The 16th century viewed love, romance, betrothal and marriage very differently than the way we do in the 21st. A pair of young aristocrats, one of them engaged to marry another man, goes behind their elders' backs, conduct a love affair, and marry - we today smile at this story indulgently and say, "ah, young love! The chances they take; the rules they break." But in the 16th century many people would not have smiled, but would have taken a dim view of the lovers' actions. They might have argued that Juliet's betrothal to Paris was a binding agreement, that neither Romeo nor Juliet was free to ignore or take lightly that arrangement, and that their behavior was irresponsible and reckless. The couple's deaths would be seen not as deserved, exactly, but as the sad but predictable result of the couple's own recklessness.
friar Laurence
juliets hand in marriage
Juliet's marriage was arrnged for Thursday after Capulet changed his desicion.
I'm not sure, but the play is in July.
She will kill herself.
"It is an honour that I dream not of."
For Juliets hand in marriage. Ben wrote this.
about Juliets marriage to Paris
They are understandably devastated, both times she dies.
They barely know each other, they are very young, and their families don't know about the marriage.
Paris asks Lord Capulet to marry Juliet
Romeo has asked for Juliet's hand in marriage in the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare.