Hate, it's such a powerful word, isn't it? What does it make you think of? Violence? Well, whenever I hear the word, the word 'love' pops into my mind. This might be weird since love and hate are two totally opposite things but I think even in hate, love somehow squeezes itself in.
In Romeo and Juliet, deep love existed in a world of pure hate because the Capulets and Montagues, Juliet and Romeo's families hate each other and whenever someone from the opposite family sees people from the other family, well... violence occurs. They would try to kill each other but even with all the hate, Romeo and Juliet still had love for each other which shows that they are totally different from their families. I really liked Romeo and Juliet (except the fact that they fell in love too quick) because it shows that you could find love and hate anywhere. And, if both of this powerful things exist in the same place then they are much more powerful and none of them would be able to overcome each other so something must occur to one to affect the other. I think this is the reason why Shakespeare made Romeo and Juliet die, when love was affected badly that it died with this "star-crossed lovers" then the hate was affected as well , fading away with the love.
I really love how Shakespeare made this whole thing with love and hate work out because it showed that behind his beautiful play, hides a more beautiful meaning giving Romeo and Juliet a whole new level of beauty!
