Post #5 #3

Have you ever felt like you have been pressured in a situation against your will? In the story, Romeo and Juliet are in this situation. Both want to marry each other but Juliet's father is forcing her marry Paris, a show off with a lot of pride. Romeo on the other hand has been banished to Mantua for taking the life of Tybalt, a Capulet. Though in this situation, I have more sympathy for Juliet. I feel this way for her because she is being forced to marry someone she doesn't want to. When it comes to relationships you can't force love. Juliet likes Romeo but no one else has agreed to this relationship except Romeo, Friar Lawrence, and Nurse. A perfect example of  anger from Juliet for her forced marriage is when she snapped at Paris, "That may be, sir, when I may be a wife" (Shakespeare 228). Juliet is probably in the worst position because all of the drama she had to face. I can see how Romeo was just mad but Prince Escalus had already warned the Capulets and the Montegues to stop fighting. The fact that everyone cared and showed so much saddness over Tybalt's death only increased the chance of Romeo getting banished for this incident. Romeo and Juliet's relationship is slowly coming to an end. Will they find a solution, or will the forced decisions of Juliet's father have her married to Paris.