Comparing relationships in Romero and Juliet and Great Expectations.

When Juliet inevitable meets and marries Romeo, her personality drastically changes. She develops a rebellious and independent attitude. After Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt’s death, the whole of the Capulet mansion is grieving, and so Capulet decides to suddenly arrange Juli-et’s wedding to cheer everyone up ‘a sudden day of joy’. What he doesn’t realise is that he is being insensitive to Juliet’s feelings and even his wife, Lady Capulet ‘You are too hot’. Juliet just having stepped into adulthood flatly refuses to marry Paris ‘He shall not make me there a joyful bride’. Capulet hearing is this enraged as Juliet as gone against his desires. He does not understand why Juliet would not want to marry the legible Paris as he had status and money. Juliet’s selfish ways irate him and he threatens to hit her ‘my fingers itch’ the fact that Capulet feels the need to hit his daughter expressions the amount of anger that exists in him. ‘Itch’ meaning uncomfortable sensation indicates that Capulet will not be satisfied at this point until he hits Juliet as he is that shocked as her reply. He also rudely insults Juliet ‘you green-sickness currion’. Further studying Capulet’s speech you notice he uses a lot of rhetorical questions such as ‘How will none?’, perhaps this is because he is so dumbfounded that Juliet refused him and so he is trying to find out why she isn’t following his orders. Capulet forces Juliet to marry Paris, despite her being in love with Romeo. Her father shows complete ignorance for her decision, and tells her to marry Paris or he will never speak to her again. “Get thee to church a’thursday,, or never after look me in the face.” Likewise, Juliet fails to support her father. She knows she is the only child, and is the only cha...

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...n mother, Lady Capulet. For in-teractions between Lady Capulet and Juliet are strained and distant ‘Thou know'st my daughter’s of a pretty age.’ Lady Capulet is portrayed as not a mother but more of a tutor of manners for a Lady and as not having what so ever interest in Juliet other than marrying her off.

Throughout the play The Nurse is immensely talkative, even Lady Caplulet get annoyed ‘enough of this; I pray thee, hold thy peace’. The Nurse’s wild and loud ways are very humorous; perhaps this is one of the reasons why Juliet is so attached to her.

The Nurse usually does what she believes is right or what Juliet wants, like secretly meeting with Romeo and arranging the wedding of Romeo and Juliet. ‘Hence to Friar Laurence' cell;

There stays a husband to make you a wife’ the Nurse plays the role as a messenger between Romeo and Juliet because she is trusted.