Romeo and Juliet

Four hundred years ago, William Shakespeare wrote The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, a popular play that continues to capture the imagination and emotions of people around the world. The drama portrays the passionate, violent and often desperate lives of the youth of Verona. Even today, the tragedy resembles a blueprint of the problems that the adolescents of the twentieth century must face each day. In this play, Shakespeare explores the pitfalls of young love, …

…Lady Capulet was much more loving than her husband was. Romeo and Juliet is a story purely based on love. The majority of the text makes references to love and how it effects those involved. Hate is only shown between the two families only when they are together, not when they are living their normal lives. Most of the hate comes from Tybalt's mouth anyway, we hardly hear any words of hate from anyone else.