“Two households, both alike in dignity... From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life” (I.Prologue.1-6). The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, set in a town known as Verona, Italy, is mainly about two feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague meet at the Capulet party where Romeo convinces Juliet to kiss him and they eventually fall in love. Romeo only goes to the party because he is rejected by Rosaline and he is heartbroken. When he heard that she is going to attend the party, he decides to go and then Juliet catches his eye. Throughout the play, Juliet faces many obstacles: she is separated from her true love, her parents try to force her
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Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet, said, “Hang thee young baggage, disobedient wretch! I tell thee what - get thee to church a Thursday or never look me in the face. Speak not, reply not, do not answer me” (III.v.160-163). Juliet’s father is telling her that he is going to disown her if she doesn’t show up at the marriage ceremony. He is scolding Juliet and then says that he does not want a reply. She is already grieving over the death of Tybalt and the banishment of Romeo, now her father is saying that if she doesn’t show up at the wedding on Thursday, she better not be around him ever again. She has to choose between waiting to be with Romeo somehow or marrying someone else.
The third and final obstacle she faces is when she has to figure out what to do when Romeo is banished from Verona and moves to Mantua. This is especially a hard obstacle to overcome because after Romeo kills Tybalt and gets banished, he becomes hated by Juliet’s parents even more. No one knows the true story that Tybalt actually started the fight. Juliet begs the nurse, “Comfort me, counsel me” (III.v.205-209). Juliet is basically asking the nurse for advice on what to do because Romeo is miles away in Mantua and her heart still belongs to him. He is her husband, after
Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet, said, “Hang thee young baggage, disobedient wretch! I tell thee what - get thee to church a Thursday or never look me in the face. Speak not, reply not, do not answer me” (III.v.160-163). Juliet’s father is telling her that he is going to disown her if she doesn’t show up at the marriage ceremony. He is scolding Juliet and then says that he does not want a reply. She is already grieving over the death of Tybalt and the banishment of Romeo, now her father is saying that if she doesn’t show up at the wedding on Thursday, she better not be around him ever again. She has to choose between waiting to be with Romeo somehow or marrying someone else.
The third and final obstacle she faces is when she has to figure out what to do when Romeo is banished from Verona and moves to Mantua. This is especially a hard obstacle to overcome because after Romeo kills Tybalt and gets banished, he becomes hated by Juliet’s parents even more. No one knows the true story that Tybalt actually started the fight. Juliet begs the nurse, “Comfort me, counsel me” (III.v.205-209). Juliet is basically asking the nurse for advice on what to do because Romeo is miles away in Mantua and her heart still belongs to him. He is her husband, after