Romeo and Juliet Group

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itssgordon
itssgordon
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High School - 9th Grade

Act 4, scenes 1-3. Why don't Romeo and Juliet leave Verona as a solution to their problem?

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Posted by itssgordon on Wednesday November 4, 2009 at 2:36 PM and tagged with question, romeo and juliet.

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  1. ask996
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    High School - 10th Grade

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    In the William Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet the young lovers didn't leave Verona because it wouldn't have worked. We saw earlier in the play how Capulet reacted to Juliet's disobedience. His reaction would have been much stronger if Juliet bailed out of an arranged marriage. As an influential man in Verona, this would have proved quite embarrassing for Capulet. In edition, there is no doubt that Paris had paid an acceptable dowry for the promise of Juliet's hand and joining his name with an influential family like the Capulets.

    So the only solution was one where the parents would have to accept the inevitable. Thus the friar concocted the scheme of arranging Juliet's "death." Faking her death set up a chain of events in which she and Romeo could have left Verona and lived undisturbed by Capulet.

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    Posted by ask996 on Wednesday November 4, 2009 at 3:02 PM