William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a story of love at first sight and tragedy. The identity of the people in the story is the most important part of how they interact with each other. The difference of identity between people changes their actions towards each other. Girls and guys are seen differently in the play. Girls are seen as property being sold to counts and lords. Guys are seen as ferocious beasts with no hearts. One example of this is Sampson saying, “Gregory, I swear, we can’t let them humiliate us. We won’t take their garbage.” This shows that Sampson would rather fight the Montagues than take the Montague’s crap. Men can express themselves with more crude language and actions. They had more freedom than women did in speech. Another example of gender identity is, “You’re going to Saint Peter’s Church to marry Paris. And if you don’t go on your own, I’ll drag you …show more content…
An example of this is the difference of opinion between Romeo and Friar Lawrence on Romeo’s exile. Friar Lawrence’s opinion on Romeo’s exile is, “Oh, deadly sin! Oh, rude and unthankful boy! You committed a crime that is punishable by death, but our kind Prince took sympathy on you and ignored the law when he substituted banishment for death. This is kind mercy, and you don’t realize it.” Friar Lawrence is stating that Romeo is being ungrateful for not being killed for something that is punishable by death. He should be happy that he isn’t being sentenced to death. Romeo’s opinion on his banishment is, “It’s torture, not mercy. Heaven is here because Juliet lives here. Every cat and dog and little mouse, every unworthy animal that lives here can see her, but Romeo can’t.” He is stating that Verona is heaven, while the rest of the world is hell, because he will not be able to see Juliet. If he is banished, he won’t get to see Juliet. This shows that people of different ages have different opinions on