Wheninteract with their
parents, those interactions don't seem to be especially pleasurable for the kids or fulfilling
for the parents. At the beginning of the play, 's parents try to talk to him about what is
bothering him, but they resort to askingto intercede and speak with him to try to find out
what's wrong. It is Benvolio who is able to get Romeo to talk about his unrequited love for
Rosaline, and his parents seem to be totally in the dark.
When 's mother
approaches her about the suit of the County , Juliet is pretty noncommittal about her
willingness to marry him; she lukewarmly expresses her obedience to her parents in this matter,
as in all matters. However, later, when she refuses to marry Paris after 's death, her father
threatens to throw her out of the house, and her mother essentially declares that she doesn't
ever want to talk to Juliet again.
Neither Romeo nor Juliet feels comfortable
enough to go to their respective parents and explain what has been going on, to ask them for
guidance or assistance, and they end up ruining their young lives as a result. Perhaps if their
parents had been better listeners (especially Juliet's), the story would not have had to end in
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