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Romeo And Juliet Stereotypes

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Shakespeare is known for defying and playing with gender roles with certain characters in some of his plays such as Twelfth Night and Macbeth. In particular, he gives his female lead an unusual amount of strength and defiance in Romeo and Juliet. Some may even argue that Juliet is shown even moreso as the main character of the play than Romeo. Juliet continuously defies the stereotypes of her day even when others try to force her back into her supposed place in society. She does so by proclaiming that she does not want to marry right to her parents’ faces, and by taking charge, to some extent, of her relationships with both Paris, the man she’s been arranged to marry, and Romeo, neither of which seem too upset or shocked by this. She also …show more content…

“Thou face is mine and thou hast slandered it.”(68) He’s upset by the fact that she’s been crying so much and while he still seems to view her as property, he tries to cheer her up. It’s also shown that he tries not to get overly touchy-feely with her knowing that she’s still upset about the arranged marriage. However, she seems to have even more say and control in her relationship with Romeo. She almost seems to take more charge than Romeo not quite saying yes to a kiss in Act I Scene V, but engaging in playful banter beforehand. Along with telling him not to swear “not by the moon, th’ inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circled orb,”(28) but to swear by nothing at all as their relationship would be going too fast if he made such promises. Juliet also takes matters into her own hands with her relationships without even consulting either Paris or Romeo by faking her death with the help of Friar Lawrence. Paris believes that she’s actually dead as according to her plan. Romeo, unfortunately, did not receive the message that Juliet has not actually been killed and truly believes that the love of his life is dead. What results from this miscommunication leads to the famous scene of Act

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Thus with a kiss I die.” (V.iii.116-120) Romeo kills himself because Juliet fakes her death so she didn’t have to marry Paris. Then shortly after Juliet awakes she kills herself because Romeo was dead. If Paris wouldn’t have gotten in the way they would both be alive and living

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There are many reasons why Romeo and Juliet killed themselves, Two factors caused Romeo Juliet’s death were Friar Lawrence and the family feud that was going on between the Capulets and the Montagues. Both had impacted Juliet and Romeo into thinking that killing themselves was the only way to get out of their problems and the secrets that had been made. Friar Lawrence made many mistakes in trying to keep Romeo and Juliet's marriage a secret and by getting Juliet out of marriage to Paris. He created a chain of secrets starting with him saying in Act 2 scene 3 “

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Juliet, already married to Romeo, goes to Friar Lawrence and asks him what she should do; he gives her a concoction that he’s made which will make her look dead, despite her not actually being so. She takes it, and avoids her marriage. As Juliet was taken to the place where the Capulets go to rest, County Paris went to go say his final goodbyes. Romeo made it there at the same time, and the two fought. Paris thought that Romeo had something against Juliet and attacked him, as he was trying to protect her.

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The play, Romeo and Juliet by, William Shakespeare set in Verona, Italy in the late 1400s. In the play two star crossed lovers from feuding families fall in love. They plan to run away so that they can be together. However, due to a miscommunication they both end up killing themselves so they won’t have to live without the other. Although this is a classic love story, Romeo and Juliet should not be taught in schools today.

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Juliet Capulet is a young, innocent girl who lives in Verona, Italy. She wanted to please everyone, especially her parents, but as time went on, Juliet matured into a strong, woman who needed to make her own decisions and find happiness. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Juliet matures from a child to a woman. Juliet used to obey the rules but now she follows her heart, she stayed loyal to the person she loved and she relied on everyone else, but now she makes her own decisions. First of all, Juliet matured into a woman throughout the play because she was scared to speak up for herself she soon learned that the best way to be happy was to make her own decisions.

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Women became less strong and didn’t find the courage to act on their own or solve problems on their own. Juliet may have ended her own life because she truly loved Romeo, or she didn’t want to face the tragedy on her own. In conclusion, women’s rights played a huge role in the play Romeo and Juliet and could be one of the deeper meanings within the

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Take thou this vial, being then in bed”(Act 4, Scene 1, Line 91-93). Juliet goes to the extreme by preferring to pretend to be dead so she does not have to marry Paris. These ‘wrong’ actions are all because Juliet sees the value in who Romeo is and that the idea of Paris is empty in the sight of love “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” (Act 2, Scene 2, line 43-44).

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Her level of independence is evident in Act 3, Scene 5, this is where she refuses to listen to her father's request to marry Paris, saying “If all else fail, I have power to die" (3.5.242). Similarly, Romeo challenges his gender norms by expressing his emotions openly and bypassing his family's expectations on his masculinity. In Act 3, Scene 3, Romeo’s true love for Juliet creates a force for him to forget social standards and form a duel between himself and Tybalt, which ends in more

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Their tough archetypes were always present in many plays and reinforced the idea of male superiority. This fact held true, especially for a certain tragic classic by William Shakespeare. There was a misogynistic mentality towards women in Romeo and Juliet, evident through the way women were shown as objects, portrayed as weak, and made to seem unable to dictate their own lives. Men in Romeo and Juliet could be seen acting like owners towards women. Women were seen as nothing more than possessions, as illustrated when Romeo first described Juliet as, “My lady…/my love” (II.ii.10).

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Within this play, there are many conflicts between feuding families and even individuals. Since societal expectations were so great of both genders, much pent-up frustration for those who did not perfectly conform was frequently released in the form of violence or aggression. It also went the other way around, where those who did not fit all of the standards were shamed and embarrassed for the way they were. Two characters in which the gender traits were partially switched are Romeo and Juliet. In their relationship, Juliet is more dominant, and Romeo is more submissive.

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She is able to deceive the Nurse from suspecting that she fell in love with Romeo. Furthermore, Juliet struggles with another problem when her parents decide that she was to marry the Count Paris when she was already married to Romeo. When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, she states, “I will not even marry yet, and when I do I swear it shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, rather than Paris.” (III.v.126). She is not obedient to her parents like she used to.

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