Conflict in Romeo and Juliet

One conflict i noticed in R&J and found particularly interesting was that between Tybalt and Romeo. 'Twas an interpersonal conflict I reckon. Throughout the play Tybalt displays a murderous animosity towards romeo (Prince of cats, animosity, yeah I'm just that amazing), and Romeo displays an almost infantile neutrality. This only proves to push Tybalt to new heights of unbridled hatred, so high in fact that he ends up attempting Romeo's life and taking that of Romeo's best friend, Mercutio.

In my life, in your life, in absolutely everyone on earth's (sans most Buddhist monks) life, there is interpersonal conflict. From the pettiest of arguments between pals, or the most earth-shattering wars between foreign powers, it all boils down to people conflicting with people. Every society deals with conflict in different ways. Americans may settle it over a coffee and a long talk, Brits over some tea, and Japanese over a long drawn out kung-fu fighting scene; but they are all effective ways of soothing wounded pride and the like.

yeeeeaaaaaah

Romeo and Juliet: It's Everywhere!

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S77fhOlwckE


Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nochGY7YNCw

It's a pretty obvious reference, from one of my favorite video games, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

For those who can't pick up on it, you have to "poison" a man who is being hunted, and revive him later in a church once the poison wears off. Much like Juliet avoiding Prince.

Enjoy. Also, the assassin named Hides-His-Heart is a reference to The Telltale Heart, but that's a different story from a different author.