Coming-Of-Age Components In Romeo And Juliet

Will’s experience being dropped off at that residential school, scarred him for life and it created a disconnection between Will and his father. Will lost pride in being a son to a father who “… was too old to fight anymore, and that’s why he let me be taken away” (94). The loss of confidence in his father leads Will to not trust other people and not ask for help when situations get tough. For example, he was unwilling to ask for help when Marius began beating him. With losing his pride, it left Will feeling lonely and desperate to resolve the situation, he eventually took matters into his own hands and he shot Marius, thinking he killed him.

However, towards the end of the book we are shown the real reason why Will kept the big secret behind closed doors. This was that Will’s father was caught sleeping with his current girlfriend at the time. Furthermore, another secret was that Will was kicked out of school for getting in a fight with someone who showed video of the two together. He just couldn’t handle the negative impacts from the people around him so he’d been living elsewhere since it occurred. From this, it made me feel sorry for Will as he had a horrible experience and that if I had experienced myself I feel would come to the same conclusion, in which gave me a further connection with him.

In the beginning, Will takes the beating, and lays low. However, after the death of his brother, Sam, and his drunken father’s arrest, he ends up staying with his mother. He turns cold, as if his body was there, but not his mind. Will was an outsider, he had no one to turn to. Because of this label, it resulted to violence.

At the beginning of the story, Will is nonempathetic because all he wants to do is kill the man who killed his brother, he wants revenge. However, on the elevator ride, Will experiences meeting people who died because of a gun which causes him to be more cautious about revenge and who he might kill. Later in the story, Will becomes more aware of others and learns that he is not a person who kills people. The person who helped him the most was his dad, who did two things to help him realize the severity of his situation. The first thing is that his dad tells him how he shot the wrong guy.

As a coping mechanism, Will starts following the rules. He talks about what they are, but on page 35 he says “Another Thing about the Rules”. They weren’t meant to be broken. They were meant for the broken to follow”. This really shows how he put a way of life in place to deal with the tragedy because it was just too difficult to deal with.

Will also had to redeem himself for his actions that he had done in the past. At first, Will believed Edward stories to be a hundred percent true. Until he was near his marriage date, he started to question his father life and ended up belittling his stories every single time he talks about it after marriage. It got bad to the point where Will believed that there was no truth in any of his story. Will also ended suspecting Edward cheating on his mother since he was frequently gone for a period of time when he was little.

Will sees himself as a “southie”, a loser. To maintain congruence between his self-view and his experiences his acts out. He starts fights and stays in trouble. He doesn't seek anything better for himself.

Will’s coming-of-age component is when his brother Shawn is murdered. He realizes that he is now supposed to use all of the things that Shawn taught him and get revenge on the person who killed his brother. Will mature and gain more awareness when Buck gets on the elevator. Will learns more about the rules and the cycle of violence and considers the consequences of what could happen if he does follow through with killing his brother. He realizes that there are other perspectives than just getting payback.

Though the film fails to delve into the specifics of his childhood, it does become evident that Will bounced between foster homes and was often a victim to physical and emotional abuse. These childhood factors play a huge role in behavior as an adult. A recent study concluded that, “Toxic childhood stress alters neural responses to stress, boosting the emotional and physical arousal to threat, and making it more difficult for that reaction to be shut off” (LaBier). An inability to rationalize and control emotions and responses after abuse would indeed be seen as true in this film. This can be seen in the numerous fistfights Will found himself in. Despite the fact that Will could typically weasel his way out of convictions, he was convicted of assaulting a police officer. His conviction would turn out to be life altering. When Professor Gerald Lambeau saw potential in Will, he was offered a life that could include more than beers with friends and janitorial work. The arrangement Lambeau worked out

Throughout the novel, situational irony gives us insight into Will’s character. “Running, Will knew he was doing just what the nephew wanted,”

Option 1- Romeo and Juliet did not mature throughout the play and had the same maturity level throughout the novel. Imagine being two star-crossed lovers, bound to be together, but everything keeps ripping the love apart. Romeo and Juliet show how passionate they are to each other in the novel, but fail to grow maturity wise. One question that is asked at the end of the novel is, “ Did Romeo and Juliet mature throughout the novel?” this question is rightfully answer as, no.

This is when he finally breaks and starts to tear up and realize what he is doing is wrong so he changes his attitude and is very mature about how to handle situations. This component of coming of age is the perception of parents because in the story Romeo and Juliet, Juliet’s parents turn on her and cause Juliet to become more mature and make her own decisions after her parents turn on her, in the end, Juliet marries Paris when she is opposed to it and is only doing it because of Friar Lawrence plan. The event that makes Juliet cautious of her parents is when they begin to force Juliet to marry a man she does not care

Will is arrested, and during his arrest hits a cop, which seems to guarantee that he will be facing jail time.

Juliet, a main character in Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, experiences love in her story. Romeo and Juliet, who are supposed to be enemies and stay away from each other, find each other and eventually fall in love throughout many conflicts. Juliet first meets Romeo after he illegally shows up outside of her bedroom and starts talking about her in a very romantic way. This love that Juliet gains for Romeo then puts them through many family hardships and helps them understand that sometimes you have to fight for what you love and even keep secrets about it. Their love captures them as individuals and throws them against their world, and, at times, against themselves.

As stated on page 87, Will says “ How could you do this? We grew up together. We was like brothers! How could you do