Throughout history, people have continually been influenced by parental figures that have “Greatly shaped [them] by influence and association” (Jim Rohn). William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is one of his most famous tragedies. Romeo and Juliet is the story of two star-crossed lovers in Verona, Italy that take their own lives. Romeo and Juliet are the children of the heads of two households, Capulet and Montague, that violently dread one another, but by taking their own lives end the feud. They are moved to come to this tragic end by the people that influence them the most in their life. In Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is influenced by Capulet, Friar Laurence, and her Nurse, for better or worse, through their direct and …show more content…
He also has a great deal of influence on Juliet, especially is his actions to keep Juliet and Romeo’s relationship intact. When the Friar first meets Juliet, at Romeo and her wedding he advises them to, “Love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow” (2.6.15-15). As being naïve teenagers, they did not take his advice into consideration. Once Romeo is banished from Verona because he killed Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, Juliet seeks help from the Friar and he realizes that she, “Hast the strength of will to slay thyself, then is it likely thou wilt undertake a thing like death to chide away this shame, That copest with death himself to escape from it,” (4.1.72-76) The Friar by helping Juliet, gave Juliet the strength and courage to drink the vile of the potion to enter a sleep like death. At the conclusion of the play, the Friar, “Dare no longer stay”(5.3.159) and leaves Juliet in the capulet’s tomb with her beloved Romeo. The Friar did not urge Juliet to leave the tomb, but isolates her with Romeo making no effort to force her to leave. She results in taking her own life in desperation. Friar Laurence influences Juliet by his passive act of leaving Juliet in a time of despair. This leads her to act and take her own life, leaving a negative and tragic
Relationships between teenagers and their parents are rarely boring. Since teenagers begin to think and act independently, conflict arises between them more frequently. This is not just a modern occurrence; in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet and her parents have very different points of view. In the play, she marries a man who is a member of a rival family without discussing it with her parents, which eventually leads to her demise because of the conflict that arises. She does not have much interaction with her parents throughout the play, but the miniscule amount shows the differing of opinions immensely. Juliet’s limited interactions with her parents in the play show that she has a rebellious relationship
Within the story of Romeo and Juliet the parental figures with responsibility over the children are not just the biological parents, however in the time when the play was written, this would have been normal for the rich, upper class families that the Montague’s and Capulet’s were. The parental figures over the two children change as their relationship between the two lovers develops and other events occur within their family lives. Juliet is the main focus of the changing in parental figures and this may be down to the failing of her by her nurse, at the start of the play the nurse is a vital role in her life, and Shakespeare shows this though Juliet confiding in the nurse. However, this is how the change occurs as we see Juliet feeling
I had a great grandfather that grew up a product of World War One. He was imprisoned by Germans at the age of 14 while fulfilling his job as a letterboy in Poland. After being captured, he was imprisoned and starved for weeks; only given small amounts of stale and rotten food every once in awhile. This plain old kid had to devise a plan on how to escape a highly secured German prison camp alive, and then figure out what to do after escaping. The responsibility that was in his hands was one that nearly all adults wouldn’t even be able to complete. Now, although William Shakespeare drilled into the minds of many through his play, Romeo and Juliet, and as other authors have done in their stories, that teenagers are lazy and can’t carry
It’s hard to blame someone for juliet's death when almost everyone was at fault, but there are characters whose actions were more brutal than others. While Count Paris is often considered the mastermind behind her death, many may view Tybalt as the one who started it all. In the play Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare one can see that Juliet's parents were the ones at fault for forcing the marriage and putting pressure on her.
“The apple never falls far from the tree,” is a proverb that emphasizes the importance of parents in children’s development. Competent parents will usually produce desirable results in their children, as parents are the role models in children’s lives. Regardless of era, the parents’ actions and involvement in the children’s lives, or the lack thereof, are significant influential factors as they mature. As such, the parents in Romeo and Juliet are ineffective due to their authoritative or negligent behaviour, and their disregard for the mental health of their children. To start, Juliet’s parents, especially Lord Capulet, are extremely authoritative, they don’t take into consideration Juliet’s emotions.
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy play written by Shakespeare. It is set in Verona, Italy during the 13th century, two noble families are feuding and two young lovers, one from each family fall in love. Romeo and Juliet have to keep their love a secret due to the ongoing war between their families. This suggests that their relationship with their parents is not one of trust. Relationships between children and parents then and now are very different because today parents are much closer to their children emotionally however in the time the play was set in the parents and children were distant from each other, this may be because nowadays parents are the prime carers but then people would
The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, several people could have caused this, but the guiltiest of them all is Friar Laurence and Juliet´s parents. Friar Laurence is to blame because he acted careless and lazy. He sent a letter assuming it would make it to Romeo if he had gone to Mantua himself and told Romeo the whole thing may have never happened. Also, Friar Laurence left Juliet with Romeo´s dead body, this was extremely careless, he could have stayed and tried to talk her out of killing herself. The next person to blame is Juliet's parents. They are guilty because they didn't supports Juliet's choices and acted very unsupportive . Lord capulet acted the worst of the two. Juliet refuses to marry Paris and he threatens to disown her. He yells
The Relationship Between Parents And Children In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet The tragedy of 'Romeo and Juliet' is the result of feuding between two noble families in Verona/Italy. Romeo was born into the Montague household, who were the more controlled, quieter family. They did not 'enjoy' the fights therefore tried to avoid the feuds.
claims his daughter is too young at the age of 13 but if Juliet would
“We’ve called it Family Safety. We are calling it Family Safety rather than Parental Control because people don’t like that term. Both parent and definitely child don’t like the idea of controlling, blocking, or spying on them or others” (written by unknown). Most parents think to have control of your child is the way parenting works. Some of these parents find that their child rebels against their “very specific” instructions. Between parent and child, their will always be a aspect of control and rebellion but this is because it could feel like the parent doesn’t trust the kid, the kid disagrees with the judgement call, and it has been proven to happen through surveys. In Romeo and Juliet’s time, when parents tried to use authority to control
According to Act V Scene III it states, “Come, I’ll dispose of thee among a sisterhood of nuns.” Juliet relies “ Go, get thee hence, for I will not away. Then Friar Lawrence left Juliet to be with her husband. According to this quote, it seems like Friar Laurence does not care for Juliet. He is only trying to protect himself from the watchman. He should not have done that because earlier in the book she was threatening to kill herself. According to Act IV Scene I, it states “ I long to die if what thou speak'st speak not of remedy. According to that quote, she's saying if you don’t have anything to fix this I will be able to take my own life to be with Romeo, hat s when Friar Lawrence gives her the potion and tells her to take it.He left her in a upsetting mood. Hs e had more of a chance to take her life. He should have conforted her, but he didn’t, and left her to be on her own. Then she had killed herself.
Parents choices clearly affect their children's choices, but to what extent does it effect the kids choices? When your parents fight then you are depressed for the next day or angry in a way. If your parents stressed you out so much that you ended up committing suicide because of a grudge they had that wouldn’t allow you to be with the love of your life. A scenario like this happens in the play Romeo and Juliet when Romeo Montague’s parents hated the Capulets and don’t want a thing to do with them when their daughter turns out to be the love of his life. Parents don’t always make the wisest choices and when it affects their teenagers love it can destroy everything.
“For whoever loved that loved not at first sight?” This famous quote by Shakespeare mirrors the main point of his work Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet fall head over heels for each other the moment they see one another. They long being together, but their lives tragically end before they are ready. Out of all the people who play a role in these untimely departures, the parents are the most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
In Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, family ties play a heavy role on Juliet's emotions and her decision making leading to her death. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet weren’t allowed to marry because of their family ties causing Juliet serve emotional pain resulting in her taking her own life. The family ties stared playing with Juliet’s emotions when her parents asked her thoughts about marrying Paris. When Juliet refused her parents, especially Lord Capulet was full of anger and says “An you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, For by my soul, I’ll ne’er acknowledge thee, Nor what is mine shall never do thee good” (3.5.204-206). Lord Capulet is so furious with Juliet that he threatens to shun her from the family.
Shakespeare's famous play of the two star crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet arouses many debates in the literary world; among them belongs the question of who Shakespeare portrays as the culprit responsible for the couples death: foolish young love, societal norms and customs or simply fate?The plot of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare unfolds in Verona, where the protagonists, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, each belong to powerful feuding Verona families. Juliet, who is only 14 years of age, has been promised by her father to a man named Paris without her consent, as was common for women at the time. In Verona, expectations and societal norms for men and women diverge. Men are portrayed as sexual, violent, strong characters who fight for honor while women are portrayed as inferior, weaker and represent possessions and conquests of men. Although, Juliet does not conform to these expectations and defies them throughout the play by her actions and behavior until she meets a tragic and untimely death with her lover Romeo. William Shakespeare uses Juliet, an unconventional protagonist compared to the society’s gender roles, and her tragic downfall to criticize the patriarchal society he lived in during the Elizabethan era.