The Role Of Rebellion In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Why are teens so rebellious? Teens have been observed to be very defiant, often directing this energy to their parents. But will being disobedient actually turn them into better people? I say it will, because it is a necessary step in developing their identity to a large extent: they don’t want to be seen as children anymore, they don’t always have the same views as their parents do, and rebelling against social norms leads to better decision making, later in their lives.

Personally, I don’t want to be seen as a child for much longer, and I know that other teens share the same feeling. Rebelling plays a drastic role in helping us shed off that skin, which is why it is so necessary. Rebellion is a “process through which a child rejects that

In Source C, Capulet mentions how he had found a man of “noble parentage, fair demesnes, youthful, stuffed with honorable parts, etc.” (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Act 3, Scene 5, Lines 180-182). He also states, “proportioned as one’s thought would wish a man” (Source C, Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Act 3, Scene 5, Line 183). We can conclude that he thinks that anyone would view Paris as the ideal husband, and for that reason, Juliet should think of Paris the same way. But when she doesn’t want to marry him, Capulet gets frustrated with her. It isn’t Juliet’s fault, because Capulet is forcing her to think the same way he does, and doesn’t even ask her side of the story for why she refuses to marry him. Another example is the cartoon (Source E, Scott, Jerry, and Jim Duncan), when Jeremy asks for advice from his mother, she says it is what “she would have suggested”. He later tells his girlfriend to “blame his mom”, when asked what he was wearing. It shows that we as teens should have the judgement ourselves to know what we want to wear and do, not what our parents think. If Jeremy had taken his own gut feeling, and rebelled if his mother intervened, he wouldn’t be humiliated by his