Family

• In rich family’s such as the montages and caplets parents expected their children to be loyal and dutiful but offer little in return
• rich families would give over the duties of parenting to their servants
• Friar Lorence and The Nurse as they are caring,loving but missguide juxtaposing and Mr and Lady Montague as they are cold and distance little evidence of care
• ”Deny thy farther and refuse thy name” - Juliet
• “ a damned saint, an honourable villain” - Juliet
• ”ripe to be a bride” - Capulet
• “My child, my life, my all!” - lord Capulet
• Family loyalty is important to many of the characters ,but Romeo and Juliet become more loyal to each other than to their families
• What does “ripe to be a bride” tell us

  Capulet is saying Juliet is like a fruit. This plays into the role of patriarchy.
• What does “ a damned saint, an honourable villain” create


  Depth of the dilemma for Juliet
• “Hang ,beg ,starve, die in the streets” - Lord Capulet