Through the art of building character personalities, Shakespeare emphasizes the meaning of true love between the two main characters. The gender reversal between Romeo and Juliet are portrayed in the particular scenes and the context of Veronese society where they live. The portrayals of Romeo’ femininity and Juliet’s masculinity will be analyzed in this essay and I would criticize the common views of sociology toward the gender roles in this famous work of Shakespeare and come up with my differently psychological perspectives.
Shakespeare portrays Juliet in a way that challenges the standards for the temporary society. In the play, Juliet was only thirteen - the age of innocence and dreams. Her beauty steals Romeo’s heart, her character captures his mind since the first time they met. She should have shied away from Romeo as an educated girl but she engages him in their flirtation, allowing him to kiss …show more content…
Yet when the pressures of society put a strain on them, Romeo and Juliet appear to come back their traditional gender roles. For instance, Romeo accuses Juliet of making him soft and he loses his masculinity. Giving up on. the fight against the standard gender roles of the society, Romeo and Juliet are trapped in an inescapable tragedy. In front of death, however, they again return back to their opposite roles. Romeo felt extremely impotent seeing his lover in the tomb and decides to end his life with poison, which could be viewed as a passive feminine form of suicide. Whereas, Juliet, seeing Romeo’s death, loses her temper as a man who fulls of furious and uncontrollable where her masculinity appears. Finally, they are reunited forever within their unconventional roles that break the rule of their
Shakespeare portrays Juliet in a way that challenges the standards for the temporary society. In the play, Juliet was only thirteen - the age of innocence and dreams. Her beauty steals Romeo’s heart, her character captures his mind since the first time they met. She should have shied away from Romeo as an educated girl but she engages him in their flirtation, allowing him to kiss …show more content…
Yet when the pressures of society put a strain on them, Romeo and Juliet appear to come back their traditional gender roles. For instance, Romeo accuses Juliet of making him soft and he loses his masculinity. Giving up on. the fight against the standard gender roles of the society, Romeo and Juliet are trapped in an inescapable tragedy. In front of death, however, they again return back to their opposite roles. Romeo felt extremely impotent seeing his lover in the tomb and decides to end his life with poison, which could be viewed as a passive feminine form of suicide. Whereas, Juliet, seeing Romeo’s death, loses her temper as a man who fulls of furious and uncontrollable where her masculinity appears. Finally, they are reunited forever within their unconventional roles that break the rule of their