Hate in Romeo and Juliet

Two families who cannot remember why they fight. The hate is older than the lovers and it kills them.

The quotes

9 quotes, in the order they happen.

Two households, both alike in dignity

Chorus · Prologue · family · hate

Two families, both important, both as good as each other. And they hate each other.

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

Chorus · Prologue · hate · family

Neighbours killing neighbours. Their hands are dirty with their own city's blood.

Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?

Abraham · Act 1, Scene 1 · hate · youth

A rude gesture starts a street fight. The hate is so old it runs on nothing.

I hate the word As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee

Tybalt · Act 1, Scene 1 · hate

Tybalt hates peace as much as he hates Montagues. He is the feud in one person.

My only love sprung from my only hate!

Juliet · Act 1, Scene 5 · love · hate · fate

Juliet finds out Romeo is a Montague. The one person she loves is from the one family she must hate.

A plague o' both your houses.

Mercutio · Act 3, Scene 1 · hate · death · family

Dying, Mercutio curses both families. The feud killed him and he was not in it.

O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!

Juliet · Act 3, Scene 2 · love · hate

Romeo killed her cousin. For a moment she sees him as a snake with a pretty face.

All are punish'd.

Prince · Act 5, Scene 3 · hate · family · fate

The Prince blames everyone. Both families lost children. So did he.

O brother Montague, give me thy hand

Capulet · Act 5, Scene 3 · family · hate · death

The fathers shake hands over their dead children. The feud ends too late.