Title: What is the major conflict in Romeo and Juliet?  Possible answers are:  Juliet's parents are forcing her to marry Paris.  The families of Romeo and... - eNotes.com
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What is the major conflict in Romeo and Juliet ?  Possible answers are:  Juliet's parents are forcing her to marry Paris.  The families of Romeo and Juliet have been feuding for years.  Romeo loves Rosaline who loves Paris who loves Juliet.
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Content: The prologue suggests that their love is doomed from the start by Romeo and Juliet's parents' anger, which nothing could stop, except for the deaths of their children. The events of the play begin with a brawl in the town center between servants of the house of Montague and Capulet. The prince threatens both families with the punishment of death if the streets are disturbed in this way again. The conflict between Tybalt and Romeo comes from the feud between these two families. Tybalt is insulted that Romeo and his friends come uninvited to a party thrown by the Capulets. He entices Romeo to fight, but Romeo refuses. Romeo's quick-tempered friend Mercutio doesn't resist fighting, and Mercutio is tragically killed when Romeo tries to stop the fight. In response to his friend's death, Romeo seeks revenge and kills Tybalt. This results in his banishment from Verona. Romeo and Juliet have already secretly married at this point, so the friar concocts a plan to fake Juliet's death so that she can escape with Romeo because the two are inconsolable.