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Love and conflict in Shakespearean Tragedies: An Exploration of Othello and Romeo and Juliet

Author(s) Pranab Kumar Senapati, Dr. Afifa Bano
Country India
Abstract This study examines the intricate relationship between love and conflict in two of William Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedies, Othello and Romeo and Juliet. Both plays foreground love as a transformative yet vulnerable force that becomes entangled with personal, social, and psychological conflicts, ultimately leading to tragedy. While Romeo and Juliet portrays youthful, impetuous love destroyed by entrenched familial enmity, Othello presents mature marital love corroded by jealousy, racial prejudice, and manipulation. By analyzing these distinct dynamics, the paper explores how Shakespeare dramatizes love not as a sanctuary from conflict but as a site where emotional intensity magnifies vulnerability.
Using a qualitative interpretive framework, the study applies psychoanalytic, feminist, and new historicist approaches to reveal how love operates within the cultural and ideological constraints of the Elizabethan era. The analysis highlights how external pressures—social hierarchies, honor codes, and patriarchal values—intersect with internal insecurities to transform love into a catalyst for destruction. In Othello, this transformation emerges through psychological conflict, while in Romeo and Juliet, it arises from social and generational hostilities.
Ultimately, this paper argues that Shakespeare portrays love and conflict as mutually reinforcing forces that propel the tragic structure of these plays. By juxtaposing the inwardly implosive conflict of Othello with the outwardly explosive feud in Romeo and Juliet, the study contributes to a deeper understanding of Shakespearean tragedy and its enduring exploration of human passion, fragility, and fate.
Keywords William Shakespeare, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Love and Conflict, Shakespearean Tragedy.
Published In Volume 7, Issue 5, September-October 2025
Published On 2025-09-21
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i05.56477
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