Confined Entrapment
"Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge." This particular feminist's belief, exposes a typical attitude that many women during the Elizabethan Era felt: restricted, dominated, and suppressed. John Knox stated in 1958 that a "Woman in her greatest perfection was made to serve and obey man", thus defining the term patriarchy. In a patriarchal society, the "authority in the family is vested in males through whom descent and inheritance are traced" (Ivan 00), and women are expected to conform to the social restrictions by demonstrating reverence and obedience to the males in their lives; they are merely commodities and dealt with as possessions.
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Juliet is introduced into the play in act one scene three, as an innocent, obedient, and respectful adolescent. Her polite response to her mother, "Madam, I am here, What is your will?" (1.3.7), establishes an optimistic sentiment that assures the audience of her acquiescent nature. She further demonstrates her eloquence in response to her mother's proposal to consider marriage as she sensibly and astutely replies, "It is an honour that I dream not of" (1.3.68). Her response is genuinely reverential, thus confirming she understands her responsibility as a daughter, and her place in a male-dominate world; she continues showing such submission, grace, and maturity throughout the entire scene, especially when she decides to agree to "look to like, if looking liking move" (1.3.99), then acknowledging that the parental "consent" (1.3.101) is imperative. This is the only scene where Juliet is depicted this innocent, for when she meets Romeo in act one scene five, she begins transforming from a yielding child into a focused woman in love, however, she still sustains the same element of grace in her presence.
Meeting Romeo drastically changes Juliet; not only does she begin to exhibit a new sense of maturity, she is automatically willing
Through Juliet’s words and actions she continues to be far too impulsive throughout the tragedy. After her first kiss with Romeo during the masquerade, she convinces herself that she is instantaneously in love. When Romeo leaves, Juliet tells herself, “If he be married/ My grave is like to be my wedding bed” (1.5.148-149). When Juliet meets Romeo they exchange very few words, yet they end up kissing and
She expects Juliet to be very obedient and listen to everything she is told. Juliet on the other hand, knows that she cannot directly deny her mother’s wishes and commands. She is very unclear and evasive in her response to her mother. She replies, “I'll look to like, if looking liking move: But no more deep will I endart mine eye.” This portrays Juliet’s respect to her parents and her cleverness as well to not anger her mother.
After simply being banished, Romeo seeks to take his life, without realizing that he is in a better situation than others (including his dead friend, Mercutio). Not understanding how his life will impact others, he makes the decision to die. Eventually, the Friar, an adult figure with a developed mind, steps in and uses reason, which Romeo lacks. Not only does Romeo act in such a manner, but Juliet also shares the same characteristic. After meeting Romeo at the Capulet’s party, knowing him for about 1 minute, Juliet kisses him, and they seek marriage. This is despite her saying later on that ”Although I joy in thee, / I have no joy of this contract tonight. / It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden” (Shakespeare II.ii 116-118). As Juliet is still a teenager, however, her animal instincts get the best of her, and they get married the next day. Through this, it is shown that while teenagers may know how to deal with things rationally (like Juliet’s little blurb on how she shouldn’t marry), their undeveloped minds get the better of them, and they go with their natural flow.
Shakespeare places Juliet in interior, domestic settings as a metaphor for the how females were viewed as property. Initially Juliet fits the role of a designated daughter who yields to her parents matchmaking with Paris, claiming she “won’t let myself fall for him any more than your permission.” The use of formal phrasing and need for “permission” highlight her docile acquiescence.
Juliet is introduced into the play in act one scene three, as an innocent, obedient, and respectful adolescent. Her polite response to her
In order to understand Romeo and Juliet, it must be remembered that these two heralds of love were little more than children. In Renaissance England, the category of adolescence was not recognized (Cox 391). A person went from childhood to adulthood without the liberty that is allowed to modern adolescents. Nowadays, the teenage years are accepted as a turbulent period in which defiance of authority and assertion of "self" are not only allowed, but also expected. Adults explain away even the most inexplicable behavior of teenagers as "just a phase". However, as this was not done in Shakespeare’s England, both Romeo and Juliet were expected to take on the roles of adults, and were chastised for their refusal to enter in the adult world as their parents would have them. Juliet is first presented to the audience as a young woman who has come to marrying age: “Well, think of marriage now; younger than you, / Here in Verona, ladies of esteem, / Are made already mothers…Thus then in brief: / The valiant Paris seeks you for his love”(1.3.69-74). Juliet is presented with the idea of marrying Paris with
Throughout the story, Juliet develops from a naive girl to one who is mature and understanding. The first noticeable action is
Romeo and Juliet seemed quite nonchalant in both the movie and play begin to comprehend the reality of who the other is. But Juliet in the beginning of act two, scene two, Juliet conceals her frustrations from the nurse and proves how her father's feud with Montague has brought her to hate those who she had never met.
In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, love transforms Juliet. Early in the play, Juliet is a young girl who is very faithful to her family. After this young girl meets Romeo Montague, she begins to change. By the end of the play, Juliet is changed into a woman who is now very faithful to her husband, instead of her family.
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
<br>This shows how Juliet has passion and faith in her relationship with Romeo, while her parents are old-fashioned; her father arranges a marriage for her, and her mother takes the side of her husband, rather than that of her daughter. This scene also shows how Juliet has changed and has gained the courage to speak against authority.
Throughout the story Juliet, a dynamic character changes from being a happy and joyful girl, into a sad wife who is willing to commit suicide for love. In the beginning of the play Juliet is view as a young girl, having never even given much thought to. “It is an honor that I dream not of.” (1.3.68). This is important to the story, because it shows how truly young and naive she is.
from a girl who has just said to her mother, I will do nothing until
Juliet is the daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet. When the play begins, we learn from the nurse that Juliet is soon turning fourteen (“Even or odd, of all the days in the year come Lammas-Eve at night shall she be fourteen”). In Juliet's first meeting with her mother and the nurse, she seems to be an obedient and responsible child. She comes immediately when they call her and answers always respectfully to her mother: "Madam, I am here, / What is your will?" (“Act 1, Scene 3). She is also clever as when her mother asks her what she thinks about marriage, she gives an ambiguous answer by saying what her mother wanted to hear really: “it is an honour I dream not of” (“Act 1, Scene 3). We learn that she is
Yes, I believe that if a police officer is walking the streets acting as if they are a prostitute then this is definitely entrapment. Entrapment is explained as law enforcement officers or government agents that encourage a person to commit a crime when the potential criminal expresses a desire not to go ahead. I don't think that we should allow these operations because regardless if we get these people off the streets and into the system, it wont solve the problem. We should not allow long prison sentences for this. Bait cars to me are a different story. Just because a car is parked with the potential to steal it, if a person does then they should get in trouble. I find it fair. They are aware of the risks and if they decide to do so they should have to pay the price.