romeo & juliet themes ~religion
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- Romeo & Juliet Themes -religion-
- Context- the church had a big influence in the 16th century, if you didn't go to church on sunday you had to pay a fine.
- No one could get married except in church. couples couldn't live or sleep together until married- divorce was almost impossible.
- In some ways religion was more powerful than law. Religion provided an accepted set of rules for people to live by.
- For romeo and Juliet marriage is the only way that they can be together
- once Juliets married to romeo the audience knows that she cant marry paris if she did she would be braeaking the law of the church and go to hee.
- Despite what the couple do to avoid sinning romeo and Juliet both commit suicide- and suicide was a sin.
- The Friar represents the role of the church in Verona.
- The characters' respect for the church is shown through their relationship with the Friar.
- The only time capulet allows Juliet out alone is when she is going to "make confession" at the friar's.
- romeo and Juliet respect the friars advice more than anyone else's- they are rebellious enough to defy their parents but ususally follow all of the friar's
- "saint" - romeo(1:5) claims he is a pilgrim who wants to worship Juliet.
- "holy shrine" Romeo (1:5)
- "can heaven be so envious?" Juliet blames god for romeos death- wonders if heavens are jelous of their love and that why he was taken.
- "which is the God of my idolatry" Juliet- claims there is no other way to explain their love other than to worshipping a god.
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