Romeo And Juliet Cultural Analysis

Cultural Influences Behind Morality
Morality. Is it the same for you and me? Is it the same across the world as it is here? Does culture affect morality? Specifically looking at the play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, you find many examples of exactly this.
Right off the bat when you open the book to Act I, Scene I, you find an instance where culture has indeed had an impact on the ideas of law enforcement. In this scene, a dispute breaks out in Verona. Swords are drawn and a fight starts. The act that resulted from this incident was just a warning to issued to everyone involved. If this event had happened in a modern day situation, punishments would have been handed out in a much harsher manner. Something along the

lines of jail time could have been issued
Another cultural difference I noticed was how weddings are arranged. In Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet marries Juliet a way to to Paris. Right now in the United States, that scenario would practically never occur However, in the time period where Romeo and Juliet was set, it was much more common.
There are also many examples of morality being affected by different modern-day cultures. One place where you can see a major case of this is from child labor laws. Some countries have kids working at extremely young ages. At least they seem extremely young in the eyes of most U.S. citizens who are accustomed to kids not starting work until they reach the age of sixteen.