Gender Roles In Romeo And Juliet

She is showing her caring traits and trying to do anything to keep Juliet happy and keep the too lovers together. When the Nurse is going to get Romeo, she tells him “For Juliet’s sake, for her sake, rise and / stand up. Why should you fall into so deep a moan?”(3.3.89-90). The Nurse is trying to tell that Juliet isn't feeling well and she needs him to be by her side as she lost her cousin Tybalt. After all the kind things that the Nurse did with Romeo and Juliet, the audience experiences the Nurse’s caring and motherly traits and how much of a role model

The Nurse kept all of Juliet’s secrets, and helped do many things for the love of Romeo and Juliet throughout the play, An example of this is when the nurse says, “Your love says, like an honest gentleman, and a courteous, and a kind, danand, I warrant,a virtuous,-Where is your mother?” (2.5.?)This quote is when the nurse was helping them to keep their love a secret and pass on messages from one to another when they were not able to see each other.Without the nurse passing on these messages Romeo and Juliet's love would have never been possible and neither would their tragic deaths. The nurse would sometimes question Juliet’s judgement but, she always tried to look out for what was best for Juliet, which caused Juliet to hide Friar Lawrence and her plan from the nurse, if Juliet would have been able trust the nurse then Romeo would have got the message and neither of them would have had to end up dead. In the play she helps the two young lovers with their secret meetings,love affairs,and messages.In this quote you can feel the hate that Juliet feels towards the nurse, The nurse also helps Romeo and Juliet with their secret marriage and all of the plans that had to happen in order to make their marriage possible.After the nurse agrees with Lord Capulet that Juliet should marry Paris Juliet is very angry and begins to feel hatred towards the nurse, she

One is their love for Juliet. However, it might not be the same amount of love. They were both distraught when they received the news of her death. They also felt very hurt when Tybalt died. Tybalt was the Nurse’s best friend and Lady Capulet’s cousin. The Nurse turned on Romeo and Juliet when she found out that Romeo killed Tybalt. She yelled to Juliet “...Romeo is banishèd; and all the world to nothing...I think it is best you married with the county. O, he;s a lovely gentleman! Romeo’s a dishclout to him.. so fair an eye As Paris hath.” (Act III Scene V) She encourages Juliet to go against her vows and marry Paris instead of staying with Romeo. Lady Capulet wants to get rid of Romeo as well for “slewing” Tybalt. They also wanted to see Juliet married. They both tried to persuade her to marry Paris but, it did not

Author and civil rights activist Maya Angelou once said, “How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!”. When one thinks of comic books, it is very likely that the subjects that come to mind are Marvel’s Spiderman or DC’s Batman. Although comic books are stereotypically thought to be mainly about super heroes, there are a wide variety of subject matter they could be written about, such as romance. In the 1950s – 1960s, it was common for these romance comics to exploit the social norms of that time and emphasized the subject of gender roles. While the men in comic books were usually illustrated in a brave heroic manner, the women would be portrayed to be what would now be considered a stereotypical “trophy wife”. As a young child reading these comics and taking in these images, they are slowly molding their ideals to believe that what they are reading and seeing is what is accepted and normal in their society. By coding gender norms into the texts, authors are helping mold the ideology of its readers to believe that it is acceptable for both genders to follow specific rules that accommodate to the believed social norms of the time.

The Role of the Nurse in Her Relationship with Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

In a patriarchal society, women are expected to conform to social restrictions by demonstrating reverence and obedience to the males in their lives. Shakespeare's tragic play, Romeo and Juliet, explores the effects of patriarchal authority exerted over women and how the patriarchal structure left no escape from it, save death. Through Juliet, Lady Capulet, and the Nurse, Shakespeare establishes a common understanding of this type of society, but illuminates three different reactions to the social oppression by portraying the responses of a passionate lover, an idyllic housewife, and an attendant.

Tybalt Capulet, Juliet’s cousin, is a secondary character to the play with overwhelming contributions in the play. He was known for his testosterone motivation and his handiness with the sword. He killed Mercutio, who was Romeo’s friend, in a street brawl. In return, Romeo stabbed him to death. This led to Romeo being banished from Verona.

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Genders are portrayed through the way people act or feel, females often times being dainty and weak while men are headstrong and determined. However, in "Romeo and Juliet", written by William Shakespeare, gender roles or conventions are broken by displaying a headstrong female and an emotionally weak male. There are many ways in which gender conventions are broke. For example, in act one, scene one, line 170, Romeo performs a monologue, "Oh brawling love, oh loving hate..." Generally seen as something a woman would do, he pities himself.

The Character of the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet The Nurse has a very important role in the play, being Juliet’s closest friend and helping her in her illicit relationship with Romeo. Her position in the Capulet household is superior to that of a normal servant. She is very familiar when she talks to Lady Capulet, and at times oversteps the mark. She talks about the daughter she once had and lost, and it is evident that Juliet is like a replacement and the Nurse lavishes all her motherly love and protectiveness on Juliet.

Imagine being born as a female, where your rights in decision making is stripped from you solely based on your gender. This is most common in Shakespeare's world where females have fewer rights than males since there is a lack of feminism. Romeo and Juliet, a Shakespeare classic, is a story revolving around two lovers who are matched together by fate and destiny, but is torn apart by their two families constantly at feud. Juliet, the daughter of the Capulet patriarch, is forced into marriage by her family traditions and has no say in the matter. This is absolutely despicable for the reason that her feelings are being treated like dirt.

Benvolio, Tybalt, the Nurse, Friar Laurence, Mercutio, and Lord and Lady Capulet are key characters. A quick summary for The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is two people want to be together

Throughout Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, there is an overlaying presence of the typical roles that men and women were supposed to play. During Elizabethan times there was a major difference between the way men and women were supposed to act. Men typically were supposed to be masculine and powerful, and defend the honor. Women, on the other hand, were supposed to be subservient to their men in their lives and do as ever they wished. In Romeo and Juliet the typical gender roles that men and women were supposed to play had an influence on the fate of their lives.

It was a shock to Juliet that she didn’t support as before. The nurse played as an important role to her, however it wasn’t how Juliet was expected it was going to happen. Juliet was left on her own to make some very important decisions at the age of 15. I believe that if the Nurse had been around to help Juliet things may have turned out differently. Strangely, she advised Juliet to forget about Romeo and marry Paris, betraying Juliet’s trust by advocating a false marriage: “I think it best you married with the County. O, he’s a lovely gentleman. Romeo’s a dish clout to him”(3.5.218). Juliet can’t believe that the Nurse offers such a course of action after the Nurse praised Romeo and helped bring the couple together. She could not have gone to Lady Capulet or Lord Capulet, because they would not have understood.

I feel that the male roles have made a large impact on the drama in acts I and II of Romeo and Juliet. Due to the broad range of emotions and actions put forth by the male figures, they have a high interest from the audience. Initially, Romeo proves that he is a dramatic figure by expressing a tremendous amount of sadness, love, and determination. Romeo says, “Tut! I have lost myself; I am not here: This is not Romeo, he’s some other where” (999).