Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Family Love
I thought of this idea of family love or love from the family for Romeo and Juliet. We obviously know that Romeo and Juliet are in love with one another, but in order to have successful love don’t the families need to love them as well? What I mean is don’t the Capulets need to love Romeo and the Montagues need to love Juliet in order for the two to live in complete happiness? I always thought that in order for “a pair of star-crossed lovers” they need to live in complete happiness. They cannot do this because their families are fighting each other. Aren't the parents suppose to support the children's decisions? I think that if the families would have found out about this love they may have stopped fighting. How did Romeo and Juliet plan to live their lives without their families? They are both too young, in my opinion, to live happy lives without their families. Is the reason why these two are in love because their families hate each other? What are everyone’s thoughts on this topic about family love?
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I think the role that Romeo and Juliet’s families play in the work is very interesting. Mike argued that the Montagues and Capulets need to love their respective child’s spouse in order for the relationship to work. Though this seems necessary to the relationship, Romeo and Juliet obviously do not think so. In fact, they care so little about the opinions of their families that they are willing to disobey the rules of their households in order to satisfy themselves and their impulsive love. It can definitely be argued that parents should support their children’s decisions, and though the play leads you to believe the animosity between the families would result in disapproving reactions from the Montagues and Capulets had they discovered Romeo and Juliet’s marriage, there is some evidence for the opposite reaction. Juliet’s father comments on how he believes Romeo to be a good man. If Capulet was willing to accept the son of his greatest enemy, it is possible that Montague would have been willing to accept Juliet, and the marriage could have acted as the end to a long, unnecessary civil war between the two families.
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