... trait found within the vast majority of the conflicts that led to the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet - honor. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, much of the conflict within the story was motivated by a sense of pride or honor by the characters, as shown through the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues, the proud familial ties that characters are bound to, the ... , Mercutio, and Romeo. The idea of honor was central to Shakespeare's Elizabethan England, as well as the Renaissance-era Italy portrayed in the play. Often, "honor was used to regulate behavior, social tensions, and conflic...

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