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Family Relationships In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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In Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, family ties play a heavy role on Juliet's emotions and her decision making leading to her death. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet weren’t allowed to marry because of their family ties causing Juliet serve emotional pain resulting in her taking her own life. The family ties stared playing with Juliet’s emotions when her parents asked her thoughts about marrying Paris. When Juliet refused her parents, especially Lord Capulet was full of anger and says “An you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, For by my soul, I’ll ne’er acknowledge thee, Nor what is mine shall never do thee good” (3.5.204-206). Lord Capulet is so furious with Juliet that he threatens to shun her from the family. Juliet is …show more content…

It all started when Juliet was heart broken over the decision of her parents for planning a wedding with Paris a man she does not love. At first, Juliet decides to beg Lady Capulet to stop this marriage by saying “ Delay this marriage for a month, a week, Or, if you do not make the bridal bed in that dim monument where Tybalt lies” (3.5.211-213). Of course Lady Capulet takes sides with her husband leaving Juliet full of anger deciding that she is going to take matters into her own hands and see the Friar for help. During Juliet’s visit with the Friar he comes up with this complicated plan of having Juliet fake her own death to get out of the marriage. Juliet agrees to this plan regardless of all the fears that she has coming true. Juliet then drinks from the vial she goes through all her fears inside her head and then saying “ Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here’s drink. I drink to thee” (4.3.59-60). Juliet chooses to drink from the vial which could actually kill her because she is angry at her parents which is causing her thought process to be real quick and not thinking things all the way through. The whole purpose of Juliet faking her death was so that she could be with Romeo however, when she wakes up she sees Romeo dead by her grave. Juliet then cries out “ Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end O churl, drunk all,

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