Thursday, October 14, 2010

Respect your elders

In the Capulet family, it is evident that it is expected in the family for one to respect their elders. Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet, tree have been many times where this has been represented. In the play, Lord Capulet tells Juliet of how he expects for her to marry Paris. He is confident that he is the one for her and will treat her right. Juliet, not wishing to upset her father, or disobey his wishes, she goes along with this command. Although she does go behind both her mother and fathers back, when she falls in love with Romeo and decides to marry him, in a way she is respecting her parents as she know they do not wish for her to be with her parents enemy. Juliet also shows a great sound of respect towards the nurse, who she has grown up with. This is shown Simply by the way in which she looks up to her and trusts her.

Because the Capulet family is of such high social status, they run of a very traditional lifestyle. This means Juliet is expected to treat the elders in her family in a high classed manner. Their family is relatively religious as well which gives her another reason to be respectful towards their parents and elder influences in their life.

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