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Parents Influence In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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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

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