The Relationship Between Romeo And Juliet
Romeo and Juliet, a play written by Shakespeare, is about a young couple that instantly fall in love with one another. However, due to the feud between Romeo and Juliet’s households, they were forced to keep their love hidden. Their inability to tell anyone about the relationship impacted the plot in several ways. It, also, contributed to the meaning of the entire text.
Romeo is a Montague; Juliet is a Capulet. The story never explicitly states why, but their two families are in a dispute. Romeo and Juliet didn’t let this stop them, however. They simply snuck around to see each other. Although it seems insignificant, it severely impacts the characters, as well as the plot. The secrecy was extremely necessary because their households would have prohibited them from being together. It was stated and implied several times throughout the text that the Capulets and Montagues would not have approved. Within minutes of meeting Romeo, Juliet heard from the …show more content…
Shortly after Juliet was clandestinely married to Romeo, her father demanded that she married County Paris. She refused because Romeo was her living husband; she could not commit the sin of having another. Her father, Capulet, and mother, Lady Capulet, were obviously not aware of her status with Romeo and continued to push the new marriage. After the argument with her parents, Juliet states to the Nurse, “If all else fail, myself have power to die.” (iii.v.255) Juliet had reached the point that her love for Romeo completely controlled her. The only people informed of Romeo and Juliet’s secret love were the Nurse and Friar Lawrence. Therefore, she went to Friar Lawrence, as well, to tell him about her frustration. He has a solution to her troubles, a vial full of a liquor that will put her make her appear dead for forty-two hours. Within this time, he’d send word to Romeo to come back and when she was awake, they’d go to Mantua
Romeo is a Montague; Juliet is a Capulet. The story never explicitly states why, but their two families are in a dispute. Romeo and Juliet didn’t let this stop them, however. They simply snuck around to see each other. Although it seems insignificant, it severely impacts the characters, as well as the plot. The secrecy was extremely necessary because their households would have prohibited them from being together. It was stated and implied several times throughout the text that the Capulets and Montagues would not have approved. Within minutes of meeting Romeo, Juliet heard from the …show more content…
Shortly after Juliet was clandestinely married to Romeo, her father demanded that she married County Paris. She refused because Romeo was her living husband; she could not commit the sin of having another. Her father, Capulet, and mother, Lady Capulet, were obviously not aware of her status with Romeo and continued to push the new marriage. After the argument with her parents, Juliet states to the Nurse, “If all else fail, myself have power to die.” (iii.v.255) Juliet had reached the point that her love for Romeo completely controlled her. The only people informed of Romeo and Juliet’s secret love were the Nurse and Friar Lawrence. Therefore, she went to Friar Lawrence, as well, to tell him about her frustration. He has a solution to her troubles, a vial full of a liquor that will put her make her appear dead for forty-two hours. Within this time, he’d send word to Romeo to come back and when she was awake, they’d go to Mantua