Romeo & Juliet experience Free Essay Example

Romeo & Juliet experience disaster in their lives due to inadequate parenting. Examine how each parent copes with his / her role. The society of Verona holds an ‘ancient grudge’ between two families: the Montagues and Capulets. This ancient grudge is intertwined with the love of two star struck lovers, Romeo and Juliet; anger and depression is caused due to a passionate love intertwined with a diseased a society with no faith.

Romeo and Juliet face disaster caused by a mixture of passionate love and inadequate parenting, they also experience adversity ultimately ending their lives as they do not have alternative means to support their love in a society that has no faith and parents who are not wise causes their demise.

The lack of communication between children and parents causes the inability to love. Romeo and Juliet’s parents do not provide adequate qualities, care or affection towards them, and so they use alternative means and seek these qualities from the Nurse and Friar Lawrence to fulfil the duties and responsibilities of parenting.

As the play unravels it reveals the disaster Romeo and Juliet face and will show how the inadequate parenting will affect Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the play Friar Lawrence and the Nurse help Romeo and Juliet’s love, they are supportive and caring, showing guidance giving advice and helping them to marry.

Unlike the Nurse and Friar Lawrence, Lord and Lady Montague are inadequate parents, due to the lack of communication between the Montagues and Romeo. Lord Montague does care for Romeo; he asks for Benvolio’s help to communicate with Romeo to ask what is wrong, but yet again this is the lack of communication from the parents that distances them from Romeo.

Romeo is upset so Benvolio agrees to help. “See where he comes. So please you step aside, I’ll know his grievance or much denied.”

Lord Montague cares for Romeo by asking Benvolio to ask Romeo what is wrong, however Lord Montague should be asking Romeo himself. Lord Montague shows this parental love when he pleads with the Prince not to punish Romeo later. “Not Romeo, Prince, he was Mercutio’s friend; His fault concludes but what the law should and, The life of Tybalt.” Lord Montague is a caring father towards Romeo, but that is as far as it goes; he shows that he cares for him, but he does not cope in his role as a parent. He does not control Romeo, even though he gives Romeo freedom to grow, this distances him from Romeo. This causes a lack of communication, Lord Montague is not able to fulfil his role as a parent, and this partially causes the disaster to happen to Romeo and Juliet.

Lady Montague is concerned for Romeo throughout the play, but does not show a close relationship with Romeo. At the end of the play she dies of grief when Romeo is exiled. Similarly Lord Capulet like the Montague’s lacks the qualities of an adequate parent. Lord Capulet is the head of the family; this causes the power to go to his head, and dominates others in the family. He lacks communication with Juliet and therefore does not advise her, show concern or have time for her. However Lord Capulet does dhow some affection towards Juliet, when she is ‘obedient’ towards him. Lord Capulet is domineering over Juliet, he will only accept thing if they are to his liking.

“Graze where you will, you shall not house with me.” Lord Capulet lacks empathy; he forcefully verbally abuses his daughter in order to make Juliet marry someone she does not love. His domineering personality leaks into his role as being a protective parent towards Juliet; he does not allow her to grow as a person. “My child is yet a stranger in the world, she has not seen change of the fourteen years.” All parents need to be protective, but sometimes can be over protective. Lord Capulet does not give Juliet any freedom; he does not let her grow into a mature person by denying her independence. As a father, he should understand, he does not understand that Juliet is a young lady and needs to grow morally as a person as well. He does not understand as he lacks in morals himself.

Lord Capulet being a domineering and over protective father can also be manipulative. “But woo her gentle, Paris get her heart.” He is not giving advice, he is telling Paris what to do so he can secure his future; Paris is a rich young gentleman who will carry on the family fortune. As well as showing his manipulative side this is also linked with him being selfish. Lord Capulet does not ask Juliet to marry Paris, he just tells her; he is selfish. He is bemused when Juliet does not want to marry Paris.

“How will she none? Doth she does not give us thanks, is she not proud?” Juliet love for Romeo is very strong; even though she knows that there will be conflict between her and her father she still stands up to him. This is a sign of Lord Capulet being selfish and lack understanding. Even though he does not know about Romeo, Capulet should still understand that a person cannot marry someone they do not love. As being a father to Juliet he should understand, but he does not cope with his role and do so, instead he lashes out at Juliet with fury and tells her to marry Paris. With all that in consideration Lord Capulet does not show qualities requires by a parent to bring up Juliet in an appropriate. He shows his affection and his love for Juliet when it is too late.

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