Lack Of Parental Guidance In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet’s lack of parental guidance encourages their willingness to disregard and escape from their identity as a Montague or Capulet, allowing Romeo and Juliet to create a new identity from their relationship, which is based off much immaturity and selfishness. Romeo and Juliet both do not receive proper parental guidance from their respective parents, who are barely involved in their children’s lives in a positive way. This causes Romeo and Juliet to not hold much importance for their respective families. Instead, it ignites Romeo and Juliet's desire to be individuals unaffected by their family identities, along with their desire to escape from their identity as a Montague or Capulet through their individuality. As a result, Juliet is …show more content…
Moreover, Romeo and Juliet are at the age of adolescence, in which they possess the inclination to rebel from their families and develop a sense of individuality that their families are unable to influence. For Romeo and Juliet, being in a relationship with each other are ways to defy their family, as the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets would never allow them to form a relationship with each other; however, the sense of rebellion within Romeo and Juliet coerces them to defy their families and form a relationship with each other, assisting them in achieving a sense of individuality as well. Through their new relationship, Romeo and Juliet are able to create a new identity for themselves, in which their families hold no position, and they define each other’s identity. However, this new identity clearly involves much immaturity and selfishness, since Romeo and Juliet are only in a relationship to achieve their own selfish and immature desires of having an identity of their