Romeo And Juliet Disobeying Authority
In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, disobeying authority leads to conflict in the long run. First, the people of Verona have been feuding for generations and have been going against the Prince’s rule which leads death and destruction for both families. “If ever you disturb our streets again./ Your lives shall pay for the forfeit of this peace.,” (1.1.87-88). Next, the Montagues and Capulets keep fighting despite what the Prince says which eventually leads to Romeo’s exile. Juliet goes against her father to marry Romeo instead of Paris, who Capulet wants her to marry, which ends up with the suicides of both Romeo and Juliet. “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?/ Deny thy father and refuse thy name,/ or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn