Violence and hate in "Romeo and Juliet"

The scene opens on violence in Act 1 Scene 1 when the servants of the Capulet's and the Montague's servants antagonize each other escalating into a civil brawl
1. Do you bite your thumb at us, sir? SAMPSON I do bite my thumb, sir. ABRAHAM Do you bite your thumb at us, sir? SAMPSON, aside to Gregory Is the law of our side, if I say "Ay"? GREGORY, aside to Sampson No. SAMPSON No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir.
What, ho! You men, you beasts, Act 1 Scene 1
1. the violence has no rational cause and is so great that it causes the characters to become animalistic in their nature
"Now, by the stock and honor of my kin, To strike him dead I hold it not a sin." Act 1 Scene 5
1. violence constantly undermines Romeo and Juliet's love creating tension shown by Tybalt's threats after Romeo and Juliet have constructed a sonnet
"O brawling love, O loving hate," Act 1 Scene 1
1. from the beggining if the play, love and violence are intertwined
"Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe, A villain that is hither come in spite To scorn at our solemnity this night." Act 1 Scene 5
1. The violence and hate between the two feuding families has warped the views of the families. They cannot imagine each other outside the context of the feud
"The day is hot, the Capels abroad, And if we meet we shall not 'scape a brawl, For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring." Act 3 Scene 1
1. The weather mirrors the oppressing nature of the violence and hatred between the Montague's and Capulet's

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