On page 166 John is reading Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and he finds out he and Lenina are like Romeo and Juliet. They come from two different families that don't necessarily hate each other, but that live differently. "Living in two different worlds" as Bernard would say. For example, in the reserve, people get married, while in London, everyone "owns" or "has" everyone, and there is no love, but simply sexual pleasure. It is for this very reason that it did not work between the couple. Lenina started getting undressed in front of John, but he called her a whore and threatened to kill her (page 177). Perhaps it is better for the two worlds never to mix after all, they are simply too different. Just like the Montagues and the Capulets, the "civilized" ad the "uncivilized" are constantly bullying each other, because they are too different.
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