One might object here, and say that the Montague parents really do care about Romeo because, Lady Montague died of heartbreak after Romeo’s death. However, after minimal research it is easily found that Romeo was the Montagues only child. Clearly, she would have been devastated that they no longer had anyone to pass down the family’s wealth and name. The
In many instances when young love is present, parents can get in the way of relationships, which sometimes leads to the fall of young lovers. In Romeo and Juliet, By William Shakespeare, this example is shown when Romeo and Juliet fall in love despite the hundreds of years-long family feuds. While in the midst of all of this parents' relationship, the two lovers decide to live their lives recklessly and make impulsive decisions. While Juliet's parents aren't the only reason that the two lovers fell in the end, the relationship between Juliet and her parents outweighs other factors. First, they moved the wedding date up a day after the suspected grieving of Tybalt, secondly, her parents kept a feud that they didn't even know why they were funding which forced Juliet to marry Romeo in Secret, and lastly, they never saw the sign of Juliet's rebellious
Thus keeping their son alive. Romeo's parents almost always seem to know what to do. Thus showing that they thought through these situations thoroughly. Juliet's parents, on the other hand, haven't had any of their children live long enough to know what to do when someone wants to marry one of them. When Paris asks to marry Juliet a second time, the are quick to approve the
Anne Frank, a Jewish diarist and survivor of the WWII Holocaust once said, “Parents can only give good advice or put them on right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands”. In his play, Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare explores this idea of parental love by revealing truths about the balance between caring for children and still letting them make their own decisions. Romeo and Juliet is a story about two young lovers from rival houses. Although their love for each other remains pure, when faced with trials of family, law, and fate, both tragically take their own life. Shakespeare uses the characterizations of Lord and Lady Capulet, as well as the actions of Juliet, to demonstrate how parental love can
The Montagues are Romeo's parents and even from the beginning it seems a lot like they do not know very much about their son and are not really involved in his life, most of the things they know are though his cousin Benvolilo. “I neither know it nor can I learn of him” Benvoilio starts to question Lord Montague “Have you importuned him by any means?”. Lord Montague responds with “Both myself and many other friends. But he, own affections’ counselor, is to himself - I will not say how true, But to himself so secret and so close, so far from sounding and discovery, as is the bud bit with an envious worm ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the air or dedicate his beauty to the same.
Parental Disconnect Imagine being a sixteen-year-old girl who has just experienced the most humiliating moment of her life in the high school cafeteria. A tray full of food was “accidentally” dumped on her by a group of high school jocks fooling around. The cafeteria erupts with laughter at her appearance, and she walks around the rest of her day smelling of day-old pizza and greasy french fries. She finally comes home to what is supposed to be her refuge; however, her father yells at her to take out the trash. He continues to yell orders at her the rest of the evening until he finally heads out to the local bar for a drink with his friends.
“They have to make their own decisions and make their own lives.” states Mike Gonzalez. A famous play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare highlights Juliet’s controlling parents. Juliet’s parents, the Capulets, want Juliet to marry Paris, and they tell her that if you don’t marry Paris, you will live on the streets alone. Most parents in modern day society are very controlling over their children.
Romeo and Juliet’s Parent Figures Romeo and Juliet were two teenagers who had fallen in love with each other, despite their ongoing family feud. So, they were not able to turn to their families for help and advice on their relationship. Instead, they sought help from Friar Lawrence, and Juliet’s Nurse. They stepped in to the roles of Romeo’s dad, and Juliet’s mother, when their real parents could not help.
The ill-treatment and absence of Juliet’s parents in her life caused the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. Through the few interactions between Juliet and her parents in Romeo and Juliet, the reader is shown the abusive and absent household she was raised in. Though common at the time, Juliet did not get along with her parents well as they didn’t look after her and left most of the work to people like her nurse. Relationships between parents always have influences on one's life in one way or another. Whether that be overbearing parents or absent ones like the Capulets.
Shakespeare seems to believe that the expectations of one’s superiors or elders should take precedence over an individual’s desires through lord Capulets and Tybalt’s relationship and Prince escalus’s rule of Verona. Shakespeare seems to believe that the expectations of one's superiors or elders should take precedence over an individual's desire. Shakespeare demonstrates this through prince escuela rule over Verona. The Capulets and Montagues were disturbing Verona for the third time. So the Prince of verona came to stop them and give them a warning, “Three civil brawls bred on an airy word by thee, old Capulets, and montague, Have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets —— If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the
By agreeing to do so, Romeo is wiping away his family history. He will no longer be a Montague, and his best interest lies in being with Juliet, regardless of what he will have to do to achieve that, even if it is to ditch his own parents. He remains distant, and almost “parts ways” with them. Rather than his actual dad, Friar Lawrence seems more like a father to Romeo, since Romeo goes to him primarily for advice. Second, Juliet also does not share a strong bond with her parents.
Adults have great influence over the young impressionable minds of children, especially as parents or parental figures. It is their responsibility to help lead and guide them down a safe, successful path. However, many misuse this power, intentionally or not, causing more harm than good. In the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet’s lives are ended early due to the poor choices made by two adults they’d trusted: Friar Lawrence and Juliet’s father, Capulet.
Bo Kuang Mrs. Daquelente Honors English 3 28 March 2023 Comparing and Contrasting the Parent-Child Relationships in Speak and A Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet: A Psychoanalysis. Imagine someone in isolation: somebody in a cell, huddling in a corner to keep themselves warm. Somebody in the shadows, not wanting to be seen or found, away from everybody else. This image is the standard description of isolation, but it is not just physical but also psychological, and it can lead to tragedy. According to “Social isolation, loneliness and their relationships with depressive symptoms: A population-based study” by Lixia Ge reported that isolated people had a greater chance of having a past diagnosis of depression (Ge et al 6); furthermore, A.W. Buckey
Samuel Mrs. Sever English 9 Honors, period 1 Family is important, surrounding one every day whether it be by blood or marriage. But, if one betrays the love that they give by ignoring it and never even looking at it, horrible things can happen. Romeo and Juliet is a play by William Shakespeare that showcases many lessons, one to be focused on is the importance of familial love. As the people who betray their familial love for romantic endeavors ultimately end up dead, that being Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers. A contemporary audience can still learn from and enjoy Romeo and Juliet as it enraptures the audience with sword fights and more while also teaching them lessons in disguise.
Another reason why the parents play an important role is because they fight with each other which makes things more complicated and if the feud didn’t happen in the first place none of this would of happened. Towards the beginning of the play, the Montagues and Capulets get in a fight which has a big part in the story because the Prince says, “ if ever disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit. ”(I,i,92-94) This has a big part in the story because if the Prince didn’t say this then when Romeo killed Tybalt then he wouldn’t of gotten banished, which would of saved many lives and the whole conflict would of been avoided.
