We've been reading Romeo and Juliet for quite some time and what I find most interesting is the conflicts and issues that are in the Capulet House. These issues came to front in scene 3 or act 1. The issues of marriage, womens rights, and the idea of marriage without even really knowing a person.
What is interesting is that Juliet's father was against the marraige with Paris and Lady Capulet was very strongly for it. Getting married at my age seems odd, and especially to someone I didn't know. I would think that Lady Capulet would understand that, but she didn't. Juliet's dad was understanding and wanted to protect his daughter as I most certainly would try to. Lady Capulet said that she was married and raised Juliet when she was even younger then Juliet. This shows just how different things were for women then. Their jobs were basically to raise their children, cook and clean. This is why the idea seems inconceivable to me but would make sense at the time the play was written.
Another thing that is weird is that it's not clear that Juliet even knew Paris when he approached her father and asked if he could marry her. So, essentially, he wanted to marry her because of her looks and wealth. Another weird thing is that Lady Capulet wanted her to get married to him, both so that she would grow up and have a family and because he was a man of such power and money. The idea of marriage has also seemed to have changed over the years. Less people get married because of economics and almost all people at the very least know the person they are marrying.
All in all, scene 3 shows how much things have changed. This makes the play interesting because it shows the social elements of the times. However, many of the same personalities and characters lived then and now.
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