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
Act 1 Scene 3, is the scene where we are introduced to Juliet when her Nurse and mother, Lady Capulet are introducing the idea of marriage and love. Juliet is portrayed as youthful, innocent and obedient, this is further emphasised when the Nurse makes constant references to Juliet’s childhood. When her mother bring up the idea of marriage, Juliet replies “It is an honour that I dream not of” when she states that she has given no thought to the idea of marriage, means even though she does not love Paris, if told to fall in love with Paris she would because she obeying her parents and only should care about their opinion on matter. This would have related to the Elizabethan audience because she was being loyal to her parents and at that time loyalty to your family was the most important agenda. Shakespeare uses the predictable behaviour at
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Juliet is honest with herself. Although she is aware of how dangerous it is to be interested in Romeo, she wishes to ask him to “Deny thy father, and refuse thy name;/ Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my lover,/ And I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (II, ii,
I believe that Andreu’s biggest challenges as a child were when her grandfather died in South America, and she and her mother had to leave the country to attend the funeral. It was a challenge because they had no legal way of coming back into the U.S. and they were stuck in Argentina for two years. Resulting in her having to get smuggled back into the United States. In the first place, Andreu's notes, "We couldn't get a visa to return. My father sent us money from New Jersey, as the months of our absence stretched into years" (618).
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While Juliet is not as overzealous with love as Romeo is, his effect on her expresses a different side about herself even she did not know. Romeo’s influence on her takes a completely different direction in which she was raised. ‘O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore are thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name.’/ ‘or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet’ – (Act 2, Scene 2 L. 33-36). Juliet grows up in a very patriarchal society and that means the father is the head of the house. What he says, go. When Capulet, Juliet’s father, hears of her refusing to marry Paris he retorts ‘How, will she none? Doth she not give us thanks?’/ ‘Is she not proud? Doth she not count her blessed,’/ ‘Unworthy as she is, that we have wrought’/ ‘So worthy a gentleman to be her bride?’ – (Act 3, Scene 5 L.142-145).
Shakespeare has been know for many plays but one of his famous one is “Romeo and Juliet” Which has two teens from rivalling families who fell in love with each other but through misunderstandings and not well thought out plans by their mentors led to both Romeo and Juliet’s death by suicide. There were many ways that these “Star-crossed lovers” could avoided their fate with more thought out ideas and bring more people into their plans but untimely they died from plans from their mentors. What is the Relationship between Romeo and Juliet parents? Well Romeo’s relationship with his parents is they care for him very deeply. His mother was very relieved when he was not at the quarreled in the market. “O, where is Romeo?/Saw him today?/Right glad
The very small percentage of athletes that can make a living off of a sport that they love to do, is a very special thing. The phenomenal athletes that can make that happen are role models for children, teens, and some adults. Sports enthusiasts will quote things from the best leaders, motivators and competitors to share with their children, students, colleagues, and fellow athletes. Being a three sport athlete has given me the full experience of being around those tremendous athletes. I thoroughly enjoy playing sports, I have since I was a little boy, and sports are a huge part of my family. At all family gatherings after we eat, have fun outside, we gather around the table or the television to either talk of sports or
The Conflict Between Two Families in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet The play ‘Romeo And Juliet’ is a very dramatic one. The conflict between the two families is key to the play as a whole. If they’re where no. conflict. They would just be allowed to be together.
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet’s love for each other causes them to sacrifice their family, although their families have always had great gravity over the lovers. After the party where the lovers first meet, Juliet stands on her balcony and promises herself to Romeo: “be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet” [2.2.37-39]. In this case, “sworn my love” can be rearranged to mean “my sworn love,” which refers to Romeo as the one that she will always love. For Juliet to become a Montague-- her family’s rivals-- would mean that she would give up many things she and her family value. In their fight over her refusal to marry Paris, Juliet’s parents threaten to not “acknowledge [her]” as their daughter, even if “[she]...hang, beg, starve, die in the streets” [4.1.192-193]. “Hanging,” “begging,” “starving,” “dying” are all very extreme ramifications that Juliet’s parents will give to her if she does not
Different Aspects of Familial Love in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet At the time Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, familial love was very different to what we know it as today. Parents did not have a close relationship with their children. A nurse was often hired by the upper classes to breast feed their children because it was not accepted in polite society. Fathers often arranged marriages for their daughters, who would usually only be about twelve or thirteen years old, Marriages often lacked love.
he wasn't motivated in school until Grill handed out the journals and he became more interested in writing in them and opened up a lot more. He grew to see that education was more important in life than sticking with his own and fighting. He learn to grow a lot of respect to Mrs. Gruwell and to others. In the movie it shows him that he sells drugs for another person to make a living Mrs. Gruwell confronts him and tells him that she believes in him and she knows he can do so much better. So as Andre realizes that Mrs. Gruwell cares about him he begins to better himself and become a better student.
Scene 2 Act 1:Paris asked Capulet if it would be all right if he could marry Juliet. Capulet is not sure because Juliet is so young, however he ends up agreeing with Paris. Capulet invites Paris to the feast. He sends off the guest list with a servant, that can’t read the names. He meets Romeo and Benvolio and asks them for help. Romeo noticed that the list had Rosaline on it, so he dared to go to the feast to meet with her. Benvolio again suggests to Romeo that he should forget Rosaline, he again refuses.
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 naïve to decide on her future. They are arranging her marriage for her, which implies that men were 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.
In William Shakespeare’s tragic play Romeo and Juliet, two young lovers from opposing households make impetuous decisions which ultimately lead to the suicide of both lovers (Romeo and Juliet). Juliet, one lover, has mentors that fail her in the play because of their ignorance of her emotional needs and growing independence as a teenager. These mentors are Juliet’s former wet nurse and guardian, the Nurse, Juliet’s mother, Lady Capulet, and Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet.