All choices made for females were made by the parents within the household. A parent’s job was to make sure their daughter was well taken care of by someone who can support them financially; along with their future family. Verona’s traditional views on marriage and raising children to affect Juliet negatively as it limits her future.
Marriage is defined as; a legal union between man and wife, however, there are two ideas of the basis of marriage; First, being a union based on love, and second, a union arranged by the family. In Verona, marriage was a tradition all young ladies must give into. It was a commitment between two people in a union between two families. The importance of marriage was to carry on the family name and tradition.
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An arranged marriage was based on monetary worth and finding a husband who can support you financially. Paris is a handsome, wealthy, young man, who is related to Prince Escales. He continually asked for Juliet’s hand in marriage because he was devoted to having her as a wife. Lord Capulet and Lady Capulet accepted him to be the husband of Juliet because they know he would be able to support her financially. Juliet does not want to marry Paris because she is secretly already married to Romeo; who she met at the Capulet ball. Lord Capulet and Lady Capulet are unaware of the marriage because if they were to find out about the secret union between a Montague and Capulet, Juliet would be disowned by both parents and she would have disgraced the family name, due to an ancient feud between both families. Children were expected to obey the choices parents made for them, if the child did not obey the choices that have been made, consequences would occur “And you be mine, I'll give you to my friend; [...] An you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets (3.5.191 -193) Lord Capulet threatens to throw Juliet out of the house if