Romeo And Juliet

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Freya Boyd

Is ‘Romeo and Juliet’ about love or hate?

    William Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is an awe-inspiring story of two lovers, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. The two young lovers are connected by their love for one another but divided by their two families, the Capulets and the Montagues seemingly never ending fight. However, love in the end of the story over rules hate, and the couples’ out of control love for each other results in their deaths.

    In the meantime, Romeo accidentally murders Juliet’s cousin, an aggressive Capulet named Tybalt, and manages to get himself banished from Verona, Italy, where they live. This could have been an incident that destroyed their relationship; along with the fact Juliet’s parents are trying to marry her off to a rich young man called Paris.

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    To her disgrace, Lady Capulet continues to force Juliet to marry Paris, resulting in her own beloved daughter’s death. Romeo finds her ‘dead’ mistakenly and takes poison due to take his own life, due to his sadness.

    In this essay, I will answer the question ‘Is Romeo and Juliet about love or hate?’ I have decided I believe it is mainly about love, so will give my reasons why I believe this.

    Firstly, one of the reasons it could be about hate is that straight away in Act 1, Scene 1, there is a ...

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