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Mindfulness And Well-Being By Scott Zimmer

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When parents hold their newborn children in their arms, they often feel an overwhelming sense of responsibility for raising a child that now contributes as a member of society. However, according to Scott Zimmer, author of the article “Mindfulness and Well-being”, the parent and the child are equally responsible “because with awareness comes the power to choose what kind of person one wants to be” (Zimmerman 1). In other words, people who are shown care and appreciation from their parents will tend to follow their parents’ positive example, make wise decisions, and have the ability to accomplish life’s challenges. One of the most crucial steps to forming this kind of positive relationship is strong communication. For example, as Trudy Mercadal …show more content…

As proven in the story of Romeo and Juliet, they are both secretly in love with each other, which takes a turn when Juliet’s father forces her to marry someone else, Paris. Friar Lawrence is there to lend a listening ear to Juliet, as she has a hard time dealing with this demand from her father. Juliet goes to the Friar and he counsels her by noting, “Oh, Juliet, I already know about your sad situation. It’s a problem too hard for me to solve. I hear that you must marry this count on Thursday, and that nothing can delay it” (Shakespeare 4.1.49-52). Unfortuanetly, Juliet being forced to marry Paris will result poorly as Friar can tell how she feels; however, it is the opposite of her family's awareness. As a result, it shows that Juliet now feels heard aloud by someone besides her family when Friar knows this is a sad situation she has been put in. He also claims it is “too hard for me”, which then gives Juliet a tragic sense of hopelessness because now it is clear that there is no one that can sincerely help her. The lack of communication between Juliet and Lord Capulet deals with the hatred of Romeo and Juliet’s families, and the way Juliet now reacts after Friar Lawrence speaks to her. In addition, there is still the continuation of Juliet’s great fear to communicate with her father about her true love; instead, this ends with her going to Friar

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After they decided they wanted to get married right away, Romeo and Juliet go to Friar’s cell to get married. Friar first questions the love because Romeo was in love with another women only a few hours ago. He only agrees to marry them because he thinks it will end the family tension. “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; / For this alliance may be so happy prove / To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (II.iii.90-92).

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Friar Lawrence agrees to marry them, and says, “For this alliance may so happy prove,/To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (Doc. C). Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet without knowing that Juliet was engaged. Since Juliet was already engaged to CounPariss she did not want to tell the Friar because she knew he would say no. The Friar says “And, if thou darest, I’ll give thee remedy” ( Doc. C)

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She resents Juliet as she would not consent to her marriage to Paris, which meant that her family could no longer achieve any further authority over the community. She could not view Juliet as a person but instead saw her as a tool for climbing the social ladder. She could not tolerate Juliet's disobedience. Juliet's emotions were irrelevant to her. This impacted how the play took place as Juliet is forced to devise a plan with Friar Laurence When the Capulet family discovered that Juliet would not marry Paris, they all abandoned her.

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The friar believed if he married them the family's feud would end because of the marriage. Before he married the two he questioned Romeo if he actually loved Juliet, thinking if they loved each other then it was okay to marry them, but the friar knew that it was forbidden to marry two people from the fighting families. Friar Lawrence then questioned Romeo if he actually loved her because just the day before, Romeo loved Rosaline and said if he couldn't be with her he wouldn't be with anyone else. Romeo then fell in love faster than a blink of an eye. Also later

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The Friar originally believes Romeo is just infatuated with Juliet but agrees to marry them in hopes to end the Family feud (Doc. C). Friar Lawrence says “these violent delights have violent ends” while marrying Romeo and Juliet (Doc. C), showing he knew there would be fatal repercussions but he was willing to sacrifice them to end the feud. Juliet comes to Friar Lawrence asking him to find a way to prevent her marriage because he married her to Romeo and he devises the plan (Doc. C). Friar lawrence comes up with the plan for Juliet to fake her death but he knew he couldn't guarantee her

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First, Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet too quickly, stating before the wedding “For this alliance may happy prove turn your households’ rancor into pure love.” (2.3.91-92). This shows that Friar Lawrence was more concerned about the recognition he would receive for ending the feud than the consequences Romeo and Juliet would experience due to this hasty marriage. Friar Lawrence’s egotistical ways may be clouding his judgement as the only adult these teenagers turn to. Next, The Friar came up with a plan so that the two star crossed lovers could still be together

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However, he only marries them in hopes that it would end the feud between the Capulets and Montagues. As the play progresses, Juliet’s father, Capulet, arranges a wedding for Juliet and Paris without the knowledge that Juliet is already falling in love and being married to Romeo. While many people may blame Friar Lawrence for the tragedy and his incompetence, he

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Romeo tries to stop a fight between his newly wedded wife’s cousin and his cousin. It doesn't work and Romeo's cousin dies, Romeo upset kills Juliet's cousin resulting in a grieving Juliet and Romeo getting banished from his city verona. Furthermore, miscommunication surrounding Friar Laurence's new plan to reunite the lovers adds to the tragedy. The Friar makes a plan to fake Juliet's death, to stop her from marrying count Paris, an older sister, in an arranged marriage set by her father to cheer up her family from the recent loss of her cousin. Friar plans to reunite Juliet with her Romeo by sending a letter to him in his new city of Mantoa but is instead followed by A Series of Unfortunate Events as the letter never made it to

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Love is a powerful force that can bring people together, but it can also have devastating consequences if misguided. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers go to great lengths to be with each other. They fall in love, get married, and die all within a week. Friar Lawrence is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths because he married them on a whim and a flawed plan. Friar Lawrence gave little to no thought about marrying Romeo and Juliet, which led to secrets, questionable advice, and ultimately their death.

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She is not able to do anything without her parents interfering. Because of this, Juliet becomes more secretive about the decisions she makes. This includes getting married to Romeo and not revealing this information to anyone but the priest, Friar Laurence. Friar also gives support to Romeo and Juliet when it is desperately needed. Romeo’s lack of

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The prince exiled Romeo which greatly affected Romeo and Juliet because they were supposed to announce their marriage so that their family feud can die down, but instead, the relationship between the two households became even more strained than before as a result of Romeo’s actions. After the banishment of Romeo, Juliet is arranged to marry Paris which causes her to fake her death and eventually causes Romeo and Juliet to end their lives. Furthermore, Lady Capulet felt grief when Romeo killed her nephew Tybalt which led her to plead with the prince to give Romeo a

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When he could have checked in with Friar or sent him a note to make sure everything is going well. As Romeo shows his unaware behavior toward the deaths of Romeo and Juliet so does Lady Capulet. Lady Capulet is so unobserved towards Juliet and knows barely anything about her. Showing how she had no idea about Romeo and Juliet's deaths. When Juliet gets approached by the offering of marrying Paris by her mother.

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Even though Juliet tries to explain that she is not in love with Paris, her father will still banish her from the family. Capulet is seen as not caring for his daughter at this point but later on in the play after she has died he suddenly shows some love and care. If Juliet would have known that her father truly loved her she might have reconsidered drinking the vial and just telling him about Romeo. At the end of the play after Romeo and Juliet have both died, the families have met and come together and are not fighting. Montague even states “ For I will ray her statue in pure gold.”

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In act 3 scene 5 Lord Capulet tells Juliet that she has to marry Paris or else she will be disowned and he is not very nice about it either; while he is telling Juliet what will happen if she doesn’t Marry Paris he says, “hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, For, by my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee”. This hurts Juliet very much. Lord Capulet was forcing Juliet to marry Paris so soon she didn’t even have time to think of anything else she could do. This is putting Juliet in a stressful situation because she is already married to Romeo, but now her father will disown her if she doesn't marry Paris.

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Juliet weeps for days, telling her parents she is weeping for Tybalt. Wanting to end her grief, her parents arrange for her to be married to the county Paris, but she vehemently rejects it & is threatened to be ejected from the family if she does not comply. Desperate to escape the forced marriage, she goes to Fr. Lawrence, who devises

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