Romeo And Juliet - CONFLICT

Question 1

‘Three civil brawls, bread of an airy word’ prince escalus

Answer 1

The heads of the two feuding families are strong male characters. Shakespeare’s point in not even stating the cause of the feud reflects the degree to which male honour and ‘pride’ was exaggerated at the time. Maybe with the unfortunate outcome of the play

Question 2

‘O calm, dishonourable vile submission’

Answer 2

Said by mercutio

Question 3

‘Peace! I hate the word as I hate hell, all montages and thee.’ Structure

Answer 3

Occurs right at the beginning for the play (act 1 scene 1) so is one of the first things we learn about suggesting it could be very important.

Question 4

‘O brawling love! O loving hate!’

Answer 4

Microcosm for the whole play, two oxymorons sum up the main message Shakespeare is trying to get across, that love and hate come intertwined.

Question 5

Conflict between juliet and her father
‘He shall not make me there a joyful bride!’
‘If you be mine, I’ll give you to my friend; and you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets’
‘she is the hopeful lady of my earth:, but woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart, for my will to her consent is but a part’

Answer 5

‘He shall not make me there a joyful bride!’
‘If you be mine, I’ll give you to my friend; and you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets’
However it has not always been like this, at the beginning capulet is seen as quite a good dad ‘she is the hopeful lady of my earth:, but woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart, for my will to her consent is but a part’