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ROMEO AND JULIET, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS - Coggle Diagram

- - - - "My only love sprung from my only hate"
      - "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
      - 'It is my lady, O, it is my love'
        
        Prounoun "my" suggests Romeo is claiming her
        
        C- Patriachal socity
        
        Repetition emphasises idea
      - ' Come, night; come, Romeo; come thou day in night;'
        
        Repetition of the word "come"
        
        Emphasises desperation and torment of not being able to see Romeo
        
        The use of colons and commas
        
        Mimics her breathing so suggests could be crying/shaking
        
        Emphasises care and thought for Romeo
        
        Goes against how women acted in 16th century so emphasises true emotions for Romeo
  - - - "O, I am fortunes fool"
        
        Immediately after he kills Tybalt
        
        Blames fate/fortune for his death - C/T
        
        Bring fate and destiny back into the readers mind
  - - - 'Or I shall faint, a plague a'both your houses!'
        
        Exclamatory sentence emphasises his anger
        
        Suggests his tone is shouty/screaming
        
        Cursing both the households
        
        Amplifying his anger as cursing them
  - - - Tybalt saying he wont endure Romeo at party
      - Going against Capulet's wishes
      - Challenging Capulets orders
- - - - Italy was known to the English for its Catholicism
        
        There was a strong belief in damnation and mortal sin
      - Catholicism was viewed negatively as it was known for its apparent corruption and its excess of passion
      - People were scared of committing a sin and going against god
        
        contemporary audiences may have felt some sympathy for Romeo and Juliet, but may have also judged them for committing a number of sins throughout the play.
    - - Suicide and Bigamy are seen as a mortal sin
        
        Juliet would've been scared of being condemned to hell for marrying after she had secretly married Romeo
        
        Romeo and Juliet must have felt there was no other option than besides committing suicide
        
        They would have known that they risked being condemned to hell for that act
    - - People thought going against parents was seen as a sin
      - Romeo and Juliet both disobey their parents so they can be together
        
        They both get married without their parents consent
        
        They have also married people of opposite families who hate eatchother
        
        Juliet's father has arranged marriage for Juliet (Paris) but she refuses to marry him
  - - - Marriage age
        
        people got married at much younger ages than they do nowadays- girls could get married at 12 years old, and could have children soon after
      - Parents and Children
        
        Adults chaperoned children at all times
      - Arranged Marriage
        
        Parents arranged marriage
        
        children did not always have the freedom to choose who they would spend their lives with, who they would marry, or who they would have children with
  - - - In Romeo and Juliet, the story revolves around fate, destiny and the stars
        
        Romeo and Juliet have been destined to be together
        
        Their love is written in the stars, and is shown as something that was decided for them long before they were born
        
        In Act 1, Romeo has a feeling that Capulet party will cause his downfall and his death
        
        In Act 2, Juliet foresees Romeo's death
    - - Even though science was advancing through this period (renaissance) astronomy and astrology were still closely linked because scientists were exploring the relationship between the Earth and the Stars
    - - fate is often seen as a cruel force that brings about misery for the characters
- - - - Love between R&J helped heal the rift between families
        
        But cost them their lives
    - - R&J actions lead to a lot of violence and conflict
        
        Death of Tybalt and Mercutio
        
        Romeo killing Paris
        
        Death of Lady Montague
    - - The love of a parent for a son/daughter
        
        Parents try do do best as possible but doesnt always work out
        
        For instance making Juliet play Paris
        
        Capulets and Juliet
        
        Montagues and Romeo
    - - Friends relationships
        
        Friar Lawrence and Romeo
        
        Mercutio, Benvolio and Romeo
  - - - AUTHORITY
        
        Always shown in power
        
        Capulet
        
        Montague
        
        Tybalt
        
        Friar Lawrence
        
        Prince