The Battles Of Families In Romeo And Juliet
In Shakespeare’s play, “Romeo and Juliet”, the theme, conflicts can hurt or put a family together, happens in the play at the home of Juliet, in the town, etc. To Romeo and Juliet, it does not matter what their family thinks, as long as they are together. Family is a large part of Romeo and Juliet. It is important to take in consideration of what family thinks because it might save your life later on.
In the prologue, it immediately goes to how the family will have some form of conflict. The prologue states, “Two households, both alike in dignity/From ancient grudge break to new mutiny” (Prologue. 1-4). This quote is stating that both the Montagues and Capulets will have some form of conflict in the play. Lady Capulet insists her daughter, Juliet, must be married at a young age, just like her. She then, in Act 1, puts pressure on Juliet to marry Paris and have her consider him as a husband before anyone else. Juliet states, “‘But no more deep will I endart mine eye/Than your consent gives strength to make it fly’” (1.3.100-101). Juliet will pretend to follow her mother’s advice and consider Paris as a husband to avoid her father disassociating her later on. Foreshadowing and marriage is going to be a big factor coming up and later on in the play.
Juliet will have to be a Montague to be with Romeo and to be safe. In Act 2, she’s conflicted between her feelings and how she knows that Romeo is a Montague (her family’s enemy). Juliet says, “‘O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, or, if thou wilt not, be sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet’” (2.2.30-36). She tries to separate Romeo from his identity, and if he won’t, she won’t be a Capulet anymore so they can
In Shakespeare’s play, “Romeo and Juliet”, the theme, conflicts can hurt or put a family together, happens in the play at the home of Juliet, in the town, etc. To Romeo and Juliet, it does not matter what their family thinks, as long as they are together. Family is a large part of Romeo and Juliet. It is important to take in consideration of what family thinks because it might save your life later on.
In the prologue, it immediately goes to how the family will have some form of conflict. The prologue states, “Two households, both alike in dignity/From ancient grudge break to new mutiny” (Prologue. 1-4). This quote is stating that both the Montagues and Capulets will have some form of conflict in the play. Lady Capulet insists her daughter, Juliet, must be married at a young age, just like her. She then, in Act 1, puts pressure on Juliet to marry Paris and have her consider him as a husband before anyone else. Juliet states, “‘But no more deep will I endart mine eye/Than your consent gives strength to make it fly’” (1.3.100-101). Juliet will pretend to follow her mother’s advice and consider Paris as a husband to avoid her father disassociating her later on. Foreshadowing and marriage is going to be a big factor coming up and later on in the play.
Juliet will have to be a Montague to be with Romeo and to be safe. In Act 2, she’s conflicted between her feelings and how she knows that Romeo is a Montague (her family’s enemy). Juliet says, “‘O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, or, if thou wilt not, be sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet’” (2.2.30-36). She tries to separate Romeo from his identity, and if he won’t, she won’t be a Capulet anymore so they can be together. Now, she has found out Romeo has climbed the orchid walls to see her. Juliet is now worried that her cousin, Tybalt, will have kinsman break Romeo’s legs for climbing the wall to see her. Juliet says worriedly, “‘How camest thou hither, tell me, and wherefore?/And the place death considering who thou art, if any kinsmen find thee here’” (2.2.60-65). Tybalt has already threatened Romeo once before, which makes the situation more intense. Romeo is in a lot of conflict but, he will soon be with Juliet.
Romeo then goes and tells Juliet that she has softened his bravery. This is because of Mercutio defending him against Tybalt and because of her beauty. Romeo says, “‘This gentleman, the Princes near ally,//My reputation stained with Tybalt’s slander — Tybalt, that an hour. Hath been my kinsmen! O sweet Juliet’” (3.1. 70-80). Romeo is saddened by the fact that Mercutio was killed protecting him from Tybalt, which resulted in Romeos bravery being weaker. Capulet now figures out Juliet doesn’t want to marry Paris, which is a problem. If Juliet does not agree with Capulet (her dad), she will be disowned from the family. Capulet states, “‘But an you will not wed, I’ll pardon you!’” (3.5.100-101). Capulet is the head of the his family and whatever he says, goes. So, if Juliet doesn’t want to marry Paris and instead marries Romeo, that’s not good.
In the end, Romeo’s love for Juliet is so strong he will do anything to be with her. Juliet never married Paris, but she did end up with Romeo, in a way you wouldn’t expect. Romeo dies because he sees that Juliet has “died”. Then Juliet kills herself seeing Romeo is dead. In the end, both the Montagues and Capulets are calm and they can move on from all the conflicts that Romeo and Juliet made.
