The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is the romantic tragedy about two fighting families, the Montagues and the Capulets. The play is mainly focused on the relationship between the supposed love between Romeo and Juliet who are both from these separate families, but it is shown multiple times throughout the play that they do not make the best decisions as a couple. After all, they married each other the day after they met. Romeo and Juliet aren’t actually in love. This supposed love causes frequent problems and is the perfect cover up for their actions in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet’s relationship is extremely rushed, and causes their relationship to be incredibly short. The Friar points this out at the altar. When he says, …show more content…
Juliet sees how her parents marriage is not based on love and they don’t really like each other. When Juliet is talking to the nurse and Lady Capulet, Juliet makes it clear that she is completely fine not getting married anytime soon. When Lady Capulet asks her opinion on marriage, Juliet responds with, “It is an honor that I dream not of.(1.3.66)” Juliet makes it as clear as she can that she is not interested in getting married and she is not very pleased with her mother trying to force marriage on her. But when Romeo comes along, she becomes all for getting married to a person she just met. She knows that if she married Romeo, she might “have” to leave her family and avoid having an arranged marriage like her parents. In the balcony scene when she is delivering her soliloquy, she talks about changing her name like it’s no big deal. “Deny thy father and refuse they name; / Or if thou will not, be but sworn my love, / And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.(2.2.34-36)” Not even a day after meeting Romeo, Juliet is thinking about changing her name and leaving her family. Juliet clearly doesn’t like her family and marrying Romeo is the perfect escape …show more content…
Two people not in love wouldn’t talk so fondly about each other, like before the balcony scene when Romeo talks about Juliet’s beauty. “What if her eyes were there, they in her head? / The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars.(2.2.18-19)” Romeo during this soliloquy is talking about how beautiful Juliet is and how she is more beautiful than the night sky. But all Romeo ever talks about is how beautiful Juliet is. He’s only known her for one night and he doesn’t even know anything about her. In the end, Romeo’s alleged love towards Juliet is just him, seeing an attractive
Romeo and Juliet’s relationship is extremely rushed, and causes their relationship to be incredibly short. The Friar points this out at the altar. When he says, …show more content…
Juliet sees how her parents marriage is not based on love and they don’t really like each other. When Juliet is talking to the nurse and Lady Capulet, Juliet makes it clear that she is completely fine not getting married anytime soon. When Lady Capulet asks her opinion on marriage, Juliet responds with, “It is an honor that I dream not of.(1.3.66)” Juliet makes it as clear as she can that she is not interested in getting married and she is not very pleased with her mother trying to force marriage on her. But when Romeo comes along, she becomes all for getting married to a person she just met. She knows that if she married Romeo, she might “have” to leave her family and avoid having an arranged marriage like her parents. In the balcony scene when she is delivering her soliloquy, she talks about changing her name like it’s no big deal. “Deny thy father and refuse they name; / Or if thou will not, be but sworn my love, / And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.(2.2.34-36)” Not even a day after meeting Romeo, Juliet is thinking about changing her name and leaving her family. Juliet clearly doesn’t like her family and marrying Romeo is the perfect escape …show more content…
Two people not in love wouldn’t talk so fondly about each other, like before the balcony scene when Romeo talks about Juliet’s beauty. “What if her eyes were there, they in her head? / The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars.(2.2.18-19)” Romeo during this soliloquy is talking about how beautiful Juliet is and how she is more beautiful than the night sky. But all Romeo ever talks about is how beautiful Juliet is. He’s only known her for one night and he doesn’t even know anything about her. In the end, Romeo’s alleged love towards Juliet is just him, seeing an attractive