Essay On Belonging Needs In Romeo And Juliet

Love and belonging needs are crucial to be truly happy and for one to reach their full potential; when these needs are not met, it can cause one to turn to another. This idea can be supported by the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, and is solely backed up by the character Juliet. Juliet’s love and belonging needs were not met by her family for the first thirteen years of her life. Therefore, when she met Romeo, there was an opportunity for these needs to be met. He could give her what she never had in her life before.
Juliet’s mother, Lady Capulet, never treated Juliet like a daughter, which caused a lack in love and belonging needs. The first time Lady Capulet is introduced, she is probing her daughter with questions about marriage, “Tell me, daughter Juliet, how stands your disposition to be married?” (1.3.69-70). This is common in many mother-daughter relationships, especially at the time period, but Juliet is completely uninterested in being married, “It is an honor that I dream not of” (1.3.71). When this was said, it just proves Juliet’s desire and shows what she does not want with her life. Yet, Lady Capulet wants Juliet to marry for her own benefit. Her mother

This is because he does not view Juliet as something he can use for his own benefit. Romeo willingly shows love towards Juliet. He takes her hand and speaks to her so kindly, “O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do. They pray, grant thou, lets faith turn to despair” (1.5.115-115). This is new to Juliet, and makes her feel things she has not felt before, because her mother would never speak to her without a purpose. Romeo may not of truly loved Juliet, but that does not matter. Because of the attention that was not required; the kisses and sweet words, Juliet is swept into Romeo, and seems the happiest she's ever been. This is because she was deprived of those love and desire needs, and now she believes that they're met with Romeo’s sudden interest in