The first time we meet Juliet, Shakespeare presents Juliet as a very obedient young girl who is constantly trying to obey and please her mother: 'Madam, I am here, what is your will?' ... If we did not know that Juliet and Lady Capulet were mother and daughter from previous lines, we could get the impression that Juliet is Lady Capulet's servant. ... The first time the audience hears about Juliet from her father, the audience get the impression that she is an obedient, innocent girl that would never deceive her father. He has great expectations of his daughter. ... At first ...

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"Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean" This rivalry dominates the city, every time any members of the opposing families meet, there is likely to be a brawl of some sort. ... If fate had not intervened here and Romeo did not go to the party and met Juliet, R + J would still have died, just not at the time they did. ... At the party Juliet and Romeo meet for the first time and kiss. ... Back then the father arranged EVERYHING about the daughter's marriage, including whom she marries. With the daughter having little or no say at all. ...

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This test type allows explanatory, contextualizing the time of William Shakespeare, which was the Renaissance, is the name given to a broad cultural movement that occurred in Western Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. ... It's the time of the coats of arms, coats of arms and privileges. ... Therefore, the world of that time was characterized by great people who gave a great contribution to humanity, as Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus, Thomas Moor, Miguel de Cervantes, Michel de Montaigne, Johannes Kleper, Niccolo Machiavelli to name a few. ... In 1583, Susan and her dau...

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In The Tempest, Prospero's ultimate control over his daughter is shown by his ability to put her to sleep at will. ... In her dissertation "Something Old And Dark Has Got Its Way," Nathalie Hewitt points out that: : "The dominant figures are the paternal characters, those who establish the rules for their wives, daughters, sons, and servants. More often than not, those rules lead to disappointment and devastation, especially for their daughters. ... He and Romeo express two different views on dreams in this scene, both of them representing commonly held perceptions during Shakespear...

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Then, on finding he is a Montague, it dawns on her that her love (which she talks of here for the first time) is not as simple as it may have first seemed. ... Juliet's father, Capulet, takes a very simplistic and well-informed approach to love, without compromising to too great an extent the feelings and emotions of his daughter. ... There is no obvious relationship between her and her daughter, but she still sees her, almost, as a belonging, which she cannot identify with emotionally. During the first mother-daughter conversation, Lady Capulet first asks for the Nurse to leave for a whi...

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In Shakespeare's time this power was thought to have come from the stars and that people's lives were led by this power of fate. ... Star crossed' refers to the astrological outlook on destiny that was much more widely accepted in the time period it was written. ... The period of time they are in though, isn't unusual for a girl so young to be domineered by her father to this extent, especially people of a high class like themselves the father is always the head of the house. ... He doesn't know that his daughter is already secretly married The Elizabethan age was a ...

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When he finds out from Juliet's nurse that she is the daughter of Capulet "his family's enemy "he becomes distraught. ... At the same time, Juliet awakes. ... Love compels him to sneak into the garden of his enemy's daughter, risking death simply to catch a glimpse of her. ...

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(Scott 370-373) Male domination not only exists between husband and wife, but also between father and daughter. ... This fairy kingdom is essentially a dream, which appears whenever reason goes to sleep, and during this time Oberon controls all things. ...

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"Romeo and Juliet is ultimately a play of choices, some ill-timed, some ill-fated, but all freely made". ... William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, is one of the greatest love stories of all time. ... Juliet is the strong-willed young daughter of Capulet, a rich man in Verona. ...

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When she was under the pressure to marry Paris, Juliet stood up for what she thought was right and best for her and refused to marry him, this was a blatent rebelious act against what was sociably acceptable at the time.   ... She did in fact wake up seconds too late just in time to see Romeo drinking the poison. ... When Juliet's mother, Lady Capulet, asks her daughter Juliet about her opinions on marriage, Juliet is very respectful with her answer. ...

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Juliet is shown to be immature in a opening scene where her father tells the bride-seeking Paris his daughter is not old and grown-up enough to marry. ... She did in fact wake upseconds too late just in time to see Romeo drinking the poison. ... Love over power the hatethis time. ... Many time in thestory the love over turns and sometimes it th...

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