Violence and Conflict in R&J

Question 1

Violence and Conflict

Answer 1

External which is shown through the dispute and fighting between the Montagues and the Capulets.
Internal conflict which is the mental struggle characters may feel towards their feelings and what is happening to them.

Question 2

Prince’s speech

Answer 2

• used as a way to explain the effects of the montague and capulet conflict have on the people of verona
• speech therefore foreshadows later events in the
  play as the audience know that members of the family will die which of course means that there will be more conflict to come.

Question 3

internal conflict

Answer 3

• Juliet suffers a lot of internal conflict as she struggles between her love for Romeo and her loyalty to her family. Due to the conflict between the houses she is forced to choose her family or to follow her heart and pursue a relationship with the son of her enemy.