Comparing Communication In Romeo And Juliet, Two Kinds, And The Possessive

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Have you ever thought about a scenario that could’ve gone differently if there was communication? I have thought about how things could have gone differently if I communicated, and that is why I think communication is important. After reading Romeo and Juliet, the theme I think goes best with the play is “communication is important”. I think that way because every time there wasn’t communication, something went wrong and it added a drastic change to the play. The literary works, Romeo and Juliet, Two Kinds, and The Possessive, that we have previously read, help prove that communication is important. The first piece of supporting evidence is how Romeo and Juliet, the Capulet family and the Montague family have a pre-existing feud and if they …show more content…

If either Romeo or Juliet had talked to their parents about their “love” for each other, they would not have had to go behind their family’s backs and get married in secret. I have come to the conclusion that if Romeo or Juliet had talked to their parents about their feelings for one another, their parents would have understood. I think that way because in the end when the Capulets and Montagues find out that their heirs are dead, they come to amends and plan to have the funerals of Romeo and Juliet together. Another example would be from The Possessive, when the daughter didn’t express to her mother that she wanted to start changing her style. The lack of communication caused the mother to feel a type of resentment towards her daughter. If the daughter had told the mother how she felt, then the mother wouldn’t have felt a sense of betrayal or that she had no control over her own daughter. A quote that supports my thoughts is, “Distant fires can be glimpsed in the resin light of her eyes.” It shows that the mother in the story sees some type of change in her daughter's eyes that could possibly be interpreted as

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