Hate In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

The central idea of act one, scene five of Romeo and Juliet is that things change. One example of that would be when Tybalt is complaining about Romeo being at the party. Instead of kicking Romeo out, Lord Capulet allows him to stay. By allowing him to stay, the audience can see a dynamic shift in the hatred between Capulet’s and Montague’s. A prime example, probably one of the most important, is when Juliet says, “That I must love a loathed enemy” (Shakespeare 1.5.155). By stating this, she displays her predicament of loving Romeo instead of the hatred she is assumed to accept. The phrase “must love” grants the image of a love that cannot go away and has to happen. Instead of saying “hate” to describe how she is meant to feel, she says “loathed”