William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, shows how two opposite lovers come together even though their identity can get them in trouble. Different types of identity are used. Social class, family affiliation, and gender are all of the identities that are used to effect all of the actions done in this play.
In this time period, girls were treated like property and like nothing. Within Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare loosens the role of the male. If a girl said something that went against a male, then she would most likely be executed. In Act 3 Scene 5, Juliet finds out she has to marry Paris. When she is talking back to her father, this is what she says, “Now, by Saint Peter’s Church and Peter too, He shall not make me there a joyful bride.
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You can identify certain things by how the families react with each other. One example of family identity is when Tybalt finds Romeo at the Capulet party. He tells Lord Capulet but orders him to not mess with him. Responding back to that in Act 1 Scene 5 Page 3, Tybalt says, “Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe, A villain that is hither come in spite To scorn at our solemnity this night.” This shows that the family has respect for each other because when Lord Capulet tells Tybalt not to go after Romeo he didn’t. Tybalt was just trying to look out for his family. If Lord Capulet and Tybalt were not family, the reader could tell. They wouldn’t be talking to each other unless they were fighting. Another identity theme that has to do with family is when Tybalt and Romeo are about to fight. The reader can figure out what family they are both from and how different they are. In Act 3 Scene 1 Page 4 Tybalt says this to Romeo, “ I am for you. (draws his sword)” Tybalt doesn’t know that Romeo got married to Juliet so technically Romeo is now apart of the Capulet family. Romeo was just trying to keep peace between family members. Identity plays a big role in this scene because they can now be identified as the same family now. Family identity shows that though good and bad times a reader could still figure out which character belongs to which
Did you know that Romeo and Juliet was one of the biggest love story of all time. Romeo and Juliet is a story of two star-crossed lovers from two families the Capulets and the Montagues. The Capulets and the Montague had a big fight that made the families very angry at each other. Romeo and Juliet decide to get married. The two couple marry and run away. In the process both of them will die. When it comes to Romeo and Juliet who are the top three people that caused the two to die. The two people that are chosen are Friar Lawrence and Lady Capulet. Friar was chosen because he is the one that married Romeo and Juliet. Lady Capulet was chosen because she is forcing Juliet to marry Paris which is making Juliet want Romeo even more. The third thing
In the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, a quintessential pair of teens fall in love, but their fate ends in misfortune. The pair falls in love in a time where women are seen as unimportant and insignificant. In spite of this, Romeo breaks the boundaries of male dominance and shows a more feminine side. Throughout the play, there is an interesting depiction of gender roles that is contrary to the society of the time period.
Many times in this play and in today's time, women are perceived to be fragile and submissive while men are seen as dominant, sinewy people. To illustrate, “Where I have learned me to repent the sin/ Of disobedient opposition/ To you and your behests, and am enjoined/ By holy Lawrence to fall prostrate here/ To beg your pardon. (falls to her knees)” (III.v.14-18). Juliet is showing how another adult told her to fall on her knees and beg for her father’s forgiveness for just giving her opinion on marriage earlier in the
Capulet's Treatment of Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet During the time that Shakespeare was writing Romeo and Juliet, the roles of people in society and the family were very different. Men were superior to women in every way; the father had full control over every aspect of his marriage and family. Children, especially girls, would have been expected to everything their father bid them – from chores to marrying a suitable husband. Men controlled every aspect of his family. He also owned everything his wife owned.
Explained in Depth: My Photo Essay In Act 1, Scene 1, another fight breaks out between the Capulets and the Montagues. It states in the Prologue: “From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,” –Prologue, Line 3.
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
Many people think that society has changed so much over the years. That the way that children act, has taken a turn for the worst, but in reality children are learning from their ancestors. Children are lying to their parents, they are sneaking out at night to be with a boy that is “the one”, children are going back into the age of Shakespeare. In the play “Romeo and Juliet” which was written by William Shakespeare in 1597, there are two teenagers, Romeo and Juliet, who fall in love with each other. These two teenagers try to do everything that they can to live the rest of their lives together, except their families despise each other, so there is no way that they can live the rest of their lives together. So, many people believe that the way that our children are growing up today is taking away the fun parts of their childhood. However in this play Juliet did many of the things that teenagers are trying to do now. Children and sometimes adults now need to realize how your actions not only affect you but also the people around you, you also need to think about the consequences of the actions you make. At first Juliet falls in love at first sight with Romeo, then she takes a potion, which causes her family to think she is dead, and then how Friar Lawrence helps Juliet with the scheming, which shows how adults have to think about others as well.
Considerable expectations are placed on Juliet due to her gender. As a female, Juliet was expected to marry the man of her family’s choosing, granting her no control over her future. Capulet and County Paris discuss whether Juliet is fit to be a bride. Although age plays a factor in this decision, Capulet is deciding his daughter’s fate based on the expected gender roles of her being the sole female daughter of the family, “ She hath not seen the change of fourteen years;/Let two more summers wither in their pride/
Juliet’s arranged marriage with Paris, as well as the ancient feud between Capulets and Montagues, eventually contributed to the deaths of their children. 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 nave to decide on her future. They are arranging her marriage for her, which implies that men are 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.
Considerable expectations are placed on Juliet due to her gender. As a female, Juliet is expected to marry the man of her family’s choosing, granting her no control over her future. Capulet and County Paris discuss whether Juliet is fit to be a bride. Although age plays a factor in this decision, Capulet is deciding his daughter’s fate based on the expected gender roles of her being the sole female daughter of the family, “ She hath not seen the change of fourteen years;/Let two more summers wither in their pride/ Ere we
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare, is set in Verona where two families, Montague and Capulet, have a long feud between them. This conflict causes a dilemma for the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet that are secretly married, and they take their lives to be together. Romeo, a Montague, is a teenage boy that in the beginning of the play, loves Rosaline and he is depressed because she doesn’t love him back. After talking to Mercutio, Romeo’s friend, he goes to a Capulet’s party and falls in love with the daughter of Lord Capulet, Juliet, and they secretly get married. By the end of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo’s quality of being naïve and kills himself after him being heartbroken over Juliet’s supposed death. His quality
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy of an ancient feud where the children of two families at war fall deeply in love with each other. Set in the 16th century William Shakespeare’s play has many different themes running throughout it, which include love, hate, death and conflict. The play opens with a fight but ends with suicide that creates peace between both families who unite from their losses. The conflict, violence and aggression in the play happen from revenge and an ancient family grudge. An audience from the 16th century would have enjoyed Romeo and Juliet because of the real life drama and tragedy the play goes through. The patriarchal society gave women absolutely no rights and they had to obey their man’s ordering a patriarchal system. The theme of conflict is revealed as the characters argue over Juliet’s disobedience.
Conflict is one of the most destructive things in on earth and in this essay I shall try to explain how, Romeo and Juliet demonstrate the destructive power of conflict upon Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a play about two feuding households over an ancient grudge which neither house can even recall, but they still fight and hate and make no peace in the streets of Verona. In this world is where Romeo and Juliet meet that is the world in which were all types of conflict unfold and no one in this play with a name is safe from its reach as you will see. In this essay I shall write about four main types of conflict that appear in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Person vs Person, Person vs society, Person versus self and finally Person vs Fate.
Everyone is to blame for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo, Juliet, Friar Laurence, and Romeo and Juliet’s parents all played their own role in causing the four deaths of Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, and Paris. It is not just one of them to blame, every one of them did something to cause the tragedy. Some of them played a bigger role than others, but everyone contributed. Fate had nothing to do with it and it was all the different characters faults. Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence’s rash decisions where the main cause of the tragedy.
The love that Romeo and Juliet share for each other undoubtedly opposes social conventions, and the simple fact that they are from different rival families immensely complicate their relationship. Despite that, together, to make the relationship work, they overlook the entrenched social rules and defy social conformities.