What Is The Feud Between Romeo And Juliet
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare tells the story of two people in love, both from wealthy families who hate each other. Romeo comes from the Montague family, while Juliet comes from the Capulet family. Although the reasoning for the feud between their families is unknown, it results in many young people killing each other. The story ends tragically with Romeo and Juliet both killing themselves, but this only happens because of the feud between their parents.
The kinsmen of the Montagues and Capulets were deeply involved in the feud and some even died fighting about it. At Capulet’s masquerade party, Romeo shows up to see his first lover Rosaline and this provokes Tybalt. Tybalt is angered by Romeo's appearance and wants to fight Romeo, …show more content…
Juliet can’t be married to two people at once and wants to be with Romeo, so she goes to Friar Lawrence for help. She tells Friar Lawrence that she is going to kill herself, so to prevent this from happening he devises a plan to get Romeo and Juliet back together. Friar Lawrence’s plan was for Juliet to take a short lasting poison and fake her death, then after the poison wore out, the Friar would tell Romeo to get her, so they could escape Verona together. Juliet agrees to go through with the plan because she is looking for any possible way out of her current situation. Unfortunately, the plan does not work out and Romeo does not get the message from Friar Lawrence to go and retrieve Juliet, but instead hears that Juliet is dead from Balthazar. Romeo immediately gets a poison and goes to Juliet's tomb where he kills himself. Once Juliet wakes, she realizes that Romeo is dead and kills herself too. Romeo and Juliet’s death, would not have occurred if the feud had been nonexistent and they would not have had to keep their love and marriage a secret, also Romeo would not have been exiled. At the end of the story, Capulet says “ Oh brother Montague, give me thy hand. This is my daughter's jointure, for no more can I demand.”(241) The Montagues and the Capulets realize that the feud between their families, cost them
The kinsmen of the Montagues and Capulets were deeply involved in the feud and some even died fighting about it. At Capulet’s masquerade party, Romeo shows up to see his first lover Rosaline and this provokes Tybalt. Tybalt is angered by Romeo's appearance and wants to fight Romeo, …show more content…
Juliet can’t be married to two people at once and wants to be with Romeo, so she goes to Friar Lawrence for help. She tells Friar Lawrence that she is going to kill herself, so to prevent this from happening he devises a plan to get Romeo and Juliet back together. Friar Lawrence’s plan was for Juliet to take a short lasting poison and fake her death, then after the poison wore out, the Friar would tell Romeo to get her, so they could escape Verona together. Juliet agrees to go through with the plan because she is looking for any possible way out of her current situation. Unfortunately, the plan does not work out and Romeo does not get the message from Friar Lawrence to go and retrieve Juliet, but instead hears that Juliet is dead from Balthazar. Romeo immediately gets a poison and goes to Juliet's tomb where he kills himself. Once Juliet wakes, she realizes that Romeo is dead and kills herself too. Romeo and Juliet’s death, would not have occurred if the feud had been nonexistent and they would not have had to keep their love and marriage a secret, also Romeo would not have been exiled. At the end of the story, Capulet says “ Oh brother Montague, give me thy hand. This is my daughter's jointure, for no more can I demand.”(241) The Montagues and the Capulets realize that the feud between their families, cost them