Have you ever just thought what the heck are my parents thinking, there is no way I'm listening to them? I know I have and I think you probably have to. Its because our parents aren’t always right. There are always those times when your parents are going to be wrong, I mean they're only human. And sometime you're not gonna want to obey them, even though most of the time you should listen. And there are many reasons for that and I’m sure you could think of more but here are the ones I got from Romeo and Juliet. There are three main reasons I can think of for why you shouldn’t obey your parents; if they want you to do something that could cause harm to you, if they ask you to do something that you are unable to do, or if they want you to follow a plan or something that they want you to do not something that would make you happy.
To start, the first reason that you shouldn’t always obey your parents is if they want you to do something that could harm you or someone else. Some parents encourage their kids to do thing that are not right, maybe because the was they grew up. They may encourage them to bully other kids, drink, do drugs, or other bad choices. In Act III scene v. page 889 line 219-225 they don’t necessarily want her to do something that is harmful to herself but something that makes her want to harm herself. Its when Nurse tells her she should marry Paris and forget about Romeo,something that he parents agree with, beside the Romeo thing! “I think it best you marry with the county. O, hes a lovely gentleman! Romeo’s dishclout to him. An eagle, madam. Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye as Paris hath. Beshrew my very heart,. I think you are happy in this second match. For it excels your first.” This is Nurse trying ...
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...all about him, the man he has picked out, the work he has done, the thanks he deserves. hes not thinking about Juliet at all, or if she is going to be happy with Paris. Which]ch is odd because at the beginning of the play he wants Paris to win her over so that she can be happy. So that is the final reason that you shouldn't always listen to your parents is if they want something for themselves and not for you.
Clearly,there are three reasons that you shouldn’t always listen to your parents. The first is if they want you to do something that could cause you or others harm The second is if they ask you to do something you are literally unable to do. And the last is if they want you to do something that would make them happy not you. Obviously, there are some situations when you shouldn’t obey what you parents say.
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is warning that teenagers should not rebel to their parents because teenager’s choice are often not the best choices as they think. The fate forces Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt and Mercutio to their death, and forces Paris to not marry with Juliet because they all disobeys to their parents or parental figures who have more attitude than them. They try
he seems to feel that that he should take care of Juliet and be civil
Juliet is young and still eager to please her parents. She is only thirteen in the beginning the idea of
He holds a party at the very beginning of the story and some Montagues show up including Romeo and he lets them stay. If he would have been responsible and kicked Romeo out, the two would have never met and fallen in love. Soon after the party the two lovebirds get married and a few days later Juliet's father says he has some news to share with his daughter. He called her over to tell her that he has arranged a wedding for her and the county Paris and she is immediately devastated. Juliet refuses to marry Paris and her dad goes bezerk over her response and gives her a lecture about how she will follow the rules and to soon be married on Thursday to the county
This Juliet says after her flamboyant and frequently absent mother makes it known to her that she must watch Paris, the man who they intend for her. This is in order to decide whether or not she will marry him. Her immediate obedience in the matter is an issue which soo...
These two scenes introduce Paris as Capulet's pick for Juliet's husband and, more broadly, establish the theme of parental influence over a child's happiness. In the last scene, it was shown how the hatred Capulet and Montague bear for each other flows down to affect the rest of their households and results in violent conflict, but here the influence is more subtle and mundane. Paris is a nobleman and a worthy choice to be Juliet's husband; there is no reason why she should not want to marry him. Capulet himself defers to her ability to choose for herself ("My will to her consent is but a part"), but his power to force her into a marriage if he feels it necessary is implicitly present. It is significant that Paris speaks to Juliet's father before he ever shows her any indication of his feelings, and apparently before he even gets to know her particularly well. Lady Capulet, for her part, offers her entire support to her husband's plan for their daughter, and begins to put pressure on Juliet to think about Paris as a husband before Juliet begins to think about marriage at all on her own. Juliet even says to Lady Capulet in scene 3 how important her influence is to her in this matter: "I'll look to like, looking liking move; / But no more deep will I endart mine eye / Than your consent gives strength to make it fly.
In the beginning of the play, Juliet was quick to comply to her parents orders when her mother called, she was quick to say, “What is your will”(I.iii.8) and follow her mother’s instructions. Even later, when Lady Capulet instructs Juliet to marry Paris, she states, “your consent gives strength”(I.iii.103) without challenging her mother’s statement. It is important for Juliet to be compliant towards her parents demands. By supporting her parents, Juliet is reinforcing her loyalty towards the Capulets and her family. Once Juliet meets Romeo, this ideology is quick to change. When Capulet tells Juliet that she must marry Paris or else she will be disowned after, she has met Romeo she snaps back at her family by saying he will not make her her a “joyful bride” (III.iiiii.117). Juliet’s rapid change in attitude then leads her to seek help in Friar Lawrence so she can be with Romeo. Through the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet has become an independent and rebellious character who would do anything, to be with her one true
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).
In Document B, “Think of marriage now”, Juliet tells her mother “ … no more deep will I endart mine eye / Than your consent gives strength to make it fly.” Juliet is telling Lady Capulet that she will only marry the person that her parents approve of. Juliet acts as if she will do what her parents say,which is why they do not take her seriously when Juliet says she does not want to marry Paris and force her to marry him, which drives Juliet to kill herself. Furthermore, Juliet also does not give her parents a reason to why she suddenly changed her mind about marrying paris. Juliet told her parent “ Delay this marriage for a month, a week…” When Juliet says to delay the marriage she does not tell her parents why she wanted to wait, because she did not give a valid reason her parents though she was just being difficult and thought Juliet would get over it and marry Paris. This resulted in Juliet faking her own death, which lead to Romeo and Juliet to take their own lives. Juliet is to blame because she acted as if she had no voice in the decisions that were made for her , causes her parent to overlook her opinion, Juliet also does not communicate why she does not want to marry Paris, which would have resulted in her parents to at least hear her
Paris is talking with Capulet, and saying that Juliet’s age should not stop her father from being married off, “Younger than she are happy mothers made” (1.2.12). Paris's argument to not wait for his and Juliet’s marriage is that there are many girls who are even younger than Juliet who are married and have already started a family. Juliet’s age puts her in a place where she is expected to contribute a child. This may be why she was in such a rush to get married to Romeo. Marriage of her choosing to Romeo prevents the marriage against her will to Paris. The influence placed on Juliet by her family is itself shaped by expectations of Juliet’s age group. When Juliet tells her father she does not wish to marry Paris, her father replies harshly commenting on her reasoning being due to her age, “A whining mammot, in her fortune’s tender/To answer I’ll not wed, I cannot love,/I am too young, I pray you pardon me” (3.5.185-187). Juliet’s father lacks empathy for Juliet’s position, and so continues to hold the high expectations that are required of her because of her age. Juliet never told her father she would not wed because of her age or her inability to love, so perhaps her father is projecting his guilt as he knows it is unreasonable to expect marriage and children from her when she is still so young and innocent. Juliet’s young age affects her maturity, which consequently influence the drastic and impulsive choices she made. When the Nurse agrees with Juliet’s parents about her marrying Paris, Juliet loses the one confidant she had. She depended heavily on the Nurse’s advice, as she herself lacked such wisdom. Her lack of maturity led her to make hasty decisions-choosing death as the easier way out, “Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain/I’ll too the friar, to know his remedy:/If all else fail, myself have power to die”
Juliet's biological parents, in particular, do not play the role of guides or role models, as any parent should; Romeo's parents are very seldom discussed. Instead, Juliet's parents are deceptive. Juliet's father is deliberately deceiving her by making Juliet believe that she is going to choose her own husband when he has already chose the County Paris and is attempting to get Juliet to fall for him. He says to the County, "But woo her gentle Paris, get her heart. My will to her consent is but a part and she agreed within her scope of choice, lies my consent and fair according voice." This implies that Juliet is na?ve and blind. This deception by her father leads to a control factor in that her parents are controlling her. An example of the amount of control they have over Juliet is the arranged marriage they are forcing onto Juliet and how she has to resort to faking her own death to get out of it. Juliet is very smart and brave to do this. Death is the only way out of it for Juliet because if she remains alive, her parents will severely punish her for disobeying them and continue on with the wedding, regardless. This is an example of the conditional love they hold for Juliet. If she disobeys them, she is heavily punished and still has to do what she is told out of spite. If she abides by her parents' wishes like she does when she pretends to agree to marry Paris and apologizes to her father, she is loved and praised. Juliet's parents, more so than Romeo's, are poor examples as parents because of deceptive and controlling attitudes and the conditional love they present to Juliet.
The audience’s first impression of Juliet however, is through her interaction with her mother (Lady Capulet) and the Nurse. From the Nurse’s remarks, the audience learns that Juliet is thirteen and “Come Lammas-eve at night shall [Juliet turn] fourteen” (Act I.3.18-9). As Juliet enters the presence of her mother and the Nurse, Shakespeare portrays Juliet as a very faithful daughter. When summoned by the Nurse, Juliet comes promptly then responds politely to her mother “Madam, I am here, what is your will?” (Act I.3.7). When Juliet refers to her mother as ‘madam” (Act I.3.7), the audience also gets the impression of Juliet being compliant to her elder’s wishes. This can be observed when her mothe...
Because of miscommunication, Romeo and Juliet’s parents are not informed of their teenager’s conflicts, therefore making them useless. An example of miscommunication between the adults and adolescents is when Romeo locks himself in his room depressed. Lord Montague is deeply concerned about Romeo’s seclusive ways, saying he is “to himself, so secret”. Lord and Lady Montague want to “learn from whence his sorrows grow” so they can help him with his troubles (I.i.155-163). Because Romeo alienates himself from his parents, not telling them he is heartbroken from Rosaline, his parents do not know why he is upset. If he would have had told his parents of his recent heartbreak, the Montague’s could have helped him resolve this issue. However, this does not happen and the parents end up being futile. While it is not the Montague’s fault that Romeo does not ...
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.
Why do teenagers rebel against their parents? Teenagers rebel against their parents because they lack their parents’ love and they start to build up resentment. (Bucknell) As they are growing up, they are developing their minds and trying to adapt to their surroundings. Despite some negative thoughts about teens, many create their sense of rebellion due to the lack of ideal parents. They begin to think for themselves and go down the wrong path without the right guidance. For instance, without the right guidance the teenager feels that they are the adults in every situation and they know what is right and what is wrong. They begin to develop habits that will later lead to unsuccessful situations. During teenage years, many are going through