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Parents' Roles in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet were set in Verona, where two families are enemies;
they are enemies due to an ‘ancient grudge’ which has been powerful
enough to keep the two lovers apart. The Montague’s’ son Romeo falls
in love with the Capulet’s daughter Juliet. Both Romeo and Juliet come
from a society filled with hatred and fighting. Neither of the lovers
can confront their parents, as they do not have a close relationship
and have trouble communicating. However they both confront their
carers as they help them through their lives. Romeo has Friar Lawrence
and Juliet has 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
Romeo’s cousin to find out what is bothering Romeo. Lord Capulet is
the father of Juliet; he is a very domineering character who cannot
control his actions fully. He is an inadequate parent as he does not
communicate with her well, and he does not give her any independence,
he forces her to marry Paris when she does not want to, when she says
she will not marry him, Lord Capulet is aggressive. The only thing
Juliet can do is say that she will meet him and see what she thinks of
him, but she has no intentions of falling in love with him as she is
in love with Romeo; she is unable to let her father know as he will
not approve of...
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...onclusion Romeo and Juliet are both affected by the disease
of Verona as the ‘ancient grudge’ between the families has caused
Romeo and Juliet to take their lives; partly due to the inadequate
parenting from Lord and Lady Capulet and Lord and Lady Montague. They
both have an adequate carer who is forced into taking the main roles
as the parents. Romeo and Juliet tried to fight the disease of Verona
and the hatred society but could no longer lake the fighting, hatred
and the secrets. In the end both families lost their beloved only
children, which made them forget the hatred and remember the “two star
crossed lovers.” The moral of the story is if you love moderately,
have an open relationship, not just with your partner but also with
your family and your love is strong you will have a good life with joy
and love.
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Equally to Capulet in “Romeo and Juliet”, the father in “Her Father” is also a caring and loving character. He is “at hand” when his daughter meets her date. This indicates to the reader that the father is protective of ...
Friar Lawrence plays an integral part in the action and plot of Romeo and Juliet by secretly marrying them, and giving Juliet the idea to fake her own death. Romeo and Juliet meet in the Friar’s cell for their marriage and the Friar says, “Come, come with me…For, by your leaves you shall not stay alone, Till Holy Church incorporate two in one.”(II.vi.35-37). The Friar marries the two in hopes “to turn [their] households rancor to pure love”(II.iii.99). The Friar is the binding power between Romeo and Juliet, by helping them be together. Without the Friar, Romeo and Juliet would have a difficult time trying to meet in secret with each other, but because of him, they are able to get married. Ultimately, the Friar’s wishes of ending the feud between the Montagues and Capulets are fulfilled, but the reason of their reconciliation being the death of their children. The deaths of Romeo ...
Anna Freud, the founder of child psychoanalysis, once said, “It is only when parental feelings are ineffective or too ambivalent or when the mother's emotions are temporarily engaged elsewhere that children feel lost” (“Anna Freud”). In this case, the children, Romeo and Juliet, get lost and confused, leading to their ultimate deaths. While they cannot live without each other, they also cannot live with each other either, since they end up dying together from all the conflicts piling on top on each other. Since Romeo and Juliet do not really have any parental influence in their lives, they do not know how resolve their conflict of star-crossed love. Due to miscommunication, conflicting viewpoints between parents and adolescents, and a lack of involvement in their children’s lives, Shakespeare shows through Romeo and Juliet that adults are ineffective in saving their children’s lives.
Youth and family play a big role in this tragic story. "Shakespeare delineates the hold of the patriarchal family on its children" (Kahn 18). This statement is true both then and now. Parents and elders will always have a hold on the children, but only to a certain extent. The two "noble" families of the play feel control and protection over both Juliet and Romeo; yet in the end, the only effect they have on the two lovers is that they have pushed them to the drastic measure of self-slaughter.
The play Romeo and Juliet is a widely known tragedy written by Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet features two rival families and their children. When a daughter of Capulet and son of Montague meet at a party, sparks immediately fly. However, because of their family rivalry, they married in secret, and were happy. That is until things took a turn for the worse.
In William Shakespeare's “Romeo And Juliet” Romeo is the main character. He is Montague's son. Which means he is the son of his loves enemy, the Capulets. Romeo is very depressed, he is very negative, impulsive, anxious, emotional, and he is a rebel. Romeo is stupid if he would have taken it slow and not rushed things with Juliet they might still be alive. Due to Romeo and Juliet's mad love for eachother, and their families hatred towards each other they died.
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 Relationship Between Parents and Children Presented in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is seen as one of the most familiar of his plays. It is set in Verona, a city. in Rome.
An ancient grudge and parents too blinded by hatred to break it, bear the ultimate blame for the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence was just attempting to mend the rift between two households. Nurse desired to make Juliet happy. The parents were selfish and could not get over their enmity with each other, and their children suffered the repercussing consequences. Bombarded by the indecision of all, Romeo and Juliet were free-spirited, love-struck, and young. Sadly it was their deaths, not love or marriage that finally brought the two houses together and Verona peace.
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 Romeo and Juliet, the Capulets demonstrate an authoritarian parenting style. They exhibit this style of parenting during many scenes throughout the play. Some of the instances where the Capulets distribute authoritarian parenting are before the Capulet party, while talking about Paris, and during the discussion of the marriage of Paris and Juliet.
The Nurse’s job is take care of Juliet and raise her; however, upon learning that Juliet is romantically involved with their family’s enemy, she doesn’t provide any form of counsel to Juliet.” I must another way, To fetch a ladder by the which your love Must climb a bird 's nest soon when its dark.” (2.5.77-79). The Nurse aides Romeo by telling him a way to Juliet’s room showing her approval of the relationship. She did not provide any form of counsel to Juliet or inform Capulet or Lady Capulet about Juliet’s relationship. Due to the fact that the Nurse does not do her job and doesn’t tell Juliet to end her relationship with Romeo, it caused this ill-fated relationship to continue. To add to the issue, the Nurse later betrays Juliet when Juliet begs her for help. “I think you are happy in this second match, For it excels your first, or, if it did not, Your first is dead, or 'twere as good he were, As living here and you no use of him.” (3.5.226-238). The Nurse goes against her previous actions and expects Juliet to forget about Romeo by dispraising him. Juliet wants to remain faithful to her husband and this betrayal along with Capulet’s ultimatum causes Juliet to act hastily and want to die if she wasn’t with
This is made very noticeable to us and quite clear to us in Act one
woman that he was in love with. Both long after the unattainable, Romeo knows he