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Romeo and Juliet
In the Elizabethan time, Shakespeare uses language that was considered educated and proper in the things he wrote. One of his famous pieces, Romeo and Juliet, stands as one of those examples. In one of the best strategies Shakespeare wrote, Romeo and Juliet's story line and language conveys different scenes and diverse character personalities that capture the relation of the characters and the story itself. Romeo and Juliet's story is about a romance which lead into a tragedy. For this essay, I chose to write about Juliet's "traditional" and "rebellious". Juliet is traditional since she decided to wait to have sexual intercourse with Romeo until they are married, she also had a traditional marriage, and got married when she
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fell in love. However, she's rebellious since she decided to marry a Montague, her family's enemy, and she also disobeyed her parents wishes to marry Paris, and did not listen to Friar Laurence. Juliet stood out for me because of her character traits and her qualities. Juliet did that was traditional is that she waited until she got married to her love, Romeo, to give up her virginity. "I'll to my wedding bed, And death, not Romeo, take my maiden hand!" (3.3.145-150). This specific quote shows that Juliet never gave up to Romeo and waited for him to "finalize" their wedding, which is to have sexual intercourse. This was a tradition for them, if you didn't lose your virginity after marriage, they can still be married to someone else and they're "not really married". At age thirteen, Juliet had a traditional marriage with Romeo, who was then fifteen. It was normal for them to be married in a really young age. "My child is a yet stranger in the world./ Let two more summers wither their pride. Ere may think her ripe to be a bride." (1.2.15-25). Lord Capulet disagreed at first to give Juliet's hand to Paris, but learned at the end that it was "best" for her, not knowing she was already married to Romeo. "If that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow." (2.2.150-155). Throughout everything that happened, Juliet is still determined to marry her love, Romeo. Although Juliet can be a traditional trustworthy person, she is also very rebellious.
Juliet decided to marry Romeo Montague, the only son of her family's enemy. "So smile the heavens upon this holy act. That after hours with so now chide us not." (2.6.5-10). Friar Laurence did not like the idea of marrying a Capulet and a Montague in the beginning, but the thought of ending the rivalry between them caused him to change his mind. Although Juliet knew all the problems and troubles off marrying Romeo, she still went for it since she was "in love". "Chopped logic! What is this? 'proud' and 'I thank you' and 'I thank you not' and yet 'not proud'. Mistress minion you!" (3.3.155-150). Lord Capulet was very disappointed to Juliet, but Juliet was in love and was willing to do anything for Romeo. Friar Laurence also ordered Juliet to leave and go back to her home since she was desperate for something to keep her from marrying Paris. "Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it./ Do thou but can my resolution wise. And with this knife I'll help it presently." (4.1.50-55). In desperate of going back to Romeo, Juliet was willing to do anything even killing herself if she didn't have Romeo back to her.
Overall, I chose Juliet because I adore her qualities and personality. Even with everything that she's been through, she was willing to fight for what she wants and never give up when she knew she was in love, even to a Montague. No one could've stopped Juliet, if she knew what she
wanted.
Friar Laurence marries Romeo and Juliet which tends to be a bad decision. He agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet and then keep their marriage a secret. He thinks that when Capulets and Montagues will discover their marriage, they will stop fighting and turn their rancor into friendship. So he told Romeo, "But come, young waverer, come go with me./ In one respect I'll thy assistant be;/ For this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households' rancour to pure love." (2.3.92-95). If he would not have married them, Juliet would not have been Romeo's wife and she could have happily married Paris. But now, she was Romeo's wife and she did not want to marry any other man, so she decided to kill herself rather than marry Paris.
agreed to do as she is told but has given an answer which will please
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