This shows that Juliet has absolutely no interest or intention to marry Paris. Furthermore Lord Capulet’s response is extremely overwhelming and he tells her that if she does not marry Paris, he will drag her out of the house, when he says ‘But fettle your fine joints against Thursday next to go with Paris to Saint Peters Church, or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither. Out, you green-sickness carrion! Out, you baggage! You tallow-face’ (3:5,156-160) Juliet, who’s only thirteen faces up to her father and dares to tell him that she doesn’t want to marry Pairs. Juliet responds with “He shall not make me there a joyful bride” She disobeys her parents because Juliet has married Romeo in secret, the audience know this. When her mother comes to tell her about Paris hand in marriage she starts to cry but the mother thinks she is crying about Tybalt’s death. “Evermore weeping for your cousin's death” Juliet is particularly respectful toward her parents.
Lord Capulet hears from his wife that Juliet doesn’t want to marry Pairs and worse, Juliet infuriates him by answering back, playing with his words: “How, how, how, how” - chopped logic? Lord Capulet says “Thank me no thinking’s”, “Hang thee, young baggage and disobedient wretch!” Furthermore he threatens to throw her out of the house: “Graz where you will, you shall not house with me”… “Hang, beg, starve, die in the streets.” Shakespeare’s words show us the greatness of feeling: the father’s rage that his young daughter won’t do what he wants. What’s more Shakespeare shows a man so wound up with his own place in society that he cares about this more that his daughter’s feeling’s. In the Elizabethan times daughters were expected to obey their parent’s wishes. Parents in particular, were fully in charge of their children. However, in the play Juliet goes against her father’s expectation, which meant that the Elizabethan audience feels some sympathy for her when she disobeys her parents. “Day, night; work, play; alone, in company, still my care hath been to have her matched.” So he threatens her with complete damage. As this is going on, we know something that he doesn’t: Juliet is married to Romeo, the son of his sworn enemy.
By the time the audience might have watched the scene where Juliet and her patents are arguing, it can feel almost unbearable because of what they already know. Only the kindness of the Nurse relieves the situation. And the argument ends with a chill horror of Juliet’s mother turning on her daughter. “Talk not to me, for I’ll not speak a word. Do as thou will, for I have done with thee.” Nurse betrayed Juliet turns against her at a very critical time. The Nurse told Juliet that it would be best if she would just marry Paris “I think it best you married with the county’ (3:5,230-236) But most of the adults in the play betray Juliet like Friar Lawrence who does not comprehend “Romeo and Juliet’s” love for each other. Nurse fails to support Juliet’s choice against marring Paris. Nurse’s betrayal causes Juliet to go to Friar with the intent to commit suicide, should he be unable to help Juliet “I’ll to the Friar to know his remedy. If all else fails myself have the power to die” (3:5,254-255)
Friar Lawrence is the one who married Romeo and Juliet also gave Juliet the potion that made her seem dead, which consequently lead to the lover’s deaths. Friar Laurence is responsible for “Romeo and Juliet's” deaths. ‘Romeo and Juliet’s’ death could have been prevented, if they were not together. Friar Laurence married “Romeo and Juliet”; this was the first mistake which would lead to their deaths. A bond between them was created through marriage: "For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone / till holy church incorporate two in one." (2:6.36-37) none of any of the tragedies would have occurred if Romeo and Juliet were not married. Friar is also responsible for their deaths because he failed to get the letter to Romeo safely; he married them when technically it was illegal since there was no parental consent and he gave Juliet the potion and came up with that whole plan also should have told their parents about what was going on.
Friar Lawrence is a man who is not afraid to take risks to help someone, when he marries Romeo and Juliet; he is risking his reputation as a Friar so he can help the two lovers. Also, when he says, "Take thou this vial, being then in bed, / and this distilled liquor drink thou off", he is suggesting that Juliet drink a potion so that she might feign her own death and avoid marrying Paris. This was an extremely risky thing to do because anything might happen to Juliet while she was unconscious. But unfortunately Friar Laurence admits that much of the fault of the tragedy lies in his hands when he says, "And here I stand both to impeach and purge/ myself condemned and myself excused", and when he says, "Her nurse is privy; and, if aught in this/ miscarried by myself..." Finally, it was the thoughtlessness of his actions that, in part led, to the deaths of the two lead characters. This shows that Friar Lawrence was a man with good intentions who was willing to take risks to help his friends. If he had been any other way, the play might not have turned out as it did. Juliet is found 'dead' in the morning and a funeral is carried out. Romeo breaks his exile and goes to see Juliet in Verona. He gets poison from an apothecary and he kills Paris with his dagger, Juliet wakes up and finds Romeo dead. She kills herself with his sword in the heart. The two families are finally united by grief for the loss of their children.
When we see Friar Laurence and Paris, Paris has already told the Friar that he wants him to perform the wedding ceremony. Of course, knowing that Juliet is already married, the Friar tries to raise objections. The first thing we hear him say is “On Thursday, sir? the time is very short" (4:1.1) so this is when Paris reveals that the wedding will occur the next day. Juliet meets Paris and greets her by saying, , to which Juliet replies, . He probably thinks she is teasing him by saying that they may be happy to see one another when they are married; her hidden meaning is that she will never be married to him and never happy to see him. Paris then says, , and Juliet replies, . Friar Laurence tells Juliet to take a potion simulating death, and then explains the rest of his plan. Juliet accepts the challenge. She takes the vial from Friar Laurence and cries At this, the Friar urges her to be strong and says he'll send another friar to Mantua with letters for Romeo. Taking leave of Friar Laurence, Juliet says, She's asking love to give her strength and affirming that the strength that love gives will bring her "afford" the help she needs to carry out her part of the Friar's plan. First, when the bridegroom comes to wake her (as the custom was) on Thursday morning, Juliet will be dead and she will be laid, uncovered and in her best clothes, on a bier and carried to the vault of the Capulet’s. [in preparation for the time when] [plan]. "Watch thy waking" this means that Friar and Romeo will keep watch over her until she wakes up; the Friar seems certain that both he and Romeo will be there in the vault well before Juliet awakes. Lady Capulet and the Nurse are busy making preparations for the wedding. It is 3 o'clock in the morning and now Capulet hearing music announcing Paris' arrival, tells the Nurse to wake Juliet. The Capulet's learn that their daughter Juliet is dead. The wedding preparations are changed to those of a funeral. Later in the scene Juliet is berried and Paris decides to visit her but then sees Romeo so Paris steps out of the dark, tells Romeo to stop, and says, . Romeo answers, . Paris meant that Romeo must die for returning from banishment, and has no idea that Romeo is Juliet's husband, so he must think that Romeo is lying or raving. Romeo then tries as hard as he can to get Paris to leave peaceably. He says, Romeo's mind it is clear that Paris has only two choices to leave or kill Paris."O my love, my wife! Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty." When Juliet woke up and found Romeo dead, she killed herself "O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust and let me die!" She stabs herself to join her Romeo on the other side then she welcomes death.
To conclude: I think in contemporary society we have women’s rights in my opinion Juliet should have had her choice on who to marry and if the parents of Romeo and Juliet did not hate each other, then these problems would not happened and lead to their deaths. But in the Elizabethan times they would disagree with me because they had to obey. The thing that Juliet did wrong is that she didn’t tell her father about her love with Romeo and that would have been the most dangerous thing she could do. I think, the more you learn about Shakespeare the more you can appreciate his work and his plays. I adore Shakespeare, especially some of his insults - they are hilarious, and so clever. I have always had a soft spot for star-crossed lovers. What an amazingly talented author Shakespeare was. It was incredible four hundred years ago and it is still wonderful today.
