The Tragedy Of Invisibility In Romeo And Juliet And Speak

The Tragedy of invisibility

Two literary works that can be analyzed through a psychoanalytic lens are the play, “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare and the novel, ”Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson. How could the lover girl and the quiet girl have so much in common? They both have feelings of not being listened to and feeling invisible. They make choices and those choices have conciquences.
"I feel like if I disappeared tomorrow, no one would notice", from the paper,”I feel invisible" by Adam Piorre.

they fell off the face of the Earth, no one would ask where they went or cared to ask. They think of themselves as rubbish because they don't feel as if anyone cares about them. While these works differ in terms of genre,

“O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris, from off the battements of any tower, Or walk in thievish ways, or bid me lurk where serpents are. Chain me with roaring bears, Or hide me nightly in a charnel-house, O’er covered quite with dead men’s rattling bones, with reeky shanks and yellow chapless skulls; or bid me go into a new-made grave an hide me with a dead man in his shroud”.-- ( Act IV, Scene I. 77-88) One of the most prominent themes in this passage, ideas of love and marriage. Juliet’s portrayed as someone who's deeply in love with Romeo and isn’t willing to marry anyone else, let alone someone who's twice her age. This highlights the societal expectations and pressures that were placed on women during that time period, where arranged marriages were the norm and women had little say in whom they were to marry.
In “ Speak”, Malinda thinks and feels as if she isn’t wanted anywhere and especially at school.
“I am outcast” From Anderson

“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” from romeo and juliet written by William Shakespear (Act II, Scene II. 33-36) Juliet met Romeo at the party her family hosted after Romeo snuck in. After the Party, Juliet went outside onto her balcony where she pondered about wanting Romeo to appear because she fell in love at first glance and they made eye contact. She’s done with the Feud her and Romeo's parents have and she just wants to love whomever she chooses for her own happily ever after.
Melinda tries to tell her mother about how she’s feeling but her mother brushes her off and doesn’t seem to care.
“ I don’t have time for this, Melinda. If you’re sick, just stay home. I have a meeting in ten minutes” (p.3). Melinda emphasizes to her mother about how she has anxiety about her day at highschool and her mother doesn’t listen to what Melinda has to say and brushes it off. Not thinking for a second thought about trying to comfort her daughter. This can be a difference to When Lord Capulet started getting aggressive and angry when Juliet was trying to explain why she didn’t want to marry Paris, but Lord Capulet didn’t care and stopped her from speaking and yelled at her and brushed off what she was trying to