Diana Gerardo and Hunter Stufflebeams's English Class Powerpoint presentation for Romeo and Juliet!!:) Expand the information tab and scroll down to view the complete powerpoint script. I do not own the song or the pictures, just the words in the powerpoint itself... Sorry if it's a little late... I was having technical difficulties.
Prompt: In what way is the whole play about the way heaven scourged, or punished, people for hating?
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The play, Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, shows the punishment that can be brought upon by heaven for such unnecessary violence and useless feuds. The Prince emphasizes this through his lecture upon the two houses. He states, "See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love... All are punished." (Act V. Scene 3, Lines 302-305) The prince was telling them that, if they hadn't quite noticed yet, heaven had wanted the feuding to end, even if it meant to take the lives of two people, the cherished children of the Montegues and the Capulets. The parents felt ashamed and, if they had known it would take away the ones they loved the most, they would have resolved it sooner.
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In Act III, Scene 1, Mercutio, at the moment, is mortally wounded. He realizes the loss of his own life. He says to Romeo, I am peppered, I warrant,for this world. A plague o' both your houses!" (Lines 102-104) He curses the families that they shall pay for his unnecessary murder. He unknowingly foreshadows that the plague f death will be sent from heaven upon them for their mindless slaughter.
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Violence between the families is irrational and almost without provocation. Heaven punishes those who practice this hate, perhaps through carelessness such as the incident betweem young Romeo and Juliet. When Juliet discovers that her beloved Romeo is dead, she immediately searches him for poison, so that she may join him once again. She cries out, "O churl, drunk all, and left no friendly drop/ To help me after!" (Act V, Scene 3, Lines 168-169) She is disappointed greatly that he has been so selfish as to empty the bottle of its contents. She does not understand, however, that he did it out of love for her, for he thought he would be joining HER. Juliet quickly continues searching for another way to follow her love to Heaven where they may be reunited at last. She finds a dagger and gratefully says, "O, happy dagger, this is thy sheath. There rust and let me die." (Act V, Scene 3, Lines 174-175) Without thinking of anyone besides Romeo, Juliet ends her own life.
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This pure carelessness and ignorance of hate and its consequences causes the lovers to go to such drastic measures, which ultimately resulted in death. This was the punishment laid upon the families of Romeo and Juliet, the ones responsible for such a tragedy.