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Romeo And Juliet Tame Analysis

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Shakespeare has been around for a long time and so many people have critiqued his work. They all take their interpretation and they think that it is right. There have been so many interpretations for Romeo and Juliet, which is Shakespeare’s most famous story. So many people have their own opinions on what Romeo and Juliet is really about. The problem is that everybody thinks that their interpretation is correct and there is no other way that the story could be read. Although Carolyn E. Brown, writer of “Juliet’s Taming of Romeo”, makes a good argument about how Juliet ‘tames’ Romeo in the story, I believe that in their relationship, they are equals. First of all Romeo was not on a leash and told what to do. He is his own person and he was part of the relationship. A relationship needs two people that …show more content…

Especially Brown who states, “The falconry references contribute to the reading of Juliet as being interested in control since the relationship between the bird and trainor is not one of equality but one in which the trainer respects the birds powers but subjects them to his own will and dominates the bird.” This means that Juliet controls Romeo. They are not equals but she respects him. When Romeo and Juliet woke up together, Juliet trying to get Romeo to stay longer. They were arguing about whether it was the night bird they herd or the morning bird. Juliet says, “Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day./ It was the nightingale, and not the lark,/ That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear./ Nightly she sings on yond pomegranate tree./ Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.” (Act III.v 1-5). She doesn’t want him to leave so she will try everything to make him stay. By lying and trying to make him stay shows that she was trying to be dominant over him. Sometimes falcons are rebellious and they don’t listen. Juliet did take the leadership role of the relationship so in a way she was taming her

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