Romeo And Juliet's Relationship

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Let us first examine the relationship between Romeo and his parents and what their actions reveal. We learn, at the beginning of the play, that both Lord and Lady Montague share a deep concern for the welfare of their son. At the end of the brawl between the two feuding families, lady Montague desperately asks about her son's whereabouts. She asks Benvolio: O, where is Romeo? Saw you him to-day? Right glad I am he was not at this fray. Lord Montague makes it clear that he has been observing his son, taking notice of what he’s been doing. The acts of a father that cares. He talked about how Romeo had been keeping to himself for the most part, closing his curtains, residing in his room, and how he has seen him crying. He shows concern for his …show more content…

It is clear that the relationship between Juliet and her parents has broken down irrevocably. Even though Lady Capulet tries to intervene, it is to no avail. Lord Capulet threatens to disown Juliet if she does not do as he commands and her mother, subservient to her husband, is forced, at this point, to also reject her daughter. It is this dramatic altercation which eventually forces Juliet's hand and leads to the tragic series of events culminating in her, Romeo and Paris' deaths. It is clear, however, that both Lord and Lady Capulet love their daughter, for they enquire after her well-being. Lady Capulet still seeks some kind of appeasement from Juliet when she later offers to assist her - a request which is disdainfully rejected by Juliet. A further show of their love is provided at the moment that lady Capulet finds Juliet's lifeless body and are both completely torn apart by …show more content…

He falls madly in love with Juliet at first sight. He climbs over the wall into her garden to woo her in the famous balcony scene. Though she is very young and has been docile and obedient up to this time, she falls madly in love with him and agrees to marry him on very slight acquaintance. It is inevitable that their recklessness, motivated by young love, will create problems. They fall madly in love because they are young, and their love creates problems because they are young, inexperienced, passionate, reckless, abandoned. They not only encounter problems they can't cope with because of their youth, but their passionate involvement with each other prevents them from thinking and behaving rationally. Their deaths seem to come as an inevitable conclusion to their star-crossed relationship; it couldn''t end any other

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