Romeo and juliet conflict essay wjec

The conflict between parent and child is visible throughout the play. In the Capulet household the focus is on discord primarily between Juliet and her parents. In Act 3, scene 5 Lord Capulet threatens to disown Juliet; he uses animalistic and threatening imagery: ‘Graze…hang, beg, starve, die in the streets’.

However, Shakespeare makes the audience think that Tybalt is going to kill Romeo but in fact later on in the play Romeo kills Tybalt. Romeo shows lack of conflict, even when he discovers that Juliet is a Capulet, it only takes him a few moments to get it in his head then he realises that it is not an issue to him.

Shakespeare also presents the themes of conflict through inner familial conflict and individual conflict. Where conflict is presented, the struggle for power and control is also apparent. How is the theme of conflict shown in Romeo and Juliet?

Romeo is described as a ‘villian’ by Tybalt as his pride is injured since Romeo attended the Capulet ball. Physical conflict then follows as Mercutio views Romeo as a coward. As an audience we realise that the play has turned from a comedy into a tragedy after Mercutio’s death.