Juliet‚ my daughter not wanting to marry Paris. Why? Why? Paris is wealthy‚ young and handsome‚ an excellent match for her. She cannot disobey my order‚ this is my decision‚ (point to chest) not hers. Does she have any idea how many girls would die to marry Paris? Juliet would become part of royal family‚ which will be great for me and our name too. Our Capulet name will be seen as peaceful and loving if she marries Paris. And if she doesn’t she will be ruining my plans for her. She is mine and
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The answer may lie with Sigmund Freud. It is no secret that Freud had little faith in a successful‚ loving relationship that could endure over a long period. In Mark Edmundson’s essay Freud and Shakespeare on Love‚ he indicates that‚ based on Freud’s theory of erotic repetition‚ “The heart breaks time and again and‚ Freud insists‚ it’s prone to do so in the same fashion” (51). If Freud felt that it was human nature to revert to an infantile state which consists of “images and desires‚ great pleasure…and
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In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet both main characters need relationship advice. Throughout the first half of the play‚ Romeo and Juliet are young and immature and do not know how to act in a relationship. Juliet needs to figure out how fast she wants the relationship to proceed before she moves forward‚ while on the other hand Romeo needs to exhibit greater self-control and awareness of potential consequences. In the balcony scene‚ Juliet is uncertain in how fast she wants to take her
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this motif is Romeo’s lengthy meditation on the sun and the moon during the balcony scene‚ in which Juliet‚ metaphorically described as the sun‚ is seen as banishing the “envious moon” and transforming the night into day (2.1.46). A similar blurring of night and day occurs in the early morning hours after the lovers’ only night together. Romeo‚ forced to leave for exile in the morning‚ and Juliet‚ not wanting him to leave her room‚ both try to pretend that it is still night‚ and that the light is
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“O Romeo‚ O Romeo‚ wherefore art thou Romeo.” (II‚ ii‚33) This is one of the most well known lines from Classic Literature. Romeo and Juliet is a well-known play written in 1597 by William Shakespeare. This play is about 2 teenage lovers who are from families that are in a feud. They developed a crush on each other at a party hosted by Juliet’s father. They met when Romeo and his Montague friends got word of the party and decided to crash it. Romeo and Juliet were not in love but just infatuated
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Questions Lady Capulet How would you explain your relationship with Juliet? She was my daughter‚ I treasured her. I wanted the best for her‚ I tried to plan a wedding for her but she was clearly unhappy and did not want to marry. I did what I thought was right‚ I guess I was just trying to hard. Did you know of Juliet’s marriage with Romeo before Paris? No‚ but she seemed happier before my husband had made her marry Paris. She was more vibrant and looked happier in general as if she was living life
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1990’s V.S 1960’s Do you believe in love at first sight? Well‚ Romeo and Juliet did after the Capulet party that Romeo (a Montague) snuck into. The Montague’s and Capulet’s have been fighting for ages but no one seems to know why. These two love birds are forbid to see each other but they cant resist. After the party Romeo sneaks back to see Juliet. There are two versions f this classic scene the modern version directed by Baz Buhrmann and the classic version directed by Franco Zeffirelli. They
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Parent Child Relationships throughout Romeo & Juliet Have you ever been so overwhelmed by hate? The feud between the Capulets and Montagues in Romeo and Juliet was devastating. Juliet’s parents love her but do not understand her feelings and try to push her into marriage‚ Romeo’s parents are not very involved. These parents were distant in their children’s lives but in different ways. The Montagues gave Romeo free roam‚ while the Capulets kept Juliet in a strict manner and expected her to obey them
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After reading the play “Romeo and Juliet”‚ we know the character of Juliet and her behavior. Is her behavior selfish or not? I think there are many arguments to support both views‚ but in my view that I think her behaviour is selfish. Firstly‚ Juliet was born into a rich and complex family and she is an only child in this family. This condition makes her behavior more selfish as because of her suicide‚ there would be no one to look after her parents. Moreover‚ her family and her lover’s family
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they had to rely on what they could hear. Even though there was an unmarried woman on the throne in Elizebeathen England‚ the roles of women in society were very limited. Nurse called Juliet pet names+knew her age to the hour-close relationship Capulet-Changes during the course of the play. He demands Juliet marries Paris. Can be violent-“my fingers itch” Capulet represents the mind of parents that Shakespeare’s audience would recognize-controlling and unsympathetic. This helps the audience
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