How Does Shakespeare Present Relationships In Romeo And Juliet

Examine Shakespeare's treatment of relationships in Romeo and Juliet.

In this essay I will be examining William Shakespeare's treatment of relationships in Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire and was alive during the Elizabethan era. He was an English poet and playwright widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language. He wrote at least thirty seven plays and also wrote poems. His plays were comedies, histories and tragedies and some of his most famous ones were Hamlet, Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. Relationships form the main theme in Shakespeare's tragedy ‘Romeo and Juliet and there are many different ones, such as infatuation (Rosaline and Romeo), destiny (Romeo and Juliet), parental love (Lord Capulet and Juliet) and arranged
Lord Capulet says to Lord Montague ‘o brother Montague, give me thy hand,' this would not have happened at the start of the play. In other words Lord Capulet is asking to put everything in the past. Montague replies just as positively, saying ‘I will raise her statue in pure gold,' showing he thinks a lot of the family. The play contains many moral messages, one being that love is a powerful thing and it can lead to extremes, and in this instance death. It should not have to get to that for disagreements to be resolved. Despite Romeo and Juliet being written over 500 years ago it is still very much relevant in today's society. It shows struggles against society and having to go against the people who are closest to you and what they may think. This is still going on today in such things as arranged marriages, etc. There are people being forced into situations even though they do not a choice all over the world. It is also relevant because there are still things such as wars going on in the world and even thought that is to a much bigger extent it still represents the disagreements shown in the