Examine Juliet's relationship with her parents.

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Examine Juliet’s relationship with her parents.

During this talk I will discuss the ideas of parent children relationships and the times when the children reach a certain age group 11-18. During this age group the relationship between the parent and child can sometimes change. In some situations the relationship can continue from both parties to be loving and caring however conflict can occur, here in the 21st century this is normally because of the things in the world that children at that age become aware of, these are: alcohol, drugs and boys which in a lot of situations lead to sex. But this relationship can also involve small things like messy bedrooms and schoolwork. As I mentioned these things all cause a problem for us in the 21st centaury however in Elizabethan times this was less likely to occur this is because during the Elizabethan era a woman was the property of her father until she was given to her new master, her husband. Her father decided the course of a young woman’s life and then later that decision-making process was passed to her husband. Women moved from their father’s home straight into the role of wife and had little choice but to accept that they lived in a male dominated society. The codes and conventions of patriarchal society meant that women had to play the role of the silent and obedient daughter or wife. But in some cases the daughter would not wish to be married to her father’ choice this was normally because she would have found her own love and wished to be with that person she finds worthy of her and not who her father finds worthy of her, this is normally the stage when the conflict would occur in Elizabethan times and the relationship between the parent then changes.

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Shakespeare often features this type of relationships in his plays or the aspects of life at that time.

Based on the facts that this talk is about parent and children relationships in particularly I will be examining the relationship between Juliet and her parents.

The relationship between her mother and father is how a relationship would be expected, Juliet is obedient to her mother and father and answers to their orders when given. This seems to give the view that they have a healthy loving relationship of the time and care for each other just as ...

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