In Romeo and Juliet, Wuthering Heights, The Count of Monte Cristo, and Tale of Two Cities, a recurring theme is how children act as "agents of redemption" for their parents. ... The audience is, of course, meant to wonder how excessive of a feud there really is between the two families. ... Friar Lawrence not only believes that it is unfair for the two to be separated by their quarrelling families, but he also believes that marriage between the two families could possibly end the pointless bickering that infested the streets of Verona. ... In Charles Dickens's newspaper serial T...

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