conflict - quote analysis

• "peace? i hate the word"

  themes - violence, honor

  ideas - tybalt thrives on conflict

  technique - repetition (extreme hatred)
• "a plague o' both your houses!" (mercutio)

  themes - family feud, fate

  ideas - the feud causes innocent deaths

  technique - metaphor (curse symbolises destruction)
• "either thou, or i, or both, must go with him"

  themes - revenge, honor

  ideas - romeo gives in to violence

  technique - tricolon (shows deadly determination)
• "ancient grudge break to new mutiny" (prologue)

  idea - the feud is long-standing and causes new violence

  themes - legacy of hatred, violence, fate

  techniques - oxymoron (contrasts old hatred with fresh violence)