So far Juliet has interested me most. Juliet isn't so much as interesting as she is just changing all the time. Juliet has not really stuck with one decision yet. Juliet makes me wonder what she'll do next. If i didn't know the ending i might think she'd pick a different guy than Romeo or realize she didn't like her decision.
At first Juliet didn't even want to consider love if her mother asked her in, and only under certain circumstances. "I'll look to like, if looking liking move. But no more deep will I end art mine eye Than your consent gives me strength to make me fly." (Act 1 scene 3 lines 103-105) She is saying because her mother is asking her to like Paris she will try but not too hard. At this point I respected Juliet for standing up for herself but still being open to knew ideas. At this point I really thought Juliet was making her own decisions and it interested me that she wasn't letting her parents ruin her life even though she obviously respected them.
When Juliet met Romeo her whole respect for love and the wall she had built shattered. I started liking her a little bit less when this happened. Juliet was completely contradicting what she had originally said about love. Yes she was following her heart, but she knew it wasn't allowed and let her relationship fall apart with her parents. I think that it was a good thing for her to stand up for herself but she shouldn't have completely went against their wishes.
In a way this all connects to parent child relationships. Juliet originally was willing to let her parents control her life but as the story went on she built her own relationships. I think it was smart of Juliet to do something out of her comfort zone. She is being the rebellious like a teenager is always described. This interests me because it makes me feel like other than the language, Romeo and Juliet isn't so different from modern texts and people reading it really can relate to it. Juliet's character felt the most relatable to me which is why i found her the most interesting. I really felt like i could understand her in a way i couldn't understand other characters.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Romeo and Juliet: Parent Child Relationships
In Romeo and Juliet there are many different themes. In the beginning of the book you mostly see the theme of love. I saw through all the speeches of love the children and parent both share their opinions. Juliet and her mother talk about their own views on love with each other and paris and capulet talk to each other.
Juliet and Lady Capulet have a discussion about love. Lady Capulet asks Juliet to marry paris. Juliet says she will consider it but only because her mother asked her to. This shows she had a respecting relationship of her mother. Juliet didn't really want to love and then her mother asked her to and she was willing to try. "I'll look to like, if looking liking move. But no more deep will I end art mine eye Than your consent gives me strength to make me fly." (Act 1 scene 3 lines 103-105)This means that she will try out of respect to like the guy her parents want her to, but not too much. She doesn't want to force love but she will for her parents. Although this line is meant to show love I see it as a way to show her views on love will waver if her parents ask her to. This line shows a respectable, but not completely controlling relationship with her parents.
Even though Paris and Capulet aren't parent and child they still convey a parent child relationship in their conversation. Capulet shows respect for Juliet and has a parent-type relationship with Paris. "But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart; My will on her consent and fair according voice." This shows that Capulet respects Juliet and is making it her choice whether to get married or not. This shows that Juliet is sort of like capulet by respecting her parents/ his daughter and they both think it should be her choice. They are both respecting of each other and agree on what to do about the situation, showing a good relationship between them.
Juliet and Lady Capulet have a discussion about love. Lady Capulet asks Juliet to marry paris. Juliet says she will consider it but only because her mother asked her to. This shows she had a respecting relationship of her mother. Juliet didn't really want to love and then her mother asked her to and she was willing to try. "I'll look to like, if looking liking move. But no more deep will I end art mine eye Than your consent gives me strength to make me fly." (Act 1 scene 3 lines 103-105)This means that she will try out of respect to like the guy her parents want her to, but not too much. She doesn't want to force love but she will for her parents. Although this line is meant to show love I see it as a way to show her views on love will waver if her parents ask her to. This line shows a respectable, but not completely controlling relationship with her parents.
Even though Paris and Capulet aren't parent and child they still convey a parent child relationship in their conversation. Capulet shows respect for Juliet and has a parent-type relationship with Paris. "But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart; My will on her consent and fair according voice." This shows that Capulet respects Juliet and is making it her choice whether to get married or not. This shows that Juliet is sort of like capulet by respecting her parents/ his daughter and they both think it should be her choice. They are both respecting of each other and agree on what to do about the situation, showing a good relationship between them.
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