“Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare is a tragedy set in Verona, Italy, in the 15th century. The play concerns two families who, from the beginning, bear witness to a bitter feudal tradition. The Capulets and the Montagues are constantly fighting in the streets, in the public eye. When the prince comes to break up the “melee”, he predicts the tragic events that will follow: “if you ever disturb our streets again, your lives will pay the price of peace”. Although the prince brings up the accusation of death if the "quarrel" is repeated, the audience can sense the uncertainty and that someone will die before that happens. In the end, the deaths of the "crossed lovers" finally unite their feuding families. The play is one that addresses universal themes such as love, forbidden love across cultures, hatred, violence and the principle of fate and chance. “Romeo and Juliet” depicts the chaos and passion of love by combining images of violence, death and above all family values. For example, the idea that men owned their women “you are mine and I will give you to my friend”. Elizabethan women lived in an extremely patriarchal society, which may be the cause of Romeo and Juliet's death. Some critics say the blame for the feud was the male code of violence to make things right. We know that at the time, the only power a woman like Juliette had was that of her death. Her refusal to marry Paris would have demonstrated disobedience, which was rare for an Elizabethan girl. The dramatic irony of this is that the audience knows why she would do such a thing, the audience knows that she is already married; if she had entered into bigamy, the belief would have been that she would be damned to hell. The feeling of apprehension is present middle of paper...... the sacrifices necessary in any relationship and that if these are not present the bond is not strong enough to be true love. I think the themes of violence intergenerational conflict and love are universal themes that reach modern audiences in a sense of understanding and empathy towards Juliet's refusal to marry as audiences of the time would have thought differently - that she was a disobedient and ungrateful person. 'miserable'. Romeo seems to see through the acts of violence and hatred in the very first scene: “Here there is much to do with hatred, but more to do with love. » The themes of "Romeo and Juliet" are relevant today because you see and hear about love across cultures and different social classes from people whose love is perfect, but on the one hand, the parental disapproval which can shape a young person's life, usually for the worse as the audience sees in the play.