The Responsibility Of Teens In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Many have said that romance brings love and affection, but when taken to the extreme, it can lead to tragedy and despair. Among the great literary tragedies, Romeo and Juliet may be the most famous of them all. The eternal feud between the Montegues and Capulets prohibits the love of Romeo and Juliet and ultimately results in their unfortunate deaths. It may be difficult to truly determine who is to blame for the tragedy, because their lives had been influenced, criticized, and controlled by many figures. Among the most important characters, Friar Lawrence enables the forbidden marriage of the two lovers and devises a plan to ensure that they end up together. On the other hand, Lord and Lady Capulet feed into the rivalry between the two

Parental expectations are basically the way parents expect their kids to live their lives. The definition of expectation is “the act of expecting; to have a prospect of future good or profit”. Parents often expect their kids to be perfect. By this I mean make all the right decisions, do everything the way the parents want it to be done, and live up to their parents standards. I don’t always agree with a lot of today’s parental expectations because some parents try to benefit themselves instead of the kids. In this essay, I will describe parental expectations from today and from the play Romeo and Juliet. I will link some of the examples of expectations to movies, or real life scenarios.

Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare has many conflicts concerning the adults and children of the play. The fault of the numerous conflicts throughout Romeo and Juliet is clearly to blame of the parents and adult figures in the play, clearly shown through the adults forcing the children into unideal circumstances, and the adults attempting to make the problems that were created better. The children although histrionic, were prompted towards bad decisions and convinced towards erroneous plans.

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.

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The teenage brain Teenagers are known for many things but especially for being unpredictable. They don’t think things through and are always making a scene. Many articles have been written to improve our knowledge and understand these behaviours. Research shows that a teenager’s brain doesn’t begin to resemble that of an adult until the early 20’s (TBHKI). Typical adolescent mannerism is well demonstrated all throughout the play Romeo and Juliet.

In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Benvolio and Lord Montague have a conversation regarding Romeo’s whereabouts after a fight with the Capulets which Romeo did not participate in. By looking at the diction and puns in the dialogue and the reference to nature in the scene, we can see Benvolio’s reserved character and focus on the larger concerns in play which contrasts with Montague’s juvenile nature and focus on small details, and this is important in the text because it reveals the danger of thinking in a binary manner and focusing on details. Shakespeare uses puns, which are “a play on words that are.. identical in sound, but are sharply diverse in meaning” (Abrams 253), in Benvolio and Montague’s conversation to portray Benvolio’s

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.

“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

In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Juliet’s character shows how young teenage girls are just given away and there is not much they can do to avoid it. In act one, scene two the author writes, “Well, think of marriage now. / Younger than you Here in Verona, ladies of esteem / Are already

How does Shakespeare show Romeo and Juliet's maturity? In this play, Romeo and Juliet did mature very rapidly. They went from being teenagers than to being adults. An example is at the beginning they went from being young innocent kids. Then they became a married couple that cared about each other.

I think that society persecutes young people on the topic of sex and who they choose to have it with for the very fact they are teens. There are many excuses as to why, but I feel the most valid reason may be that we aren’t fully developed and teens are much more hormonal than adults are since they are more than likely going through puberty. Romeo and Juliet laws are defined as “young adults or teenagers who are a few years apart and have willingly had sexual relations. These provisions relate to state and federal laws regarding statutory rape or sexual assault,” ( ).  I personally believe that Romeo & Juliet laws are a flawed good. The example in the article had an eighteen-year-old male and a fourteen-year-old female. Personally, I find this to be odd as the age gap is bigger than I would personally go for at either of these ages. However, there are many adults who have a much bigger age gap between them that isn’t looked down upon. Also, I feel as if the biggest flaw in the system is the fact that the parent can press charges without the consent of their child. If the sex is consensual then the sex is consensual, end of story; the parent should not be allowed to dictate in a very public way whether what happened was ok or not. I believe since teenagers are hormonal, the law believes it should be allowed for a parent to do such a thing. People react negatively to the evidence children have sexual feelings because they believe that children should be innocent and not try to grow up so fast, but at the end of the day I think people forget what it was like to be a teen after time. Also, people may remember their mistakes they made at that age and try to prevent our youth from making the same mistakes, but these mistakes allow a person to grow. I believe that a parent should deal with the matter privately between them, their kid, and their partner.

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Anyone who watches the film Rebel Without a Cause and has knowledge of Shakespeare, can see that there is Romeo and Juliet written all over Jim and Judy’s relationship. Though the film shows the two lovers a majority of the time there are bigger issues at hand. The theme throughout the film is the three teenagers, Jim, Judy, and Plato, embarking on a journey for parental guidance and support. The three teens have all the same problems in common, but one of them has more issues internally. Plato, or Sam Crawford, is the most troubled out of the three. He is the one who is facing the problems of not having his mom or dad by his side, irrational behavior, and dealing with his sexuality. Many teens at this time engaged in youthful rebellion, aimed at and in defiance of their