Romeo and Juliet is a classic tale of true love, even though the two main characters end up dead, and one of the main causes of their suicides is one of their parents. Set hundreds of years ago in the city of Verona, Italy, two upper-class families, the Montagues and the Capulets, have been caught in a feud for quite some time. At a party hosted by Capulet, Montague’s son Romeo and Capulet’s daughter Juliet fall madly in love. The two teens, along with Friar Lawrence and Juliet’s nurse, arrange a secret marriage, but after the wedding, Romeo is banished from Verona and Capulet orders Juliet to marry another man, Paris. Romeo and Juliet end up killing themselves in order to be with each other. At the end of the play, Friar Lawrence takes the
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Lady Capulet forewarns Juliet of her father’s plans for her to marry Paris, but Juliet begs to remain single because nobody else knows about her secret husband Romeo. Capulet, however, refuses to change his mind and threatens “Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch!/ I tell thee what- get thee to a church a Thursday/ Or never after look me in the face” (Shakespeare 3.5.161-163). By necessitating the engagement of Juliet to a man she isn’t in love with, Capulet unsettles Juliet so much she fakes her own death, with the help of Friar Lawrence, to be with the man she loves. At the beginning of the play, Capulet gives her a choice in the matter of marrying Paris, but by the end he basically tells her he will kick her out of the house and never speak to her again if she disobeys his wishes. In short, Capulet has morphed from a seemingly easygoing character into someone who would throw his only child out on the street to fend for herself, only because she won’t marry the man he chose for
Lady Capulet forewarns Juliet of her father’s plans for her to marry Paris, but Juliet begs to remain single because nobody else knows about her secret husband Romeo. Capulet, however, refuses to change his mind and threatens “Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch!/ I tell thee what- get thee to a church a Thursday/ Or never after look me in the face” (Shakespeare 3.5.161-163). By necessitating the engagement of Juliet to a man she isn’t in love with, Capulet unsettles Juliet so much she fakes her own death, with the help of Friar Lawrence, to be with the man she loves. At the beginning of the play, Capulet gives her a choice in the matter of marrying Paris, but by the end he basically tells her he will kick her out of the house and never speak to her again if she disobeys his wishes. In short, Capulet has morphed from a seemingly easygoing character into someone who would throw his only child out on the street to fend for herself, only because she won’t marry the man he chose for