Romeo And Juliet Hate Quotes

“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind” (brainyquote). These are some well known words spoken by the great leader Mahatma Gandhi. This quote directly ties in with the theme of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The play takes place during the Middle Ages in beautiful Verona. Here, a long term feud, which no one remembers the cause of, has been going on between the Capulets and Montagues. They are the families of the main characters. There is a lot of hate and violence present between the two sides. However, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, the two main characters of the play, fall deeply in love with each other. Romeo and Juliet is a story of their love and death, and the long fight between their families. While
As he draws his sword, Romeo angrily fumes, “Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain? / away to heaven respective lenity / And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now! / Now, Tybalt, take the “villain” back again / That late thou gavest me; for Mercutio’s soul / is but a little way above our heads / staying for thine to keep him company. / Either thou or I, or both, must go with him” (III.i.123-130). With rage, Romeo kills Tybalt. This justifies that violence causes hatred because as a result of Tybalt’s death, Lady Capulet, Juliet’s mother, and the Capulets get angry at Romeo. As their hatred grows Lady Capulet has a plan for revenge by poisoning Romeo. This also justifies that violence does not solve problems because after the fight, Romeo is guilty and is banished out of Verona. As one can see, violence leads to more hatred which makes problems
For example, when Capulet and Montague learn about their children’s death, they both forgive each other. In the end, they both agree to end their long lasting feud. Capulet cries to Montague, “O brother Montague, give me thy hand. / This is my daughter’s jointure, for no more / can I demand” (V.iii.307-309). This shows that violence does not solve problems because the Montagues and Capulets were brought together from the death of their children. This also shows that violence does solve problems because the death of Romeo and Juliet ended the hatred between the two families. However, on the other hand, the Montagues and Capulets were brought together by Romeo and Juliet’s sacrifice and love, not by violence. This is stated by the chorus, who introduces the scene, in the prologue in the beginning of the play. The chorus chimes, “The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love / And the continuance of their parents’ rage, / which, but their children’s end, naught could remove” (Prologue.9-11). This proves that violence does not solve problems because the Montagues and Capulets were not brought together by violence. This also proves that violence does not solve problems. However, love does, as proved by Romeo and Juliet’s love that brought the two families together. Additionally, in the last scene, when the Prince of Verona, arrives to the scene,