Romeo And Juliet Dysfunctional Family Analysis
Romeo and Juliet come from dysfunctional families. This is the cause of Romeo and Juliet’s tragedy. It is what lead to the death of both Romeo and Juliet. A dysfunctional family is a family with conflict, misbehaviour or neglect. Families should be close and understanding of each other. They should love one another and share their love and feelings. This is not the case with Romeo and Juliet’s families. Both their families had distant parents, the parents misunderstood their children and the families showed hatred towards each other.
The Capulet family is dysfunctional because they have a hard time understanding each other. The misunderstanding in the Capulet family is shown when lady Capulet says
“Marry, my child, early next Thursday morning, the gallant, young, and noble gentlemen, the county Paris”. Lady Capulet says this in act III scene V on line 110. This takes place in Juliet’s room when her mother comes in to tell her to marry Paris. Juliet is with the nurse and her mother. Juliet’s parents are angry with her when she refuses to marry Paris. Her parents want Juliet to be obedient and do as they say. If Juliet’s parents were more understanding Juliet would have told them about her marriage with Romeo.
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The hatred between the two families is shown in the prologue. The prologue says “Two households, both alike in dignity, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life”. The families hatred for each other causes many fights in the play. The fighting between the two families is the main reason for the tragedy. Without Tybalt’s death Juliet would not have been forced to marry Paris. If Juliet was not forced to marry Paris she would not of drank the poison which lead to Romeo and Juliet’s
The Capulet family is dysfunctional because they have a hard time understanding each other. The misunderstanding in the Capulet family is shown when lady Capulet says
“Marry, my child, early next Thursday morning, the gallant, young, and noble gentlemen, the county Paris”. Lady Capulet says this in act III scene V on line 110. This takes place in Juliet’s room when her mother comes in to tell her to marry Paris. Juliet is with the nurse and her mother. Juliet’s parents are angry with her when she refuses to marry Paris. Her parents want Juliet to be obedient and do as they say. If Juliet’s parents were more understanding Juliet would have told them about her marriage with Romeo.
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The hatred between the two families is shown in the prologue. The prologue says “Two households, both alike in dignity, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life”. The families hatred for each other causes many fights in the play. The fighting between the two families is the main reason for the tragedy. Without Tybalt’s death Juliet would not have been forced to marry Paris. If Juliet was not forced to marry Paris she would not of drank the poison which lead to Romeo and Juliet’s