Romeo and Juliet, Theme of Power
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- Created on: 14-03-18 19:22
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- 'Romeo and Juliet': Power
- Power of age
- Gender power
- Capulet: "I tell thee what: get thee to church a'Thursday, Or never after look me in the face"
- Power of age
- Juliet's opinion in marrying Paris cannot sway her father who is in a superior position of power.
- Friar Lawrence: "If no inconstant toy, nor womanish fear, Abate thy valour in thy acting it."
- The men in Juliet's life have a huge impact on her decisions that ultimately lead to her death. This is also due to a position of intellect and responsibility.
- Capulet: "I tell thee what: get thee to church a'Thursday, Or never after look me in the face"
- Power of love
- Juliet: "A damned saint, an honourable villain!"
- Juliet is unable to hate Romeo despite him killing her cousin due to their powerful romance.
- Juliet: "Shall i speak ill of him who is my husband?"
- Juliet is unable to hate Romeo despite him killing her cousin due to their powerful romance.
- Juliet: "A damned saint, an honourable villain!"
- Power of hatred
- Romeo: "Either thou or I, or both, must go with him"
- Despite deciding to make peace with the Capulets, Romeo slays Tybalt and is willing to die to avenge Mercutio.
- Romeo: "Either thou or I, or both, must go with him"
- Power of fate
- Balthasar: "Her body sleeps in Capel's monument"
- No matter how hard Romeo and Juliet try to live in happiness together, their fates always bring them sorrow.
- The Prologue: "A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life"
- The fates of the central couple are so powerful they have been determined before the play has even begun.
- Balthasar: "Her body sleeps in Capel's monument"
- Power of intellect
- Friar Lawrence: "If no inconstant toy, nor womanish fear, Abate thy valour in thy acting it."
- The men in Juliet's life have a huge impact on her decisions that ultimately lead to her death. This is also due to a position of intellect and responsibility.
- Friar Lawrence: "If no inconstant toy, nor womanish fear, Abate thy valour in thy acting it."
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