Irreversible Consequence Invoked Through Domestic Conflict
Undoubtedly, family upbringing greatly impacts one’s overall values and beliefs. As a child matures, they start developing personal opinions that may differ from their parent’s original beliefs. The inability to understand one another can cause unwanted hostility within the household, creating a dysfunctional family unit. For instance, in the famous play Romeo and Juliet, the families not only deal with rising tension within their own domestic establishment, but also between the Montague and Capulet households. As the play’s two teenagers fall in fateful love, their disapproving families clash, generating conditions that ultimately result in their catastrophic suicides. Through Romeo …show more content…
A first example displaying the result of opposing families is presented as Mercutio reveals the injuries caused by Tybalt, with an enhancing metaphor. While in distress, Mercutio states “They have made worms meat of me” (3:1:103). Here, Mercutio uses a metaphor to compare himself to a worm’s meal, showing the reader he foresees his soon decomposition within a grave. This dramatic reveal introduces the audience to the extreme damage caused through family hatred, with the metaphor concluding death can be an outcome of family conflict. Moreover, directly after Mercutio’s death, Romeo kills Tybalt, forcing the Prince to confirm his exilement. Within the situation, Juliet’s use of the syntax ‘repetition’ identifies the extent of the circumstance, as well as the outcome of progressive family conflict. Between cries, Juliet tells the nurse “Romeo banished, that ‘banished’, that one word ‘banished’” (3:2:112-114). As Juliet repeats the word ‘banished’ three times, it demonstrates her attempt to comprehend the terrible incident that has just taken place, adding great depth to the reader’s understanding of her disbelief. Along with this, as Romeo’s banishment is a result of killing Tybalt, he convinces Juliet to run away with him, concluding that the family conflict brought this …show more content…
With evidence shown through a lack of support figures, meaningful literary devices and misused power dynamics, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, clarifies how families surrounded by discord, erupt negative consequences. Domestic conflict is powerful, and can undoubtedly produce irreversible, unimaginable outcomes. Rudolph Dreikurs from the Institute of Educational Sciences reveals that “When adults know what to do, children then learn to improve behavior and to increase their trust as well as their sense of responsibility” (Happy Children: A Challenge to Parents 1). Evidently, parents have the greatest influence on their children and through upbringing, are accountable for their overall maturation. By all means, each family structure is flawed, however, there is a broad variety of precautions that can be taken to avoid domestic results as tragic as the suicides of Romeo and
Undoubtedly, family upbringing greatly impacts one’s overall values and beliefs. As a child matures, they start developing personal opinions that may differ from their parent’s original beliefs. The inability to understand one another can cause unwanted hostility within the household, creating a dysfunctional family unit. For instance, in the famous play Romeo and Juliet, the families not only deal with rising tension within their own domestic establishment, but also between the Montague and Capulet households. As the play’s two teenagers fall in fateful love, their disapproving families clash, generating conditions that ultimately result in their catastrophic suicides. Through Romeo …show more content…
A first example displaying the result of opposing families is presented as Mercutio reveals the injuries caused by Tybalt, with an enhancing metaphor. While in distress, Mercutio states “They have made worms meat of me” (3:1:103). Here, Mercutio uses a metaphor to compare himself to a worm’s meal, showing the reader he foresees his soon decomposition within a grave. This dramatic reveal introduces the audience to the extreme damage caused through family hatred, with the metaphor concluding death can be an outcome of family conflict. Moreover, directly after Mercutio’s death, Romeo kills Tybalt, forcing the Prince to confirm his exilement. Within the situation, Juliet’s use of the syntax ‘repetition’ identifies the extent of the circumstance, as well as the outcome of progressive family conflict. Between cries, Juliet tells the nurse “Romeo banished, that ‘banished’, that one word ‘banished’” (3:2:112-114). As Juliet repeats the word ‘banished’ three times, it demonstrates her attempt to comprehend the terrible incident that has just taken place, adding great depth to the reader’s understanding of her disbelief. Along with this, as Romeo’s banishment is a result of killing Tybalt, he convinces Juliet to run away with him, concluding that the family conflict brought this …show more content…
With evidence shown through a lack of support figures, meaningful literary devices and misused power dynamics, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, clarifies how families surrounded by discord, erupt negative consequences. Domestic conflict is powerful, and can undoubtedly produce irreversible, unimaginable outcomes. Rudolph Dreikurs from the Institute of Educational Sciences reveals that “When adults know what to do, children then learn to improve behavior and to increase their trust as well as their sense of responsibility” (Happy Children: A Challenge to Parents 1). Evidently, parents have the greatest influence on their children and through upbringing, are accountable for their overall maturation. By all means, each family structure is flawed, however, there is a broad variety of precautions that can be taken to avoid domestic results as tragic as the suicides of Romeo and