Comparing The Conflict Between Juliet And Her Parents In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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The conflict between Juliet and her parents in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a central factor of the strife in this play. Paris, one of Juliet’s potential bachelors, asks her dad for her hand in marriage. She gives her consent to her mom for a possible relationship with Paris, going into it with an open mind. Until, she met Romeo Montague who stole her heart. They would do anything to stay together; even lose their own lives for each other.
Paris’s marriage proposal for Juliet was the start of what was yet come. He wanted to marry Juliet, so he decided to talk to Juliet’s dad. Lord Capulet said “my child is yet a stranger to this world… let two more summers wither in her pride / Ere we might think her ripe to be a bride… she agree,

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