Literary Analysis Of Romeo And Juliet

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Literary Analysis Romeo and Juliet In act one scene three of Romeo and Juliet Lord Capulet states “…She hath not seen the change of fourteen years. Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.” This means that Juliet is not quite fourteen years old and her father is not sure if she is ready to become a wife and mother. There are many differences between how people marry today, and how they married in the time of Romeo and Juliet. Some of the differences are when the people marry, why people marry, and also the level of maturity people marry at. In the fifteenth century it was common for girls to marry in the begging of their teenage years, and also at a young maturity level. In act one scene three of Romeo and Juliet Lord Capulet states “…She …show more content…

In the time of Romeo and Juliet people would marry for the “name”. This meaning that people married to get in an elite class, and for money or income their spouse would bring in according to Gale Student Resources. Many of the marriages in the fifteenth century were also fixed, so in most cases many people did not marry for love in Romeo and Juliet’s time. That is why Romeo and Juliet were considered doing something scandalous on top of the family feud. In the twenty-first century people marry for love today. They often take their time and do not try to rush into a relationship. Also today the parents of the children do not have as much influence as they did then, so people marry today who they …show more content…

In the text book it says that Paris “purposes” the idea to get married to Juliet to her father on Monday, and they plan to get married on Thursday of the same week. With a few changes to Lord Capulet’s plan they move the wedding up to Wednesday of that week. Today people normally wait a year after they are engaged to get married. It takes a year to plan the wedding’s festivities, and sometimes longer. Some religious faiths even require couples to go through classes on marriage. These are the differences of when people get married. In act one scene three of Romeo and Juliet Lord Capulet states “…She hath not seen the change of fourteen years. Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.” This means that Juliet is not quite fourteen years old and her father is not sure if she is ready to become a wife and mother. There are many differences between how people marry today, and how they married in the time of Romeo and Juliet. Some of the differences are when the people marry, why people marry, and also the level of maturity people marry at. In conclusion in the fifteenth century people rushed their marriages more than

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