Romeo And Juliet Parent Child Relationship Essay

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Hook: Although parents are seen as caretakers and the ones who keep children safe, sometimes the dysfunctions in parent-child relationships can lead to dire consequences.
EVIDENCE (LI & PC): An article by Ming Cui, Hille Janhonen-Abruquah, and Carol A. Darling titled “Parent-Child Communication, Relationship Quality, and Female Young Adult Children’s Well-Being in U.S. and Finland” elaborates on the communication of children and their parents, showing “[The] Socialization theory (Bandura, 1977) suggests that parenting behaviors and parentchild interactions and relationship are key factors affecting the child’s well-being” (Cui, Janhonen-Abruquah, Darling 649).

EXPLANATION: The interactions between parents and their children are key to a …show more content…

EVIDENCE (LI & PC): After the death of Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, she is distraught that Romeo is banished, but instead her mother comforts her, thinking she knows about her pain, assuring, “Evermore weeping for your cousin’s death? What wilt thou wash him from his grave with tears?” (3.5.69-70).
EXPLANATION: Juliet’s mother, Lady Capulet, cannot get to the bottom of Juliet’s despair because she assumes her daughter’s feelings. Juliet feels that she is unable to tell her mother about her true feelings for her love Romeo, therefore she will later feel the need to run away with Romeo from her marriage. This dynamic between Juliet and her mother, Lady Capulet, is clearly showing a form of miscommunication that causes psychological distress in the child, which lends Juliet to feel the need to run away instead of admitting her true feelings. From Juliet’s actions, it can be observed that she is struggling with important decisions that will affect her future, and because of the miscommunication in her relationship, she is unable to talk to her mother about