The Rivaling Families: Romeo and Juliet
Honors English I
Romeo and Juliet: The Rivaling Families
The relationship between children and parents in Romeo and Juliet is very weak because there is a lack of interaction between them. Romeo and Juliet are very rebellious and the parents express negative feelings about their children. Throughout the play, the two families demonstrate how pitiable their relationship between each parent and child really is by leading Romeo and Juliet to death. Romeo and Juliet’s interaction with their parent is very somber and unruly. They communicate very seldom. Romeo and Juliet are not very close to their parents and their parents don’t know them very well. The Capulet’s nurse, Angelica, acts like a mother to Juliet helping her with what to wear and giving her genuine advice. Before the Capulet party begins the nurse says to Lady Capulet, “Thou wast the prettiest babe that e’er I nursed” (Shakespeare 737). This proves that the Nurse even fed Juliet when she was younger and has been like a mother to her. Friar Laurence acts like a father to Romeo by giving him advice and uniting him with the love of his life, Juliet. Friar Laurence advises Romeo in Act II to slow down, “Therefore love moderately: long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow” (774). One big issue between the children and parents is communication. The young ones hide a huge secret most of the play because they are afraid to tell their parents because of their hatred -fueled rivalry. In the first act, Tybalt, a relative of Lady Capulet, expresses his hatred towards the Montague’s, “As I hate hell, all Montague’s and thee! (725). If the families knew about their relationship, there hatred would have to stop them.
Juliet's interaction with her parents is fueled by no one having respect for each other. Juliet bluntly tells her mother in Act III that she will not marry Paris because she does not love
Romeo and Juliet: The Rivaling Families
The relationship between children and parents in Romeo and Juliet is very weak because there is a lack of interaction between them. Romeo and Juliet are very rebellious and the parents express negative feelings about their children. Throughout the play, the two families demonstrate how pitiable their relationship between each parent and child really is by leading Romeo and Juliet to death. Romeo and Juliet’s interaction with their parent is very somber and unruly. They communicate very seldom. Romeo and Juliet are not very close to their parents and their parents don’t know them very well. The Capulet’s nurse, Angelica, acts like a mother to Juliet helping her with what to wear and giving her genuine advice. Before the Capulet party begins the nurse says to Lady Capulet, “Thou wast the prettiest babe that e’er I nursed” (Shakespeare 737). This proves that the Nurse even fed Juliet when she was younger and has been like a mother to her. Friar Laurence acts like a father to Romeo by giving him advice and uniting him with the love of his life, Juliet. Friar Laurence advises Romeo in Act II to slow down, “Therefore love moderately: long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow” (774). One big issue between the children and parents is communication. The young ones hide a huge secret most of the play because they are afraid to tell their parents because of their hatred -fueled rivalry. In the first act, Tybalt, a relative of Lady Capulet, expresses his hatred towards the Montague’s, “As I hate hell, all Montague’s and thee! (725). If the families knew about their relationship, there hatred would have to stop them.
Juliet's interaction with her parents is fueled by no one having respect for each other. Juliet bluntly tells her mother in Act III that she will not marry Paris because she does not love