In the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, the
author shows us how Juliet moves from girlhood to womanhood. In childhood she wishes to
do her best to please her parents and win her mother's approval. Now that she is
becoming a more independently-minded young woman, Shakespeare is telling us that will
change. Even in the text where Juliet seems obedient to her mother in at least
considering Paris, we must remember that she hasn't seen Paris yet. She is only
promising to look, not to marry him. So that bit of the obedience is easy. Who knows
what would have happened after she was introduced to this older man, had Romeo not come
along? She may well have been just as rebellious - not because she had Romeo but just
because she found Paris unattractive!
Sunday, July 20, 2014
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