Violence and Conflict are central to 'Romeo and Juliet' Discuss this theme to at least three scenes!

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Violence and Conflict are central to 'Romeo and Juliet' Discuss this theme to at least three scenes!

'Romeo and Juliet' is a romantic/tragic play. Two people from different families that have a grudge fall in love but are forbidden to see each other but in the end they both die because of their feelings for each other. William Shakespeare wrote the play in 1593. William Shakespeare was not the first person to write 'Romeo and Juliet' it was actually Arthur Brooke and it was called Romeus and Juliet. When 'Romeo and Juliet' was written it was shown in The Globe Theatre which was the one of the only place for entertainment. This cost 1d to stand at the front and 3d to have a cushion and sit down. People in the 16th Century enjoyed it because there was nothing else for them to do.

In the prologue it prepares us for violence because it says:

'From ancient grudge breaks to new muntiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes. A pair of star-crossed lovers takes their lives.'

An old grudge will bring a new fight