What if you were torn between loyalty to your family and your true love? This is what the characters in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet are dealing with. Romeo and Juliet are star crossed lovers in Verona that belong to enemy houses, forbidding their love. They make many questionable decisions swayed by loyalty that eventually lead to their deaths. The death of Romeo and Juliet was affected by Friar Lawrence’s plan, Juliet’s unsupportive parents, and Romeo slaying Tybalt, which demonstrate that while loyalty can be righteous, it can also be destructive. Many decisions made in this play could have been easily avoided if it were in the absence of loyalty. One character that had most vital actions and presence affecting the survival of Romeo and Juliet was Friar Lawrence. Friar …show more content…
Juliet’s parents were pushing her to marry Paris as loyalty to their family status. But she refused their wishes, upsetting Capulet: “An you be mine, I’ll give you to my friend./ An you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets,/ For ,by my soul, I’ll ne’er acknowledge thee,” (3.5. 203-206). Capulet is shaming Juliet and betrays her by trying to force her to marry Paris. Here we see a solidifying moment in Juliet’s loyalty to Romeo after her parents had lost her trust. Her parents have betrayed her by putting the loyalty to their family status before their loyalty to her happiness. From here Juliet flees with rage to Friar Lawrence as a last hope to reunite with Romeo. From this moment on the tragic events of the play start to happen. Juliet runs to the Friar, impatiently awaiting a plan and agrees to one without consideration of its flaws. Everything from this point on could have been avoided if Juliet’s parents heard her out and understood her situation. Then, Juliet would not have been forced to devise a plan around her parents to go see
In the Elizabethan period, woman of higher social classes were supposed to embody “obedience”(Gerlach et al. 1) and this is shown throughout the text. In the beginning of the book, Lady Capulet tells Nurse to summon Juliet, so she can inquire about her getting married. As Juliet enters the room she says,“Madam, I am here. What is your will?” (1.3.7). Here, we can see not only Nurse being obedient to Lady Capulet’s wishes, but also Juliet being obedient and going to her mother after she is summoned. Similarly, after a discussion with Count Paris, a noble man who seeks Juliet’s hand in marriage, Lord Capulet decides that Juliet will marry him and tells Lady Capulet to deliver the news to Juliet. Not happy with this, Juliet expresses her opposition
Context has greatly influenced how Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare in the 1500’s to how Williams Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet was produced in 1996 by Baz Luhrmann with a more modern intention.
Lady Capulet is very materialistic and she wants Juliet to gain wealth and status by marrying Paris ‘’Share all that he doth possess’’. In addition, because she got married at a young age, therefore she thinks it’s right for Juliet to be married at a young age ‘’I was likely your mother at just about your age’’. Moreover, she constantly urges Juliet to marry Paris without any sense of consideration for Juliet’s opinions or feelings, about the alliance of the marriage. Furthermore, this illustrates her cold attitude towards love and marriage as she only talks about Paris Social position and wealth.
From the beginning of the book, it is shown that Capulet is a stubborn old man who, as the leader of the Capulet’s, hates almost all Montagues with a burning passion. His hate makes him want Juliet to marry Paris to get closer with the Prince who is angry at the
The famous Romeo and Juliet, thinking that it could be a tragic love story that existed in the past, yet the Tomba di Giulietta is not true. William Shakespeare’s play is famous, but famous to the point where people speculate Juliet’s tomb is an actual tomb of Juliet because Verona is an actual city. If the tomb of Juliet is an actual burial of Juliet, then why would it be accessible to the public. The tomb of Juliet doesn’t seem right because someone could be actually profiting off of the tourist attraction, yet the evidence of Juliet’s tomb is too vague.
After Juliet explained she did not want to marry Paris and live with him, because she did not love him. Capulet was offended and took Juliet's decision as being ungrateful. By
Even after all he did to help Romeo and Juliet, the play still ended in tragedy because of Friar Lawrence’s' shortsightedness.
He did this by yelling at Juliet screaming, “Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday, or never after look me in the face. Speak not. Reply not. Do not answer me. My fngers itch. – Wife, we scarce thought us blest that God had lent us but this only child, but now I see this one is one too much and that we have a curse in having her. Out on her, hilding!” (III, V, 160-168). Lord Capulet accosted Juliet because he was extremely angry for her not wanting to marry Paris. However, by doing this, Juliet needed to find a way out of the wedding; she would not acquiesce and marry Paris, it could not be anyone but Romeo. Capulet further threatened Juliet saying, "An you be mine, I 'll give you to my friend; And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets," (V, 3, ln. 191-192). By saying this Capulet threatened rejection from him forever, which terrified Juliet so much that she would rather kill herself than be
Just as the Friar says in the beginning of the Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet, “Wisely and slowly, they stumble that run fast.” (II.iii.94). this was a sign of foreshadowing for for the death of the lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Even though fate was a factor that had contributed to a tragic end, there was also personal choice involved, and ultimately, the story may have had a different ending if it weren’t for the flaws of the lovers and their inability to have a grip on reality in dire circumstances. Over the course of the play, the lovers from the conflicting households have not matured and remain rather static in development. Furthermore, in this tragedy, the only son of the montages remains rather childlike, Juliet still seems immature and their relationship over all seems more like a play act on lover rather then something mature and sustainable. Overall, from start to finish, Romeo and Juliet were living in the moment, being absurd and silly rather then focusing on the future and trying to work problems out effectively.
will come into it as they will both be falling in love with the enemy
He did not give much thought on how Juliet feels about the marriage and agrees to marry the two even though Juliet had not given him consent. For example, when Paris asks Capulet if Juliet would love him; Capulet responds, "Of my child 's love: I think she will be ruled. In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not." (4.3.13-14). Capulet’s relationship with Juliet is superficial; he does not understand or know his daughter well. By creating the wedding, he causes Juliet to become desperate as she would be marrying someone she doesn’t love. To add to the matter, instead of trying to understand his daughter’s perspective, he becomes aggressive and gives her with an ultimatum. Capulet shouts, “Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o 'Thursday, Or never after look me in the face.” (3.5.160-163). By forcing Juliet into marriage, she becomes desperate and causes her to begin considering death as a way out. "I 'll to the friar, to know his remedy; If all else fail, myself have power to die." (3.5.241-242). Capulet’s controlling and aggressive parenting forces Juliet to marry someone she does not love. Furthermore, this causes Juliet to starts considering suicide as a way out. Capulet’s actions to forcefully marry Juliet to Paris brings her death because it results in the Friar’s potion plan which would cause the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. If Capulet did not
Friar Lawrence is obligatory to the action, character development, and themes of Romeo and Juliet. Without Friar Lawrence, the steps leading up to the tragedy at the end of the story would not have been possible, along with the strong characterization of Romeo. Lastly, through Friar Lawrence, the inevitability of fate and violence being caused by love were able to be emphasized more deeply. Although secondary characters are less important than the main characters, most of them have a strong impact on the story and its meaning.
Although Capulet wanted the best for Juliet, he didn't give a thought on how she felt and had forced her to marry Paris which had caused problems that led to her tragic end. She didn't want to marry someone who she did not love and wanted to escape this marriage. Her method of escape was death. Capulet's controlling actions appeared as early as Act I Scene 2, when he was arranging Juliet's marriage to Paris without her consent. Paris wondered if Juliet would like him and Capulet responded with, "Of my child's love: I think she will be ruled. In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not." (IV, 3, ln. 13-14). stating that he doesn't just think Juliet will like him but that he knows she will like him. When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, he shouted, "To go with Paris to Saint Peter's Church, Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither." (V, 3, ln. 154-155). making her agree to go to the church. Although she did agree to go, her thought of, "I'll to the friar, to know his remedy; If all else fail, myself have power to die." (V, 3, ln. 241-242). showed that she did not plan on marrying Paris and that she would die first. Juliet's arrangement to Paris had brought her death because it had resulted in the potion plan which had caused Romeo and Juliet to die. If Capulet had never forced Juliet to marry Paris, she would have been living happily with Romeo.
and Juliet is the Nurse. Each child has to turn to their carers as Their parents are unable to help them, but still both Romeo and Juliet commit suicide for each other’s love. This may have been caused due to inadequate parenting as Juliet’s parents are very distant and do not. communicate as well as the Nurse and Juliet, whereas Romeo’s parents. struggle to communicate with him; this is shown when they ask Benvolio.
Juliet’s arranged marriage with Paris, as well as the ancient feud between Capulets and Montagues, eventually contributed to the deaths of their children. In Act 1 Scene 2, Paris asks Capulet, ‘But now, my lord, what say you to my suit?’ which shows that Capulet and Paris are discussing Juliet’s possible marriage without consulting her, perhaps implying they think she is too nave to decide on her future. They are arranging her marriage for her, which implies that men are very controlling of women’s lives, especially those of their daughters. The scene establishes how Juliet is subject to parental influence, and how she is very constrained since her father can force her to marry whoever he wants. Juliet’s status as a woman leaves her with no power or choice in the decision of whom she should marry.