Title: Main Conflicts in Romeo and Juliet | FreebookSummary
Headings: Main Conflicts in Romeo and Juliet
Main Conflicts in Romeo and Juliet
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Content: All of theses conflict s played key rolls contributing in the development of the plot and the characters, unfortunately the story ends with death for both lovers, tragically. Forbidden love, when society prohibits two people from being together, is the principal conflict in the play Romeo and Juliet. Montague, family of Romeo, and Capulet, family of Juliet, are only surnames but serve as the reason Romeo and Juliet can not be together. The Montagues and Capulets had an ancient grudge, a feud that had gone back through generations and claimed many lives. A feud so long they do not even remember why they hate each other. The opening scene to the play was an altercation on the streets of Verona between the two adversary families “two households, both alike in dignity” (prologue. 1). The prince of Verona, Escales, stopped the brawl by saying, “Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, By thee, old Capulet and Montague; If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace. ” ( 1.