Romeo & Juliet - Parental Relationships
Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet
Parental Relationships – Sample Essay 1
Explore the way Shakespeare presents Juliet’s changing relationship with her parents to the audience during the course of the play.
Juliet’s relationship with her parents changes during the course of the play, she is shy, obedient and behaves in a way that is typical of a wealthy daughter of the time. By the end of the play she is disobedient and becomes very independent.
The storyline of the play is about A young boy and girl that fall in love at first sight their families are enemies, they marry in secret and they all end up dead.
Women of this time were a lower class to men and all men owned their wives and children and to see a women even speak without a males consent to do so was surprising.
The first time Juliet introduced to the audience is when Paris asks lord Capulet for his daughters hand in marriage. An audience of Elizabethan time would see this as a great opportunity for Juliet and the Capulet family, but lord Capulet explains to Paris that Juliet is to young. ‘ we let two summers wither in her pride, then we may think of her ripe to be a wife’ these are lord Capulet’s words to Paris telling Paris to wait two years before marriage will even be considered. The audience of Elizabethan times would be shocked by her fathers decision and how protective he is over Juliet. Lord Capulet maybe worried about letting his daughter go so early because she is to young. This also shows the relationship between Juliet and her father is very strong. Lord Capulet says to Paris ‘woo her’ at the Capulet ball.
Lady Capulet shouts to their nurse ‘nurse, where’s my daughter’ this shows that the relationship between lady Capulet and Juliet isn’t very strong, because she doesn’t know where Juliet is , but the nurse does. This shows that the relationship between Juliet and her mother lady Capulet are less apparent than Juliet and her nurse. then when Juliet arrives at the door lady Capulet’s room she
Parental Relationships – Sample Essay 1
Explore the way Shakespeare presents Juliet’s changing relationship with her parents to the audience during the course of the play.
Juliet’s relationship with her parents changes during the course of the play, she is shy, obedient and behaves in a way that is typical of a wealthy daughter of the time. By the end of the play she is disobedient and becomes very independent.
The storyline of the play is about A young boy and girl that fall in love at first sight their families are enemies, they marry in secret and they all end up dead.
Women of this time were a lower class to men and all men owned their wives and children and to see a women even speak without a males consent to do so was surprising.
The first time Juliet introduced to the audience is when Paris asks lord Capulet for his daughters hand in marriage. An audience of Elizabethan time would see this as a great opportunity for Juliet and the Capulet family, but lord Capulet explains to Paris that Juliet is to young. ‘ we let two summers wither in her pride, then we may think of her ripe to be a wife’ these are lord Capulet’s words to Paris telling Paris to wait two years before marriage will even be considered. The audience of Elizabethan times would be shocked by her fathers decision and how protective he is over Juliet. Lord Capulet maybe worried about letting his daughter go so early because she is to young. This also shows the relationship between Juliet and her father is very strong. Lord Capulet says to Paris ‘woo her’ at the Capulet ball.
Lady Capulet shouts to their nurse ‘nurse, where’s my daughter’ this shows that the relationship between lady Capulet and Juliet isn’t very strong, because she doesn’t know where Juliet is , but the nurse does. This shows that the relationship between Juliet and her mother lady Capulet are less apparent than Juliet and her nurse. then when Juliet arrives at the door lady Capulet’s room she