Romeo And Juliet Should Parents Decide Who We Marry

In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” Capulet and Lady Capulet chose the wealthy County Paris as a suitor for Juliet. One of the main reasons why Capulet wanted Juliet to get married to Paris was because he came from a noble and wealthy family. The Capulet’s greatly valued the importance of money in their choosing

For Juliet, Romeo was not the only man in her life. There was another man who wanted to marry the young Capulet. This man was Count Paris. Count Paris was a rich noble kinsman of the prince and much more settled than Romeo. The Capulets loved Paris more than Romeo which would leave no stress on family problems. Paris and Juliet could have been public about their marriage which was a luxury that Romeo and Juliet didn’t have. The County also didn’t get into as many fights as Romeo. Also Juliet could have benefitted from Paris’s marriage than Romeo’s. All these reasons added up make it clear that Paris would have been a better for Juliet.

Marriage is not given a positive reputation in Romeo and Juliet. Marriages in this time period were almost always arranged. The brides were usually just entering their teenage years and were too young to refuse a wedding. The young bride’s parents typically selected the groom who would bring the family the most financial and societal benefits. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet’s mother desperately wants Juliet to marry County Paris. As a handsome kinsman to the Prince, Paris is sure to bring the Capulet’s money and a higher status in the social world. The opportunity to rub elbows with royalty has Lady Capulet salivating at the mouth. These kinds of advantages are obviously more important to her than Juliet’s happiness with the man she will marry and live out her life with. Lady Capulet is an exemplary example of elders attempting to greedily procure amenities from marrying off their young

As the daughter of Lord Capulet and Lady Capulet, Juliet is forced to obey her parents and marry a gentleman named Paris. Unfortunately, Juliet refuses to do so and chooses to be with the love of her life, Romeo Montague. As written, Lady Capulet suggested that Juliet marries Paris because of his good looks and money. Though marriage never crossed Juliet’s mind she still took it into consideration up until she laid eyes on Romeo Montague, the son of her family’s worse enemies, and fell madly in love with him. Juliet was so in love she prepared to disobey her parents and marry Romeo in secret, choosing him over her family. After their marriage, Lord Capulet demanded his right as Juliet’s father to marry Paris, just as Juliet refused to marry

Women were expected to be “obedient” to the men in their family. With that being said it was pretty much Lady Capulet’s job to try and persuade Juliet to marry Paris. Readers most likely notices that Lady Capulet and the nurse are the only two people who actually talk to Juliet about marriage. It was in a way Lady Capulet’s job to persuade her daughter to marry, as she had to get married herself probably even younger than Juliet. She tells her daughter to “Study his (Paris’) face and find pleasure in his beauty”(pg.1008). She continues to instruct Juliet of what to do when she encounters Paris and that is only examining his physical features rather than than teaching her daughter to fall in love with one’s character. What is implied at this scene is, a person can only go by what they have been taught. Obviously when Lady Capulet was Juliet’s age, there was only two things she had to focus on when marrying someone and that is money and looks. Shakespeare demonstrates that love for the Capulet’s stays on the outside. Lady Capulet does not have the ability to understand love goes far beyond that even though her own daughter does. As a result of that, Juliet does fall in love, but not with

However, Paris' ways and desires are evidently more hedonistically expressed, while Romeo's serve a great purpose and have the direction of reuniting those who belong together naturally; restoring his prior honor and ridding himself of the dishonor of exile, and particularly murder, regardless of whether it had been intentional or not. Namely, Romeo requests to Friar Lawrence that he plan for him to reunite with Juliet by making it appear that she is deceased on her wedding day with Paris, and for him to avoid the extremely negative ramifications of exile, for one never being able to so much as see Juliet again, let alone marrying her. On the other hand, Paris apparently pursues only Juliet herself, specifically her beauty and all the other characteristics Romeo loves about her, and had loved about her at first sight. It is clear from this that Romeo values his, Juliet's, and everyone else's honor, even those of his sworn enemies, whereas Paris upholds only those events which contribute to his own good - his own ego and/or happiness. These truths have exposed deep insights into the characters' personalities, and into their true desires and

To what extent should parents be involved in their child's romantic relationships? In the play Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare can parents control who is in a relationship with, concerning a last name. Shakespeare gives a brief description on how not to deal with a loved one who's not allowed to be seen, in the words of suicide when foul play falls into hands. If people are happy in a relationship leave them be, because happiness could be a real thing in some cases. Parents need to watch what is said, and think before saying it, what is said and how it is perceived are different things. Children need to know how family feels about the love that has occurred if it’s a good or bad idea.

However it seemed as if he was making a business deal. ’ What you say to my suit?’ This exemplifies that Paris does not have any deep feeling for Juliet. He wants to marry Juliet so that,

First of all, both men are in love with Juliet. Paris shows his love throughout the play, especially at the end in Act 5, Scene 5, where he asks to “open the tomb, lay me with Juliet,” as he still wishes to be with his dead beloved. Romeo also shows his love, as seen in Act 2, Scene 3, where actually vows to love her forever, and marries her. “As mine on hers, so hers to mine; and all combined, save what thou must combine by holy marriage: when and where and how we met, we woo’d and made exchange of vow, I’ll tell thee as we pass, but this I pray, thou consent to marry us today.” As seen, both men truly love Juliet and prove it throughout the play.

After being presented with County Paris’s suit, Lord Capulet tells him, “[Woo] her, gentle Paris, get her heart; / My will to her consent is but a part. / And, she agreed, within her scope of choice / Lies my consent and fair according voice.” (1.2.15-19). By requiring Paris to “get her heart”, Capulet admits that he wants Juliet to love the man she marries and that her love for her partner is important.

At first Capulet is displayed as a protective and caring father figure. He describes Juliet as "the hopeful lady of my earth" and also tells count Paris how Juliet is his only hope and all his other hopes have been “swallowed” by the earth .the continuous repetition of the word "hope” throughout the play suggests Capulet knows she is of a particular value. Perhaps Shakespeare is trying to show how she is Capulet's only hope to further increase in power and wealth without Juliet he would be hopeless- women were of great importance as most were married off in return for dowries- this was typical in Elizabethan England most of the upper class marriages were for the trade of wealth and very few for love, this is significant as it suggests how little a father would think of his own daughter- someone who he has raised from birth but is happly prepared to give away for wealth and status . In the two quotes it is really emphasised to the reader the importance of a daughter to a father in Elizabethan England. furthermore the personification of the earth and how it has "swallowed" all his hopes could be interpreted as all of Capulet's other children have died hence why he find so much value in Juliet- a daughter who can be wed and provide him power/wealth. An alternative interpretation could be that Capulet is not caring and protective as a father should be but a Machiavellian individual who's finds Juliet as a hope to increasing his power. As Juliet is his only child, she is his main source of expansion in terms of gaining pride and wealth. Capulet is persuading Juliet to agree with marriage with count Paris and to fall in love with him, Paris who is a prince would be an effective way for Capulet to gain political superiority in Verona. This political tactic of Capulet to gain dominance through the

Juliet doesn’t want to marry Paris, the man her parents want her to marry. She wants to marry Romeo instead, who is the son of Capulet’s enemy. Paris and Romeo are complete opposites. Paris is the man Juliet’s parents want her to marry, because he is a mature man and they know him well.

Spoken by Count Paris to Friar Lawrence and Juliet, this dramatically ironic quote is first telling the Friar about his and Juliet’s upcoming marriage and her grief at her cousin’s death, and then telling his bride that she will love him, regardless of her current feelings. Paris’ “bride to be” is caught between not being able to marry him because she is already married and in love, and not wanting to tell anyone that she is married out of fear of her father’s anger. We know from these things Paris says to his fiance and about his marriage that he is very used to getting his way, he is passionate towards Juliet, and he is very self-righteous and believes that what he is doing is right. These personality traits are displayed by the meaning behind the Count’s

For example, in Romeo and Juliet, Juliet’s parents wanted her to marry Paris because he has royal blood, has a lot of money and would have been good for their whole family. However, that is not what she wanted to do. She said that “It is an honor that I dream not of.”(I iii l 72). If Juliet had listened to her parents and married Paris, it may have been the best thing for their family but it would not have made her happy. Teenagers should do what makes them happy and parents shouldn’t interfere too much with that. Also, sometimes kids just don’t want to date like Juliet did not want to get married. If the parents have their kid date someone and they don’t want to date at all, then the kid would not be happy as well. There are a lot of ways that parents could control their kids’ decisions and that never works out well for the

Women were one of the citizens who were most expected to follow society rules  and were meant be more fragile and not equal to men making men more possessive of them. Women were expected to be married to who their family chooses. This is decided by wealth, status, and if the husband would be a good addition to the family, not by love. Juliet’s father is wanting to make the decision for Juliet to marry Paris not because of his daughter’s happiness but because he wants to pass on his wealth and become a better family in status “Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch! / I tell thee what: get thee to church a’Thursday, /Speak not, reply not, do not answer me!” (3.5.159-163). Juliet’s father talks about how he will disown Juliet and a lot of drama is created in the Capulet house. This is due to Juliet defying her father and not wanting to get married to whom they choose. Shakespeare is showing us how choosing women’s a husband was something that was expected