The feud between the Montagues and the Capulets is an ongoing feud throughout the story, the reason behind the feud is unknown. After Tybalt killed Mercutio Romeo kills Tybalt and is banished from the city of Verona by the prince “…… let Romeo hence in haste else, when he’s found , that hour is his last” This adds (more) conflict to the feud as both the Montagues and the Capulets have lost a family member. At this point, we can really begin to see how bad the feud is between the families. Unknown to Lord and Lady Capulet Juliet has married Romeo and Lord and lady Capulet insist she marries Paris. Lord Capulet is not happy when Juliet tells him she does not want to marry Paris he tells her “I tell thee what, get thee to church a Thursday, or never after look me in the face”. Here Lord Capulet is telling Juliet she must marry Paris or never look him in the face again. This adds to the conflict because Juliet knows she cannot marry Paris as she is secretly married to Romeo.
Complications played a major part in the play , the added complications such as the letter not getting to Romeo could be put down to fate and Romeo and Juliet being ‘star-crossed’. Friar John explains to Friar Laurence that his letter informing Romeo that Juliet is not dead did not reach Romeo. Friar Laurence tries again to inform Romeo of his plan and heads off to the Capulet burial chamber, where Juliet will soon awake. Juliet’s best friend the Nurse almost stabs Juliet in the back by telling her she should marry Paris dispute her marriage to Romeo. Just before Romeo arrives at the tomb he sees Paris mourning Juliet’s death this leads to a fight resulting in Paris’s death.
The end of the play ends in tragedy with Romeo killing himself with poison (and the friar not being able to make it in time to tell Romeo that Juliet is still alive). Juliet awakes and not being able to take the pain of Romeo’s death, she grabs a dagger and speaks the words “… O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rest, and let me die.”
This brings the tragic ending to the story as both the ‘star-crossed’ lovers kill themselves because of the families on going feud. The only good thing if anything that comes out of the story is the Montague’s and Capulet’s put all differences aside and build statues in Verona of both Romeo and Juliet.
I have concluded that Romeo and Juliet do conform to a typical love story. It has all the criteria to conform such as boy meets girl, love at first sight and a tragic ending.
Romeo & Juliet
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