Violence and death permeate Romeo and Juliet, and it is always tied to passion, whether that passion is love or hate. Hate is described as an emotion that can overwhelm a person with the same force as love. The power of hatred is laid bare when Tybalt states, “Peace / I hate this word as I hate hell, all the Montagues, and you.” (1.1.60-61). The passionate love between Romeo and Juliet is linked from the moment of its beginning with death - with Tybalt discovering that Romeo has interrupted the party, determined to kill him, just as Romeo sees Juliet and immediately falls in love with her. Furthermore, the idea of ​​suicide is discussed several times throughout the play, as a reaction against those who oppose the love between Romeo and Juliet. After Capulet decides that Juliet will marry Paris, Juliet defiantly declares, "If all else fails, I have the power to die" (3.5.242). In the play's tragic ending, the lovers discover that the only way to keep their doomed love alive is to ironically make happen the inevitable fate declared in the prologue: a double