Yes, Romeo and Juliet can be seen as rebellious in a modern sense. They defy the norms and expectations of their feuding families to be together, risking everything for their love. Their actions can be interpreted as an act of rebellion against societal constraints and family authority.
No, I wouldn't say they were. Juliet did defy her father by her marriage to Romeo, but that wasn't rebellious as we know it today. It was normal for young women to have arranged marriages to older men, but if there hadn't been a feud with Romeo's family her father may had consented to a marriage.
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The two most important characters in "Romeo and Juliet" are, as the title suggests, Romeo and Juliet themselves. Their tragic love story is central to the plot of the play and drives the events that unfold.
In the context of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," the term "ill" is often used to describe misfortune, bad luck, or danger. It can also be used to reflect a sense of sickness or disease.
In Act 3, Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet sees a vision of Romeo lying dead at the bottom of a tomb. This is a foreshadowing of their tragic fate and adds to the sense of impending doom in the play.
Could you rephrase this question please? It makes no sense as it stands.
It depends on what you mean by real. There really were two families called Montecchi and Capuletti who were opposed to one another because of being on opposite sides of the Italian conflict between the Guelfs and the Ghibbelines. However, only one of the families lived in Verona, and the story of Romeo and Juliet did not actually happen to them. So although they were real families and they did feud, their feud was not the "Romeo and Juliet family feud". Since the Romeo and Juliet story is a fiction, the feud is only real within the context of the story. In that sense, and in that sense only, the feud is as real as Romeo and Juliet's love.
The relationship between both Romeo and Juliet and their parents is distant. Their parents are not involved in their lives and so do not really have a handle on what they are thinking. Only Capulet sometimes seems to do so, as he is able to remember his own youth when he went to parties in a mask fondly, and is accordingly indulgent to Romeo and his friends. He is also concerned at the start about arranging a marriage for Juliet when she is so young. When he changes his mind, he is still thinking about what Juliet is thinking, or what he imagines she is thinking, and arranges the marriage to cheer her up. Unfortunately once he has passed his word, his pride steps up to make him want to enforce his will. Mrs. Capulet also intends the best for her daughter, but having been married very young, she has difficulty imagining what Juliet is thinking. Her guesses are not good: Juliet will like the idea of marrying Paris. so we'll arrange the match; Juliet must hate Romeo for killing Tybalt, so we'll have Romeo murdered. Mrs. Montague expresses her concern about Romeo, but it is a sentimental concern. She knows nothing about him as a human being, and has no idea what goes on in his life. One imagines that the reason she dies because of her heartbreak over his banishment is that she still hasn't quite grasped that he is out of diapers. Montague has no discernible relationship with Romeo at all.Are Romeo and Juliet rebellious in the modern sense? The need for children to grow up and stop being dependent on their parents is not new or modern in any way. It is part of how human beings develop and how they always have. They need to learn to depend on their own decision-making processes and resourcefulness, and when parents are dominating and controlling (as they often are) it is necessary for the children to push them away. Juliet needs to be much more rebellious than Romeo because her parents are much more controlling.
Juliet is torn between her love for Romeo and her loyalty to her family, especially after Romeo kills her cousin Tybalt in a duel. This inner conflict between her love for Romeo and her sense of duty to her family causes her deep emotional distress and confusion.
In Act 1, Scene 4 of "Romeo and Juliet," Romeo is in a somber mood because he is still heartbroken over his unrequited love for Rosaline. He tells his friends that he has a sense of foreboding about the party and worries that the night's events will lead to something unfortunate.
Romeo is impulsive and romantic, while Juliet is more practical and level-headed. Their differences create a balance in their relationship, with Romeo providing passion and spontaneity, and Juliet offering a sense of pragmatism and stability. Ultimately, their contrasting qualities complement each other, deepening their connection and love for one another.