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Violence and conflict are central in Romeo and Juliet. Discuss this theme with reference to at least three scenes in the play.
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Violence and conflict are central in Romeo and Juliet. Discuss this theme with reference to at least three scenes in the play. It is the violence and conflict that make this play exciting and thrilling. You would think that Romeo and Juliet's main theme would be that of love. However, violence and conflict also became one of the main themes in this play. There were all kinds of examples of different types of disorder and conflict, brawls and fights between the two houses, the Montagues and Capulets, the violence of angry passion and the unnaturalness of love. At every turn the two lovers were faced with some kind of violence. The violence and conflict seems to carry the theme of love between Romeo and Juliet to its tragic end. The images of darkness portray death, violence, sadness and the secrecy of the two lovers. Romeo and Juliet did not quarrel with each...
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