in romeo and juliet
is love or hate stronger
2007-08-13 20:09:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Without a doubt, Love. Hate has a strong presence, but in the end makes those characters weaker and is their downfall. Love gives both Romeo and Juliet the strength to go through with tasks that many people could not imagine doing in this day. Both emotions blind the characters so that they see nothing else, and even though the lovers kill themselves in the end it's the tragedy born of love that makes the families 'see' after all.
my two cents :-)
2007-08-13 20:24:58 · answer #1 · answered by Marianne D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello akinea101,
Although I hate saying it, I believe hate was the stronger.
If the Montague's & Capulet's did not hate each other so much the great love between Romeo & Juliet would not have ended so tragically.
Look at the real hate the Jets had for the Sharks, and vice versa in West Side Story, which as I am sure you are aware was a modern day working of the Shakespeare classic.
Poseidon
2007-08-13 20:21:21 · answer #2 · answered by Poseidon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think HATE because the lovers die in the end. If love were stronger, they would have lived and it wouldn't be considered one of Shakespeare's Great Tragedies.
In fact, most people think of "R & J" as a "love story" when in fact it is REALLY a "hate story" (or a "stupidity story", really).
After all, the Montegues hate the Capulets, right? And vice-versa. How stupid is that? And because of this hatred that no one really understands or knows where it came from, two innocent young lovers have to go through all of this BS just to be together, and end up, in their naive ignorance, dying because of that stupis hatred.
So, taken from that perspective, its not really a story about love, more than it is a story about unquestioned feudal hatred, and the waste of life that kind of ignorance begets. Rom & Jul are just hapless victims really. When all they wanted to do was get it on.
2007-08-13 21:03:00 · answer #3 · answered by Rod P 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
from the drama romeo & juliet which is the stronger in the play, i think both of love & hate bcoz romeo & juliet willing die together. even they know they can't be together bcoz of some people who don't like them will do anything to seperate them of being together. this drama are not happy ending story bcoz romeo die...so sad
2007-08-13 20:25:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Love, of course. Did you read the play? Shakespeare himself said as much in the prologue. I'd take his word for it.
2007-08-14 01:07:41 · answer #5 · answered by helene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love.
However, hate is very strong as well, since it's what sets up the action.
2007-08-13 20:14:23 · answer #6 · answered by The Snappy Miss Pippi Von Trapp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ia love stronger
2007-08-13 20:17:07 · answer #7 · answered by Violet D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HATE
coz noone loves then commits suicide
2007-08-14 02:36:40 · answer #8 · answered by cccc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋