Long-term parental relationships play a huge role in children’s lives while short-term friendships and romantic relationships are affected by parental relationships in life and in the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
The parental relationship between parents and children greatly influences the children’s lives. To start, parents affect their children through the information they choose to expose their children to. For example, my parents kept me sheltered from the horrors of the world by doing things like not letting me watch the news. Since my parents had not exposed me to this kind of news before, I was not prepared when I was first exposed to it, and it ended up being more of a shock. Secondly, parents impact …show more content…
First, romantic relationships are affected by the media that the parents expose their children to. For example, because my parents have introduced me to TV shows that have romantic relationships, I have developed a view of romantic relationships based on what I saw. Now, going into a romantic relationship I have expectations of what it should be like based on the shows that my parents showed me. Secondly, parents affect their children’s romantic though how they interact with each other. An example of this is my parent’s romantic relationship because I do not remember ever seeing my parents kiss, so to me kissing in a romantic relationship seems odd. Since kissing in a romantic relationship is odd to me, my relationship with my parents has affected my view of romantic relationships. Lastly, parents can affect their children’s romantic relationships through who they expect their children to be with. Juliet’s father tells her, “I tell thee what – get thee to church a’ Thursday / Or never after look me in the face” (3.5.162-163). This quote shows how Capulet is forcing Juliet to do what he expects by having her marry Paris. Children’s relationships with their parents affect the children’s romantic
The parental relationship between parents and children greatly influences the children’s lives. To start, parents affect their children through the information they choose to expose their children to. For example, my parents kept me sheltered from the horrors of the world by doing things like not letting me watch the news. Since my parents had not exposed me to this kind of news before, I was not prepared when I was first exposed to it, and it ended up being more of a shock. Secondly, parents impact …show more content…
First, romantic relationships are affected by the media that the parents expose their children to. For example, because my parents have introduced me to TV shows that have romantic relationships, I have developed a view of romantic relationships based on what I saw. Now, going into a romantic relationship I have expectations of what it should be like based on the shows that my parents showed me. Secondly, parents affect their children’s romantic though how they interact with each other. An example of this is my parent’s romantic relationship because I do not remember ever seeing my parents kiss, so to me kissing in a romantic relationship seems odd. Since kissing in a romantic relationship is odd to me, my relationship with my parents has affected my view of romantic relationships. Lastly, parents can affect their children’s romantic relationships through who they expect their children to be with. Juliet’s father tells her, “I tell thee what – get thee to church a’ Thursday / Or never after look me in the face” (3.5.162-163). This quote shows how Capulet is forcing Juliet to do what he expects by having her marry Paris. Children’s relationships with their parents affect the children’s romantic