preview

Romeo And Juliet Pride And Prejudice Quotes

Decent Essays

Comparison essay Comparison essay Compare the relationships in Romeo and Juliet and pride and prejudice BOTH CHARACTERS (Juliet and Elizabeth ) PRESENT THEIR LOVE AND EFFECTION TO THEIR LOVE ONES BY APPROACHING THEM IN A FORMAL MANNER. “O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet”. Juliet This means Juliet is asking, in allusion to the feud between her Capulet family and Romeo’s Montague family is “Romeo, why are you a Montague?”. Furthermore their love is impossible because of their family names and she asks Romeo to change his surname, or Juliet will change hers. This quote presents Juliet’s love to Romeo because …show more content…

Juliet takes her mothers line - “The County Paris, at Saint Peter’s Church shall happily make you there a joyful bride.” Juliet changes it to a negative, responding to her mother with - “By Saint Peter’s Church and Peter too, he shall not make me there a joyful bride.” Therefore this shows Juliet is completely against marrying Paris and does not agree that Paris will make her a ‘Joyful bride’. At this point Juliet’s mother is outsmarted by Juliet’s intelligence and responds with “Here comes your father. Tell him so yourself, and see how he will take it at your hands.” This shows that Lady Capulet does not have control over her daughter and passes it over to Lord Capulet to deal with because she is weak and is frightened of her husband because he is controlling. Then Juliet’s father enters and he is furious that Juliet is refusing to marry Paris. Shakespeare shows this by using rhetorical questions, by using rhetorical questions this shows that Lord Capulet is not willing to give Juliet a chance to speak or answer any of his questions. Lord Capulet’s anger results in him threatening Juliet. He uses the phrase “My fingers itch.” This means he wants to hit Juliet because she has refused to marry Paris. Juliet feels so angry she is acting strong and she defies her father, but in that action she learns the limit of her power. Disobedient as she

Get Access