Conflict (and violence)

    Cards (3)

    • If I have a question about conflict, how will I structure the question?
      P1: Thesis
      P2: Family Conflict
      P3: Conflict between the households
      P4: Violence
      P5: Internal Conflict
      P6: Conclusion
    • As a summary, how does Shakespeare present violence and conflict in the play?
      Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy and so includes a substantial amount of conflict. Shakespeare uses the possibility of conflict as a way of building tension within the play, then the violence which ensues releases the tension.
    • How does Shakespeare represent family conflict?

      While the main conflict in the play is between the two opposing households, the Capulets and Montagues, there is still conflict inside the households as they come to terms with their own conflicts. Shakespeare
      may have done this to explore the complexities and intricacies that are a part of the human existence