In William's Shakespeare immortal tale, Romeo and Juliet, love and hate are juxtaposed to portray the antithesis between the two themes. William Shakespeare purposely contrasted these two themes to convey an idea that one cannot exist without the other, a balance in all things in nature, for instance, the correlative use of a light/dark polarity. Romeo and Juliet, dubbed as a romantic tragedy, is more about love than hate. Love, in its many forms, is an important theme in the play: the love not reciprocated - the unrequited love, the love of parents for their children - the familial love, the love that is created from friendship - the fraternal love, the romantic love and the love of family honour, is showcased through the characters. As to many contrasts, hate is represented in the Romeo and Juliet to illustrate the idea of the balance in nature. Hate is strongly represented through the ancient feud between the two families. It is also insinuated that the hate is ingrained through the families and their kin. .
The most prominent form of love, the romantic, is illustrated throughout the whole play through the two protagonists, Romeo and Juliet. Romantic love between Romeo and Juliet is the intense passion that springs up at their first sight (Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight; / For I ne"er saw true beauty till this night." I.v. 50-51). Romeo and Juliet's love for each other is a violent, ecstatic, overpowering force that supersedes all other values, loyalties, and emotions. In the course of the play, the young lovers are driven to defy their entire social world: families ("Deny thy father and refuse thy name," Juliet asks, "Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, / And I'll no longer be a Capulet" II.ii. 34-35); friends (Romeo abandons Mercutio and Benvolio after the feast in order to go to Juliet's garden II.i); and ruler (Romeo returns to Verona for Juliet's sake after being exiled by the Prince on pain of death in II.
There is a word that has caused all of the upheaval in human society. ... Almost everyone can agree on this, as, when they felt hate in the past, that is exactly what they desired to do. But why do we hate? ... Revenge against the man who dares to not do things the way you do, or look the same way, feel the same way. ... So one man's hate, which caused a death, ends with many people's hate causing another. ...
Unfortunately the gay community is often a target for hate crimes. ... Some people do not know how to deal with other beings irregular behaviors and turn their confusion into hateful attitudes. "Hate, like much of human feeling, is not rational, but it usually has its reasons. ... Like terms such as happy, sad, anxious, depressed (etc.), hate is also a feeling. ... While many people do not posses the ability to understand why they are feeling a certain way, there is always a rooted motive underlying their feeling. ...
Crimes committed with prejudice against a certain characteristic (hate crimes) have a much longer recovery period than that of normal crimes (APA.ORG). ... Despite the fact that there is no difference in physical damage, emotional damage is much greater, as is the consequences in some states. ... There statistics suggest that a majority of the hate crimes in the United States are committed by law abiding citizens who think that there actions are justified. ... Besides insane individuals and anti-social people committing prejudiced or hate crimes, there are many other explanations for the c...
Does America need a federal hate-crime law? ... There are many hate crimes that aren't even noticed. ... Here was a young man that was having problems with his sexual orientation. ... This is too much like double jeopardy. ... A federal law isn't going to help much. ...
Prejudice, however, runs much deeper then a person's color. ... Prejudice has become a complex problem in society today and much of the world's history is based upon such hatred. ... I do believe that we can greatly reduce the amount of prejudice in the world today. ... As of 1999, there are 11 states that do not have any kind of hate crime laws in effect. ... With the organizations on the internet and the media, there seems to be some help for the many hate crimes happening around the world. ...
Prejudice, however, runs much deeper then a person's color. ... Prejudice has become a complex problem in society today and much of the world's history is based upon such hatred. ... I do believe that we can greatly reduce the amount of prejudice in the world today. ... As of 1999, there are 11 states that do not have any kind of hate crime laws in effect. ... With the organizations on the internet and the media, there seems to be some help for the many hate crimes happening around the world. ...
There needs to be an emphasis put on hate crimes because their impact on not only the individual victim involved but on the group that the individual is a member of. These crimes have to be looked at differently because when a person is beaten and tied to a fence because he is gay there is more going on than a high school prank. ... The fact of hate crimes is that they pick on smaller more vulnerable groups that probably do not have the means or even the willpower or manpower to fight back. ... If we can rid our country of ignorance on subjects like the existence of hate crimes and why they ta...
It has been a widely discussed subject on the media, and often debates of whether or not a crime should be attributed with hate are the center for discussion. Does hate crime imply on any case when a person is convicted for inflicting damage on someone "different"? ... Can we assume the murder of Nicole Simpson by OJ Simpson a hate crime since it involves a black man killing a white woman or are there more in depth twist to the case? ... Yet, in reality, statistics show that much more Whites are on social security than are blacks and only the Japanese Corporations are doing the purchasing, no...
And I do believe that the only condition for the regulation of hate speech is if it attends to incite violence. ... There is no way around it. ... For those people who take it personally, and become emotionally involved in the situation need to sit back and realize that these people do have the right to demonstrate and speak out non violently and no matter how much it offends them they need to learn to deal with it. ... The law is the final category that we will be dealing with. ... This is because hate speech incites violence, and people are not legally allowed to go around and solicit othe...
