Love in Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is set during the Elizabethan period when women had to acquiesce to men. This was known as a patriatical society. It was the time when fathers decided whom their daughters should marry. In the Elizabethan period events such as marriage were more traditional and were taken very seriously as well as the fact that men were more powerful than women. The Elizabethan period was a period of internal peace between the English Reformation and the battles between Protestants and Catholics as well the battles between the Parliament and the Monarchy that repulsed the seventeenth century which relates to the Period that Shakespeare wrote the play because it creates this contrast that people were fighting over reputation for example, Capulet wanting to give his daughter Juliet to a rich and respectable man like Paris rather than someone like Romeo who does not have a reputation in the society. However, In the Elizabethan society men were the ''head of the household'' so the women of the Elizabethan society had no say in anything or anyone as well as not being able to know what the men had been up to because the men were seen as the dominant sex but on the other hand, in the twenty first century the women are mostly controlling the men such as a wife of a footballer. Men that were married were able to masquerade (sleep with another women or cheat) on their own wife's and even if the wife of the husband found out about the situation, she could not have done anything about it. She would either accept the situation or leave the husband but rarely women of the Elizabethan period did that because most of the men in the Elizabethan society were rich. As soon as the play starts, Shakespeare wants the audience to know that there is goin...

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...test flower in the field'' but he hated her before when she was alive. In conclusion, Juliet kills herself to show her love for Romeo and everyone is sad including Capulet. Shakespeare wants us to know that no matter what family's are the most important people in our lives and we should respect their decisions no matter if they are old or young. This play also shows that anything can happen once a person such as Juliet feels guilty for doing nothing, for example, committing suicide. Ultimately, Shakespeare wants the audience to feel the love between Romeo and Juliet. It’s just luck that Paris just ended up between a dramatical love story that ended as a tragedy. It just shows that sometimes a father such as Capulet can make a mistake but owning up to that mistake makes him the bigger man and lets his daughter Juliet know that deep inside he loves her.