Accepting Marriage In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Juliet's attitude towards love and marriage changes significantly throughout the play, at first she never even thought about marriage, but then falls deeply in love with Romeo, as a result Juliet decides she can’t live without Romeo and kill’s herself.

he is later in the play. He thinks that Juliet is too young and if she

However, these two teenagers can’t be together due to the hostility between their families. But their young hearts don’t want to be held back, and decide to love each other in secret, despite threats of being disowned and expelled to another land. They end up hiding from their families and getting married in secret. "Go in, and tell my lady I am gone,/Having displeased my father, to Laurence's cell,/To make confession and to be absolved" (Shakespeare III,v, ll, 231-233) Juliet is telling her Nurse to lie to her mother, because Juliet knows she isn’t going to Friar Laurence’s cell for confession. She’s going to get married to Romeo secretly. She has to do this in hiding and without telling her parents because the hatred both Romeo and Juliet experienced from their parents and families causes them to lie to people they love, in this case their whole family, and marry in

This shows that Juliet is desperately trying to tell her father what she wants but men didn't really care about women's opinions. Lord Capulet replies with more threats and saying that if Juliet doesn't go to marry Paris next Thursday he will disown her.

tension, the second he lays his eyes on her he says “if I profane with

Romeo and Juliet secretly marry, going behind their families’ backs, which leads to their deaths. After Romeo goes to find Juliet after the party, he goes to see Friar Lawrence demanding they get married. Juliet then lies to her parents and says she is going to confession, when

Within the play titled Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare the character Juliet of the Capulet family changes her attitude toward love and marriage. Shakespeare's play displays that Juliet’s attitude adjusts throughout the play; she goes from being an independent woman who does not seek marriage, to having a cautious love, to eventually hopelessly in love. At the beginning of the play Juliet’s mother speaks with her about marriage, which Juliet answers to her mother "It is an honor I dream not of,” showing that she has no interest in love. Then when the play moves to the balcony scene Juliet shows change of where she feels that Romeo is her first love, yet she still displays no intent to marry. Eventually after Juliet does decide

In William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, two start crossed lovers take their lives when they Cannot be together. Friar Lawrence helps the couple become married and hopes this will end their parents feud. Friar Lawrence was the creator of the plan for Juliet to avoid her arranged marriage with Paris. He is unable to stick to the plan because he could not provide Romeo with a letter containing the plans.

Marriage in the Renaissance was dramatically different than that of today. Generally, marriage was used for personal gain, such as a gain of wealth or social status or for sexual pleasure. The idea of marrying for love and happiness was infrequent, but not inexistent in the Renaissance. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the two lovers share a passionate and powerful love that was rare in the time period, which resulted their tragic demise. Romeo’s irrational actions, such as going to the Capulet’s party, killing Tybalt, and his own obsession with love drives Juliet’s and his own suicide.

Consequently, Capulet changes his mind about Juliet’s marriage with Paris and states, “ Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender of my child’s love: I think she will be ruled… Wife, go you to her ere you go to bed; Acquaint her here of my son Paris love: and bid her mark you me, on Wednesday next--... Wednesday is too soon, O’ Thursday let it be: O thursday, tell her, she shall be married to this noble early…” (3.5). Capulet is now rushing Juliet’s marriage with Paris, putting Juliet in a situation she has no control off, Juliet made it clear that she has no interest in

Romeo and Juliet’s parents were not aware that their children were getting married. Friar should have talked to the parents, and got their opinion about it first. Instead, Frair married them without their parents knowing. Therefore, they had to keep the marriage quiet. It was also Friar’s idea for Juliet to

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet -- the story of two star-crossed lovers -- is built upon the foundation of secrecy. The Elizabethan era was the core of an accustomed secrecy in society. The Capulets and the Montagues, two feuding families in Verona, pay the ultimate price for their everlasting brawl. Young Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love at first sight, only to hide their intimacy and marriage from adversaries. When reading the story, one finds that Romeo and Juliet feel as though they have to retain their endearment from their battling families, thus, leading to a chain of luckless events.

The marriage between the two lovers is kept a secret, because they can’t let their parents know about their love for each other. The feud between the two families kept them from being honest and confessing their love for each other. Juliet questioned herself about her love toward her enemy. ” O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?

Should parents decide who we marry? This question is addressed in the book, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet is about true love. Their families are enemies but Romeo and Juliet find love. Juliet's family wants her to marry another suitor, Paris, for basically their benefit.

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