Juliet act 2 scene 2. This is sort of love and despair in the case that she is despairing because she loves Romeo but he is forbidden, and love because she loves him so much that she would refuse her name and take his which would mean abandon her own family.
I think that passion differs very much from love in a way that it is almost lust e.g. ”o trespass sweetly urg’d! Give me my sin again” This is said by Romeo to Juliet in act 1 scene 5. This is when she kisses him and he is asking for more, but it is a sin because she is not wed to him and she is supposed to be pure for her husband.
I think that it is not only love that tells the story but passion too.
This was thought of Romeo’s first love, for he thinks that he is in love with rosaline who should be married to him, organised by her father, even though he has never met or seen her. “Show me a mistress that is passing fair: what doth beauty serve but as a note thou canst not teach me to forget”
This is said to Benvolio, Romeo’s cousin by Romeo about rosaline in act 1 scene 1.
Romeo is in love with the idea of love and is so rapped up in the spirit of his love that until he meets Juliet he mistakes excitement for love.
Violence seems to me of more of an action rather than an emotion but it is a grate feeling in this play e.g. “now by stock and honour of my kin, to strike him dead I hold it not a sin”
Tybalt says this to all montages in act 1 scene5. I said that I thought violence more of an action than an emotion, but you can clearly see here that Tybalt is “feeling” violence and although he doesn’t kill Mercutio until later in the play I think that he really does want to kill all montages for the sake of honour in this family feud. Also I think that Tybalt doesn’t consider it a sin to kill all Montagues for he is in the right and they do not deserve the right to live in his eyes.
In conclusion I feel that all the emotions contribute to this masterpiece although critics have said the story is a love and hate storyline all the other emotions bring it together.
William Shakespeare has included the most intense and intimate emotions and used them to there full extent.
