romeo and juliet

Romeo and Juliet - The Betrayal of the Adults to Juliet In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet the adults betray Juliet becausethey are unable to understand her. Juliet's parents, Capulet and LadyCapulet, fail to understands Juliet's decision not to marry Paris. TheNurse fails Juliet by not supporting Juliet's decision to remain married toRomeo. The final adult to fail Juliet is Friar Lawrence who does notcomprehend Juliet and Romeo's love for each other. These misunderstandingscause the adults to betray Juliet. The first to betray Juliet is her parents, Capulet and Lady Capulet.Capulet decides to marry Juliet to Paris. When Juliet refuses to do soCapulet threatens to disown her. "...you shall not house with me." (III, v,200) he states. Capulet will only forgive her if she will consent to herfather's decision "...I'll give you to my friend./An you be not hang, beg,starve, die in the streets." (III, v, 203-204) His wife, upon hearingJuliet's decision against marrying to Paris, refuses to give Juliet counsel."Talk not to me, for I'll not speak a word./Do as thou wilt for I have donewith thee." (III, v, 214-215) Lady Capulet is angered by Juliet's choiceand wishes "I would the fool be married to her grave." (III, v, 145)Juliet's pare

The setting of the story at Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange provides a clear example of social contrast. While the Heights is depicted as simply typical and "domestic," the Grange is described as a "scene of unprecedented richness" (80). Each house is associated with behavior fitting the description. For example, when Catherine is taken into the Grange, she experiences drastic changes, thus going from a "savage" to a "lady" (80). While at this house, she rises in status, learns manners, and receives great privileges such as not having to work. Heathcliff, on the other hand, learns to classify himself as a member of the lower class, as he does not possess the qualities of those at the Grange.

Unfortunately, for all his good intentions, the play still ends in tragedy. Friar Lawrence is a man who is not afraid to take risks to help someone; as, in Act 2, Scene 6, when he marries Romeo and Juliet, he is risking his reputation as a Friar, so he can help the two lovers. Also, when he says, "Take thou this vial, being then in bed, / and this distilled liquor drink thou off" (IV.i.95-96), he is suggesting that Juliet drink a potion so that she might feign her own death and avoid marrying Paris. This was an extremely risky thing to do because anything might happen to Juliet while she was unconscious.

If little Cathy didn't trust Nelly to send her letters to Linton; they would never gotten together. That might have been a good thing, but the story wouldn't turn out as great as it did because there would be no correlation to Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange because at this time there wasn't any first generation left at Thrushcross Grange.

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