The Root Conflict In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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The root conflict in Romeo and Juliet is simply forbidden love due to family history and tensions. It seems that the conflict stems not from Romeo and Juliet themselves but their families’ long-spanning feud. Romeo and Juliet cannot be together because their family history is full of resentment, anger, and bitterness. The play itself starts off with a fight of the Montagues and the Capulets. The Prince of Verona enters the scene with punishment: “Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, / By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, / Have thrice disturb'd the quiet of our streets” (Shakespeare, Act I). It can be said that this feud is not new by any means if the streets have been disturbed three times. The conflict reaches a new level of hatred
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