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Romeo and his parents don’t interact very much. Romeo is a very independent, self-kept person. He doesn’t really involve his parents in anything he does. One example is when Romeo’s heart get’s broken by a girl named Rosaline and Romeo kept crying about it. Romeo’s friends and father were talking and his father said… :”Both by myself and many other friends, but he his own affections counselor, is to himself, I will not say how true, but to himself so secret and so close, so far from surrounding and discovery, as is the bad bite with an envious worm. Ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the air, or dedicate his beauty to the sun. Could we but learn from when his sorrows grow we would as willingly give cure as know” Romeos
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Juliet has to follow the rules no matter what. She is on a very tight leash with her parents, and she can never go anywhere alone, she always has her nurse with her everywhere. And when Juliet starts falling in love with Romeo, the leash gets shorter. In the beginning of the story, Mr. Capulet said to a man that wanted to marry Juliet, that he wanted her to fall in love with someone and choose for herself, and now that she loves Romeo, he’s taking it all back. Mr. Capulet met a young man named Paris that was interested in Juliet and wanted to marry her. Mr. Capulet said he approved and wanted to force the marriage on Juliet, although she was already married to Romeo. Mr. Capulet went home to tell Juliet to get herself ready for Thursday, for that’s the day she will be married. Juliet tried to deny marrying him in a nice way and Mr. Capulet said, “How how, how, how, chopologic? What is this? “Proud” and “I thank you” and “I thank you not” and yet “Not proud” Mistriss mission you. Thanking me no than kings, nor proud me no prouds. But fettle your fine joints against Thursday next. To go with Paris to Saint Peters church, or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither; out, you green-sickness carrion! Out you baggage! You tallow

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