“Life is about perspective and how you look at something… Ultimately, you have to zoom out.” Whitney Wolfe Herd. Having different perspectives on a situation can help or harm. In Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, Romeo, Friar Lawrence, and Capulet have different perspectives on how Juliet and Romeo should marry. These varying opinions helped break the feud between the families. First off, Romeo’s perspective on marrying was very quick and not well thought out. “Romeo, ‘O, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied?’ Juliet, ‘What satisfaction canst thou have tonight?’ Romeo, ‘The exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine.’” On the first night of Romeo meeting Juliet, he asked her to exchange wedding vows. Romeo wanted to decide who he would marry even if he had just met them. Romeo’s perspective trickled down to Capulet threatening to disown Juliet. On the other hand, Capulet, Juliet’s father, wanted what was best for his daughter so he would decide how she would marry and not give her a say. “Capulet, ‘Hang thee, young baggage. Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what. Get thee to church a Thursday, Or never after look me in the face.’” Capulet forced Juliet to marry Paris even though Juliet was in love with Romeo. Capulet wants Juliet to do what he thought was best even if …show more content…
“Friar Lawrence, ‘In one respect I'll thy assistant be, For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households' rancor to pure love.’” The friar at first was disappointed that Romeo had fallen in love with another woman but then he realized that marrying the two lovers could cease the feuds between the Montague and the Capulets. The Friar did not marry them because of love, he married them for peace. Unfortunately, the Friar’s plan did work out how he wanted it to, he caused the death of Paris, Juliet, and Romeo, but in the end the families were