Romeo & Juliet Essay

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Romeo & Juliet Essay

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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is about two families who hate each other and Romeo from one family and Juliet from thee other and Romeo and Juliet fall in love. The play is set in Verona, in the fourteenth century. In this society men are dominant and have all the control and power over what women can and cannot do. Therefore women are submissive and get told what to do by men and women have no power. In this essay I am going to focus on how Juliet’s parents treat her, especially in Act 3, scene 5.

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In Act 1, scene 2 Paris is asking Capulet’s permission to marry Juliet. This shows that Paris is in love with Juliet. This also shows that Lord Capulet has power over Juliet and is in charge of whom she marries, so Juliet cannot choose who she gets to marry. Lord Capulet wants Paris to wait two years because Juliet is too young. The text says ‘My child is yet a stranger to the world.’ This shows Capulet is protective over his daughter so this means he is a good father. Although marriage at fourteen is shocking to us in 2008, it wasn’t shocking in the fourteenth century, it was normal.

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In Act 1, scene 3 Lady Capulet tells Juliet about how she is going to marry Paris one day and for her to look at Paris and see what she thinks of him. The nurse and Lady Capulet are persuading Juliet to fall in love with Paris. The text says ‘Verona’s summer hath not such a flower.’ This shows Lady Capulet thinks Paris is good looking, rich, nice and would be a good husband for Juliet. Although Lady Capulet wants Juliet to marry Paris, Juliet has an opinion and she thinks ...

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