If I understand your question correctly, you are asking
about the relationship between hate and love as expressed in the part of the scene you
have identified. Let us focus on how Tybalt responds when he realises that the person he
sees is Romeo:
Now, by the stock and honour of my
kin,
To strike him dead I hold it not a
sin.
It is interesting that
Tybalt justifies his hatred and the violence he itends to do upon the person of Romeo by
refering to the love that he has for his family. It is the family bonds of "stock and
honour" that cause his hatred to be expressed, yet at the same time it is his love for
his Uncle, Lord Capulet, that shows how love can overcome hate, when Capulet tells his
nephew to not assail Romeo:
Therefore be patient; take no note of
him.
It is my will, the which if thou
respect,
Show a fair presence and put off these
frowns,
An ill-beseeming semblance for a
feast.
Tybalt withdraws in
anger at his uncle's request, but he recognises that his love and the duty he owes his
uncle overpowers his desire to express his hatred.
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