Romeo and Juliet- Family Dynamics
Romeo and Juliet
Were the “Two star-crossed Lovers” really meant to be? Or not?
Why family dynamics were such an important role in the Elizabethan Era. The wealthier family’s had hired nannies to raise/ take care of their children. The children were to have well manners and to be successful in life. The importance of Family Dynamics played an important role by determine the way you were raised, who you were allowed to marry, and they way you were treated.
Social class, social class played a very important role in the Capulet’s and Montague’s day. It was the “Two households, both alike in dignity,’’ (The Prologue, Page 7) that had the most hatred and agony between so many people. It was a generated hate that nobody really even knew why, they just followed in the way of their ancestors. No one asked why or even wondered if they could stop, not until young Romeo and Juliet came along. The first time they meet they knew they were to be together, after all “My only love sprung from my only hate.” They showed such young love for each other that it was unbreakable. Romeo had wanted to “Let lips do what hands do.” (Act 1, Scene 5, page 21) they were suppose to follow in their parents footsteps but while at the same time they both so badly wanted to betray them just to be together?
The head of the house was the father of the family. The family more or less “belonged” to their father making him in charge of the wife and children. The father was the one who had to arrange the marriage and see who the right fit was for his daughters. Which means he was the one has to see that his daughter was taken care of in every way needed possible. He would only marry her to someone with same standards as that family. The rich married the rich, and the poor married the poor. The richer your family was the better off you were. The richer had the better clothes of course, layering on as much fabric as possible just to brag about how rich they really were. Fathers were the
Were the “Two star-crossed Lovers” really meant to be? Or not?
Why family dynamics were such an important role in the Elizabethan Era. The wealthier family’s had hired nannies to raise/ take care of their children. The children were to have well manners and to be successful in life. The importance of Family Dynamics played an important role by determine the way you were raised, who you were allowed to marry, and they way you were treated.
Social class, social class played a very important role in the Capulet’s and Montague’s day. It was the “Two households, both alike in dignity,’’ (The Prologue, Page 7) that had the most hatred and agony between so many people. It was a generated hate that nobody really even knew why, they just followed in the way of their ancestors. No one asked why or even wondered if they could stop, not until young Romeo and Juliet came along. The first time they meet they knew they were to be together, after all “My only love sprung from my only hate.” They showed such young love for each other that it was unbreakable. Romeo had wanted to “Let lips do what hands do.” (Act 1, Scene 5, page 21) they were suppose to follow in their parents footsteps but while at the same time they both so badly wanted to betray them just to be together?
The head of the house was the father of the family. The family more or less “belonged” to their father making him in charge of the wife and children. The father was the one who had to arrange the marriage and see who the right fit was for his daughters. Which means he was the one has to see that his daughter was taken care of in every way needed possible. He would only marry her to someone with same standards as that family. The rich married the rich, and the poor married the poor. The richer your family was the better off you were. The richer had the better clothes of course, layering on as much fabric as possible just to brag about how rich they really were. Fathers were the