Romeo And Juliet Social Class Analysis

What social class you belonged in could determine who you could and couldn’t hang out with, If you were wealthy you were friends with the wealthy, and the same things go for the poor. In today’s time social class has so much to do with who you are. “The Medieval English saw their economy as comprising three groups- the Clergy, who prayed; the Knights, who fought; and the Peasants, who worked the land.” As stated in the article “Economy of England in the middle ages.” Back then people would always focus on the church. That was what people believed in for a very long time. The people would always go to the church, so for that reason the church was highly respected. Then the Knights, they were important in a way. They protected the kingdom from everyone who wanted to take …show more content…
Then the Peasants, the town really should thank the peasants for their work. Without the peasants who would grow the cops. The only thing is that they got little to no pay for what they did for the town or kingdom. As stated in the article “What textual evidence is there in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that the Capulets and Montagues are wealthy, prominent families?” It says “We see the first clue in the prologue, which opens describing the families with the line “Two households, both alike in dignity.” In this context, the word “dignity” can be translated to refer to “elevated rank, office,” or “station.” For some people money is all about who you are. About how you present yourself, and how you act. In Romeo and Juliet being wealthy had a lot to do with the authority that they had. In Act 5, Scene 1 it says “APOTHECARY: My poverty, but not my will, consents. ROMEO: I pay thy poverty and not thy will.” Money does and did make the world go round, back in the 14th century and today in