Romeo And Juliet 'And' Does Family Always Come First?

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In the Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, Open an Autobiography by Andre Agassi, “7 Steps to Making Better Decisions” by Catherine Price, and “Does Family Always Come First?” by Amelia Hart, the authors use the characters Andre and Romeo and Juliet to show the themes, not all bad things have bad consequences and family doesn’t always have to come first. In Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, Open an Autobiography by Andre Agassi, and “7 Steps to Making Better Decisions” by Catherine Price, the authors use the characters Andre and Romeo and Juliet to show the theme, not all bad things have bad consequences. Throughout Andres childhood and his teen years, he explained how his father pressured him. His father forced tennis on him until he started …show more content…

In Open an Autobiography, Andre hated his father since he treated him so harshly. Once he went pro and started making his own money he then started drifting apart from him. This then caused him to start living and facing problems on his own. Andre’s father had a great dream of one of his children playing tennis, since he could never do that himself. So he put a lot of pressure on him. Andre started hating his father and wanted to get away from him. So once he turned pro, he said goodbye and lived his life on his own. His brother was very close to him, so they traveled together and he was there for him as moral support. Andre made money, played better, and was living a happier life without his father. This then proves that Andre can put other things before his family and still be happier. In Open and Autobiography, Andre was very close to his trainer, Gil Reyes and his coach for most of his career, Nick Bollettieri. Nick was the first pro to take Andre’s career into his hands to coach and make him number one. He also supported him with dropping out of school. These two guys were there for Andre and supported him through his career but didn't put as much pressure on him as his father. This is a prime example of how family doesn't have to come first and you can have people that aren't in your family that love and care for you. In the beginning of Act 2 Scene 2, Juliet was up on her balcony by herself but Romeo snuck in and is hiding while he heard Juliet say, “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name! Or, if thou father wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (33-35). Juliet is talking and going over her viewpoint towards the situation. She is struggling to choose

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