How Does Shakespeare Present Teenagers In Romeo And Juliet

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Teenagers in Romeo and Juliet Solomon Banks Mrs. Schumacher English 1 18 November 2015 In the. drama The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the setting takes place in a city called Verona. The drama has a course of 5 days, showing how quickly lovestruck Romeo and Juliet were. There are 2 main families in the story named the Capulets and the Montagues. They have a famous rivalry that has gone on for centuries, being carried down generation to generation like a torch who's flame never dies. Shakespeare displays how teenagers tend to veer off from what their parents and family want them to be like. He does this by making Juliet and Romeo's relationship the opposite of the 2 families relationship. Shakespeare sets the tension filled tone early…show more content…
The following quote is an example of dramatic irony. Romeo is under Juliet on the balcony but she doesn't know he is there. In the second scene of act 2, Juliet says "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?Deny thy father and refuse thy name,Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,And I'll no longer be a Capulet.(ii.ii.36-39). This quote really show how Romeo and Juliet's relationship is so strong and sturdy, that Juliet is willing to give up her title just to be with Romeo. She says "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?", you can tell from her tone of voice that she is panicked and really desires her lover. When she says "Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a capulet", this displays her deep and mad love for Romeo because she is willing to give up her name and reputation just to be with him. I think that her love for him is a form of rebellion to her parents because she is going against everything her parents have taught…show more content…
An example of this is when Romeo had slain Tybalt and Romeo was banished from Verona. She says, "Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?Ah, poor my lord, what tongue shall smooth thy name.When I, thy three-hours wife, have mangled it? But wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin?That villain cousin would have killed my husband.Back, foolish tears, back to your native spring;Your tributary drops belong to woe,Which you, mistaking, offer up to joy. My husband lives, that Tybalt would have slain,And Tybalt's dead, that would have slain my husband."(iii.ii.106-118). She refers to her own cousin as a "villain", showing that she doesn't put her family before her love. She says "My husband lives, that Tybalt would have slain, And Tybalt's dead, that would have slain my husband", I think she is very confused about everything in her life and this does not help her at all. I also think that she doesn't know whether to be happy that it wasn't Romeo that was killed or to be sad that he was
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