Romeo And Juliet

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the theme of parental influence over a child's happiness. In the last scene, it was shown how the hatred Capulet and Montague bear for each other flows down to affect the rest of their households and results in violent conflict, but here the influence is more subtle and mundane. Paris is a nobleman and a worthy choice to be Juliet's husband; there is no reason why she should not want to marry him. Capulet himself defers to her ability to choose for herself ("My will to her consent is but a part"), but his power to force her into a marriage if he feels it necessary is implicitly present. It is significant that Paris speaks to Juliet's father before he ever shows her any indication of his feelings, and apparently before he even gets to know her particularly well. Lady Capulet, for her part, offers her entire support to her husband's plan for their daughter, and begins to put pressure on Juliet to think about Paris as a husband before Juliet begins to think about marriage at all ...

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in with his friends regardless.


Act I, scene v


 

Romeo sees Juliet for the first time at the banquet, and is so overwhelmed with her beauty that he renounces his love for Rosaline. Tybalt recognizes his enemy's voice and calls for his sword, planning to do away with him right there on the dance floor, but Capulet restrains him, ordering him to ignore the intrusion in the interest of peace. Romeo goes to Juliet, touches her hand, flatters her, and they kiss twice. They are parted by the Nurse, who reveals to each the other's identity. They are both quite upset to discover that their new love is a child of their family's enemy.


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