How Does Shakespeare Create Hatred In Romeo And Juliet

In the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the Capulets and Montagues long-standing feud had a greater effect on their children’s behavior, rather than the nature of their own growing and developing brains. In the beginning of the play, when the first quarrel occurs, Tybalt says “As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee: Have at thee coward!’ (Shakespeare Mid-1590s). This “hate” that Tybalt and the rest of the characters have, have this belief engraved into their minds since they were taught this within their households. However, they have no particular reasons of their own for this hatred, and because they were raised with this belief, it causes their behavior to even act more immaturely and have their actions riskier, as “what motivates one teenager to take
Also, near the end of the play, when Romeo says “O true apothecary!” (Shakespeare Mid-1590s) as he drinks the poison before he dies, and Juliet says “O happy dagger!” (Shakespeare Mid-1590s) before she kills herself, Shakespeare uses the words “true” and “happy” to denote a sarcastic tone, since both of these words are feelings that Romeo and Juliet are no longer feeling, causing them to take their own lives. Because they are each other’s enemies and therefore cannot be officially together, leads them to be psycho over their love. The balcony scene where Romeo and Juliet talk, gives several examples with why they are angry and depressed; in which is because of their family feud. This hatred is a barrier to not only Romeo and Juliet, but to the teenage character’s brains to properly develop and accelerate, since their minds are so focused on this loathing, and even this hatred causes to hate themselves. In the article, it says “increased preferences for risky behavior and novelty seeking emerge, predisposing teenagers to experiment with drugs and ending up with addictive behaviors” (Leimbach