The Importance Of Relationships In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

The next transformation is Juliet's defiance of her parent's wishes for her to marry Paris. The context of this scene is crucially important, for a woman to defy a man, much less a father in the Elizabethan Age, is preposterous. Although Juliet is only fourteen her development into a woman is beginning as her submissive nature leaves her. In her conversation with her mother, Juliet boldly makes puns to her undying love for Romeo. For example she says, ."..no man like he doth grieve my heart," (III.v. 175) in reference to Romeo, however her mother believes that Romeo makes her sad for murdering Tybalt. Even in the face of her monstrous and powerful father she holds fast to her heart's desire. Again, this time using Capulet for the vehicle, Juliet's death is foreshadowed, as Capulet tells Juliet to "Hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, For, by my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee" (III.v.194-195).

At first, quick-witted Juliet manages to fool her parents with subtle punning. She deceives them into thinking that she is complying with their wishes when, in actual fact, Juliet is defying them in an unobvious manner. Such an example is when Lady Capulet enters Juliet’s chamber, questioning the reason for her sorrow and tears. Juliet answers, “Indeed I shall be satisfied/ With Romeo till I behold him – dead -/ Is my poor heart so for a kinsman vexed.” (III.v.97-99) This disobedience and disloyalty towards her parents escalates when her father gives her instructions to wed Paris. At this point, Juliet cannot stand her outrage and displays outright disobedience, instantly retorting “He shall not make me there a joyful bride!” (III.v.21) She then seeks help from Friar Lawrence, begging him to help her avoid marrying Paris. “And I will do it without fear or doubt,/ To live an unstained wife to my sweet love.” (IV.i.89-90) As the story plays out, Juliet learns to be bolder and more defiant towards her parents, showing that she is a strong individual with her own views and mindsets. She even resorts to the most desperate of measures in order to go against her parents’

As the play evolves, Juliet goes from young and naïve to strong and decisive. She changes from passive to standing up for her rights in a matter of pages. Juliet is very strong in the fact that she doesn’t want to marry Paris, against her father’s wishes. She makes it very clear that she will never be happy in a relationship with Paris; “I can never be proud of what I hate,” (Act 3, Scene 5). Whilst Juliet fights tooth and nail to avoid the marriage, she comes to the realisation that with the promise of being disowned by her father, Capulet, it will take something drastic to change this situation. Juliet goes to Friar Laurence, with the promise that if he can’t help her, she will spill her own blood; “I’ll solve my problem with this knife… I will die before I marry another man,” (Act 4, Scene 1). Juliet buys into the subservience of women to the superior man by going behind her father’s back instead of confronting him head on and facing the consequences. Growing up comes about through understanding one-self which necessarily involves rebellion against those closest to them. As evidence by Juliet’s actions, she is making this leap.

Secondly, Juliet allows her grief to overpower her thinking and control her gest. Prior to the star-crossed encounter with Romeo at the Capulet party, Lady Capulet discusses marriage with Juliet and asks her would she try to like Paris and see him as a suitable husband. At the time, Juliet had a very neutral, obedient attitude towards her mother’s idea: “I’ll look to like, if looking liking move; but no more deep will I endart mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it fly” (1,3, 98-100). This quote illustrates Juliet’s typical, obedient behaviour and her will to pursue their plan regarding her marriage. However, Juliet meets and falls in love with Romeo at the Capulet party, which results in their secret marriage and subsequently leads towards a complete shift in Juliet’s attitude towards marrying Paris. When her father tells her she will get married to Paris, she doesn’t react in a way common to her obedient behaviour and rejects the marriage, which angers her father. Devastated at her father’s waspish words, Juliet

Juliet’s relationship with her parents changes during the course of the play, she is shy, obedient and behaves in a way that is typical of a wealthy daughter of the time. By the end of the play she is disobedient and becomes very independent.

1. In this Scene, the nurse is shown to have a really close bond with Juliet. She seems to have a better relation than her mother. The nurse lost her daughter “Susan”(1.3 Line 20) as she was the same “age”(1.1 Line 21) as Juliet, which makes the nurse closer to Juliet and treats her as a daughter.

The relationship shown in Act 3 Scene 5 between Juliet and Lady Capulet is portrayed as poor. Lady Capulet is shown as a very distant mother, though this is to be expected when there is a Nurse taking care of the child from the early stages of the child’s life.

There is also a parental love for Juliet when lord Capulet is talking to Paris as he is very overprotective and wants to make sure that his daughter only gets the best. He is also trying to delay the marriage by saying it is better to wait a while.

In this essay, I will be examining Shakespeare’s treatment of relationships in Romeo and Juliet. As a poet and playwright, he wrote 154 sonnets, 2 long narrative poems and 38 plays, one of his most famous plays being Romeo and Juliet. There are many different types of relationships between characters, and these are essential to the play. The prologue tells us that the play is about two star-crossed lovers from two feuding families, the Montagues and Capulets. There is hatred between these two families, this explains this, ‘Thou villain Capulet’. This quote suggests because of the hate between their families, the lovers are doomed from the start.

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

Love is something everyone feels, and is different for everyone. It can make people do things that they could never see themselves doing. It impacts everyone in their day to day lives. In Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, love is shown in a variety of ways and can make people do crazy things. Love can be friendly, forced, or romantic.

First of all, The Nurse supports Juliet throughout the majority of the play, but her unsound advice is a notable reason for the young lovers’ downfall. For instance, Juliet appreciates The Nurse’s help during the beginning of her and Romeo’s relationship, but what Juliet is blind to is the damage that The Nurse does as she unintentionally leads Juliet to her death when she says “Then hie you hence to Friar Laurence’ cell;/ There stays a husband to make you a wife” (Shakespeare, II, v, 68-69). In essence, the wedding that The Nurse encourages Romeo and Juliet to have reflects her negative influence on their relationship as Juliet is left increasingly vulnerable to Romeo’s impulsivity, which is an extremely relevant cause of Juliet’s eventual demise. Additionally, both Romeo and Juliet are significantly affected by the immature behavior of their kin. Specifically, Juliet displays her eradicated ability to form rational decisions when she speaks of the pressure her family puts on her as she says “My only love sprung from my only hate!/ Too early seen unknown, and known too late!/ Prodigious birth of love it is to me/ That I must love a loathed enemy” (Shakespeare, I, v, 138-141). This internal conflict that arises when Juliet discovers that Romeo is a Montague is of significance

Relationship is described as an emotional or other connection between people. The book Of Mice and Men and “Romeo and Juliet” both have similar relationships. These relationships are built around different circumstances and situations. George and Lennie only have each other which creates a better relationship. Romeo and Juliet had large families to support and love them. They grew up surrounded by strong families. When they met violence between the families forced them to choose family or each other. How does one have a strong enough bond after two days to turn away from a family whose has been supporting them throughout their lives? A solid relationship is not created in two days, but built through good and bad life experiences. Even though Romeo and Juliet have a relationship of love and forgiveness, George and Lennie still have the stronger

Have you ever felt an extremely strong crush on someone to the point where you think you’re in love… only to fast forward a year you’re wondering what attractive qualities you saw in that person? “Eros” is an ancient Greek word for love at first sight, or love by looks. The famous play Romeo and Juliet goes forward in time by revealing the dangerous issue of “Eros” love that even modern-day teenagers face. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story about a young man and woman who fall in love by appearance and eventually commit suicide over each other’s death. The danger of Eros can be seen best through Romeo with what he thinks, says, and does.

Along with independence, marrying Romeo causes Juliet to mature quickly and want to grow up fast. Romeo and the Nurse both know of Juliet having to make decisions quickly and the Nurse is more concerned with the certainty that Juliet gives Romeo while she barely knows him. “if ye should lead her in a fool’s paradise, as/they say, it were a very gross kind of behavior, as they/say; for the gentlewoman is young;and therefore, if/you should deal double with her, truly it were and ill thing to be off’red to any gentlewoman, and very/weak dealing.”page 852 lines 154-159. The nurse is checking in on Romeo’s honesty because at this moment in the play, Juliet is still somewhat naive. After she marries Romeo, Juliet shows an excessive amount of change in her personality as far as growing up and being independent. The marriage itself shows she became independent because she lacked her parent’s consent in doing