Themes

Love love born of hate in scene 5 of Act I, the vows in the garden in scene 2 of Act II, and the potion drunk as a toast to Romeo in scene 3 of Act IV. Passion the haste of Romeo, which the friar warns against, in scene 3 of Act II, the violent pleasures in scene 6 of Act II, and Juliet's despair over the banishment in scene 2 of Act III. Fate and Free Will the stars of the prologue to Act I, the duel in scene 1 of Act III, and the letter that does not arrive in scene 2 of Act V. Family Juliet's consent in scene 2 of Act I, the order to marry in scene 5 of Act III, and the peace over the bodies in scene 3 of Act V. Violence the street brawl in scene 1 of Act I, the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt in scene 1 of Act III, and the fight before the tomb in scene 3 of Act V. Death banishment treated as death in scene 3 of Act III, the mourning for Juliet in scene 5 of Act IV, and the deaths in scene 3 of Act V. Language and Narration the Chorus that tells the end in the prologue to Act I, Romeo's opposites in scene 1 of Act I, the word banished in scene 2 of Act III, and the friar's account in scene 3 of Act V.