Gender Roles In Romeo And Juliet

“The soul has no gender.” Said by Clarissa Pinkola Estes in current time, but was that the belief back in Romeo and Juliet’s time? The brilliant Shakespeare has written very many plays but Romeo and Juliet really stuck out over the years to the people and has become one of the most iconic and famous plays William Shakespeare has written. Society’s view on the behavior of different genders was very different from today. Society’s view on gender is the complete opposite to how Romeo and Juliet act. Romeo acts more feminine than boys his age. Juliet is stronger than any female her age. Despite Romeo and Juliet’s gender, their behavior as female and male fluctuate throughout the play, they break society’s typical stereotypes, while Romeo acts like a woman and Juliet acts like a man.

Romeo and Juliet differentiate from society’s stereotypical male and female many times during this play. In the time that the play took place, the woman was thought to be weak and needed protection all time and men are the protectors, but this wasn’t the case for Romeo and Juliet. Although throughout the play characters did not comment on these unusual behaviors, they still occurred. In the time Romeo and Juliet are spending together many could see that both of them are not accustomed to showing the normal actions that a male and female would. Juliet differs from many girls by being strong, rebellious, stubborn and
They break society’s view on the behaviors of, Romeo acts feminine and Juliet acts masculine. Romeo through the play demonstrates that he is not like any of the other boys and he is not afraid to show it, but by the end of the play he becomes very mature man. Society’s view on gender roles is very harsh and Romeo and Juliet do not necessarily fit in like everyone else does. Juliet also does not fit into the preferred gender behaviors like Romeo. She and Romeo basically switch the way they