Examples Of Discrimination In Romeo And Juliet

This Shakespearean play is a playground for discrimination. It is carelessly used as entertainment pieces of the story, alongside some more serious issues characters have. Discrimination is unfair treatment of people, and includes many subcategories such as sexism, homophobism, racism, and ageism. Though modern-day discrimination is different from the kind used in Romeo and Juliet, it can be similar because of obliviousness and a need for respect or power. Power is a tricky thing to possess. People are capable of many things with it, and this is what often leads to fights and wars- or even feuds. The Capulets and the Montagues are so obsessed with hating each other for juvenile reasons, they don’t realize the magnitude and importance of paying attention to their children. Attention is valuable, but the timing and who it is directed towards makes a difference. Perhaps these

iv. 94-101, 133-134). It isn’t always something people do consciously, but they often will judge someone on the way he/she looks, how age has affected looks, and gender. This is exactly what Romeo and his friends are doing. A contrast to discrimination today is the way people react to whom a character’s family is. Family isn’t as prominent of a factor in judging people in modern society, but it does still occur (e.g. The Kardashians, family of Bill Gates, or families in the Westborough Baptist Church). Two forms of current-society discrimination which don’t appear in Romeo and Juliet are racism and homophobia. These are not applicable to the story because it doesn’t give enough information to create a solid view. Romeo and Juliet helps to prove discrimination has always existed, even though it has affected many different people throughout