Tuesday, December 8, 2015

What is Juliet's relationship to Romeo?

Juliet's relationship to Romeo changes throughout the play.  In the beginning, the two do not know each other, but are enemies by virtue of the hatred that their respective families share.  They meet toward the end of Act 1; after that meeting, they fall madly in love (or in lust, depending on who you ask!) and their relationship changes to one of infatuated teenagers.


When they agree to, and carry out, a secret wedding the...

Juliet's relationship to Romeo changes throughout the play.  In the beginning, the two do not know each other, but are enemies by virtue of the hatred that their respective families share.  They meet toward the end of Act 1; after that meeting, they fall madly in love (or in lust, depending on who you ask!) and their relationship changes to one of infatuated teenagers.


When they agree to, and carry out, a secret wedding the following day, their relationship changes once more to that of husband and wife.  Unfortunately, other than consummating the marriage, they have little interaction as husband and wife.  After Romeo kills Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, to avenge Tybalt's murder of Romeo's best friend, Romeo and Juliet move to extremely-forbidden lovers.  After a night spent together, they must depart, as Romeo is now banished from the town in which both were raised. At this point, their relationship changes to that of separated lovers.  


The Friar works with Juliet to hatch a plan to return the duo to each other, but, unfortunately, the plan does not work.  In the end, they end up killing themselves -- here, they are both partners in a double suicide. Thus, the relationship between Romeo and Juliet evolves and morphs several times over the course of their several-day courtship, marriage, and death.

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