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Examples Of Miscommunication In Romeo And Juliet

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Miscommunication Can Be Deadly Miscommunication is the root of misunderstanding what people want in their daily life. In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, many of the characters do not communicate thoroughly resulting in a tragic incident happening to them. The lack of clarifying their wishes, and requests, refusing to say what is happening in their lives, as well as judging things too soon is what causes the tragedies to happen. In Romeo and Juliet, the failure to communicate properly is the reason for the tragedies to happen in this play. The lack of clarification of Juliet’s desire lead Nurse, and Capulet to assumptions of what she wants. After Nurse comes back from searching for Romeo around town to deliver him messages from …show more content…

Marry come up, I trow; Is this the poultice for my aching bones? Henceforward do your messages yourself. Here’s such a coil! Come what says Romeo? … Go, I’ll to dinner, hie you to the cell. (2.5.54-77) Since Nurse went off topic multiple times during their conversation, it is a failure of being assertive and getting right to the point of the topic. Capulet is reluctant to allow Juliet to marry Paris, but later on when Juliet did not express her feelings about Romeo and her marriage with Romeo, it allowed them to be opposed of Juliet’s feelings and enforced Juliet to marry Paris. She tells her mother that she does not want to be married; “Now by Saint Peter’s Church and Peter too, He shall not make me there a joyful bride.” (Shakespeare 3.5.116-117). Capulet is now irritated by Juliet’s obedience that he curses her

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She is trying to warn her that a man will be nothing but a problem, which in the end was the cause for her demise, she also wants Juliet to be blissful saying things to comfort her like “Hie to your chamber I’ll find Romeo to comfort you” (Shakespeare 887). Sadly though her mother, Lady Capulet should know everything that there is about her daughter; she should know how old she is and her innermost feelings. However, Lady Capulet identifies neither. Early on in Act 1, Lady Capulet is unsure of Juliet's age and the Nurse has an extended speech in which she enlightens to Juliet's mother how she knows how old Juliet is better than her mother does. In a Scholastic article they translated the scene into modern English Lady Capulet was still forcing Juliet to marry Paris and as it said in modern English” Read his face like a diary, and tell me if you like what's written there.”

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This exchange of information shows that the nurse wants Romeo to know how Juliet feels because she wants them to stay together. Later, when Juliet is convinced that she is in love with Romeo, the nurse tells her she made the wrong choice. She says, “Well, you have made a simple choice; you know how to/ choose a man: Romeo! / ... he is not the flower of courtesy” (40). The nurse is now saying that she thinks Juliet made the wrong choice choosing Romeo and she should have chosen her family's recommendation, Paris.

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The Nurse believes that Juliet is not fully grown to be married as she said “She’s not fourteen” (18). Her age has proven that she’s not mature enough to become a wife and indeed that she won’t be able to act or talk like an adult. And because at such young age, 13, it’s obvious to the maid of house Capulet to act innocent, especially in her response during the conversation about her marriage. Juliet replied to her mom obediently “I’ll look to like, if looking liking move” (Shakespeare 21) about the man that she’s going to marry without hesitation. She don’t even considered whether that man would be a good selection or not.

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Lady Capulet and the Nurse weren’t being understanding or supporting either, which caused her to go to Friar Lawrence. Lord Capulet wanted Juliet to marry Paris so the Capulet’s status would increase since now they would be part of

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If communication is interpreted unclear or the info is not direct it can come out wrong and be taken the wrong way. When people can’t understand the information it can lead to conflict. Miscommunication can happen by accident or on purpose depending on what's happening in the scene. In the play one of the characters Juliet, has a mentor.

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Capulet believes that the marrying Paris will allow Juliet to gain “...you share all that he doth possess”,wealth, and increase her social standing. Although Lady Capulet's actions may seem selfish she feels that she is truly acting in Juliet's best interest, as happiness in her eyes is equated to wealth and material possessions. Although both the Nurse and Lady Capulet want Juliet happiness the way they view happiness is different. The Nurse on the other hand, believes that marriage should be based on true love not on what can be gained. The Nurse wishes the best for Juliet and tells her to, Go, girl, seek happy nights to happy days (I.iii. 107), giving her permission to be with a man that she loves.

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Since she is shut down, she cannot shield Juliet from his threats. After having no power for so long the Nurse starts to give in to Lord Capulet. She thinks the easy way out, marrying Paris, is the right choice when she knows better than anyone that the only way Juliet will be happy is being with Romeo. Juliet responds to the nurse’s suggestion of marrying Paris agreeingly when she is really heartbroken and feels the nurse was disloyal. Once the nurse leaves, Juliet forcefully

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Romeo and Juliet are brought together as a consequence of a misunderstanding. Specifically, the confusion starts with the messenger. Capulet’s servant unknowingly invites Romeo to Capulet’s masquerade as he asks Romeo, “can you read?”(1.2.60). Given that the servant asks Romeo if he can read, it can be inferred that the servant is illiterate. This event contributes to the theme of miscommunication In a similar vein to the mistakes made by the servant, Romeo and Juliet are united by a misunderstanding that Romeo has after speaking with Mercutio.

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That makes Juliet concerned because she likes Romeo. First, he tells Juliet to marry Paris which she doesn’t want to happen. This is found in Act 3 scene 5. Second, Lord Capulet rages at Juliet when he notices that she doesn’t want to marry Paris. He then tells Juliet that he will never see her again.

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When people communicate poorly--or not at all--the lack of knowledge or understanding that results can cause unfortunate consequences and disastrous tragedies such as heartbreak--or even death. This is distinctly noticeable throughout the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and the twenty-first century today. In Act III, Scene Five of the play, Lady Capulet finds Juliet weeping in her quarters. When she asks Juliet why she is crying, Juliet simply states: “Madam, I am not well.” Lady Capulet takes this as a sign that Juliet is weeping over her cousin’s death, even though Juliet neither affirms nor denies that she cries for Tybalt.

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Communication is needed when working out problems in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and “Effective Communication” by Lawrence Robinson. The characters in Romeo and Juliet need to listen to each other

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(Act I, Scene III, Line 53) This is insensitive of her because Nurse took care of her daughter and is recounting memories of her development as a person, and Lady Capulet waves this all away in her bore of what makes Juliet truly

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Romeo and Juliet’s marriages were important as they were the only child of their families. This may be the cause of the tension between juliet and her parents relationship. Juliet’ mother is not a caring mother. The nurse was the one who raised juliet hence, Juliet’s mother still treats Juliet like a child and did not get to spend more time with Juliet as much as the nurse did. Juliet probably finds the nurse more mother-like than her own mother.

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Communication is always crucial for the success and happiness in relationships. However, when done wrong, it usually results in failure. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, poor communication causes characters to make bad decisions that lead to the tragic end of Romeo and Juliet. Poor communication between the characters is found by keeping secrets, which prevents the revealing of truth and through assumption in which characters do not try to find the truth. As the play progresses it becomes evident that poor communication has negative impacts on the story causing the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

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