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In the play Capulet wants Juliet to have a good life and thinks he’s chosen the right type of man
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Romeo and Juliet essay Romeo and Juliet is a tragic 16th century Shakespearean love story set in the Italian city of Verona. The life of a father and daughter in our lifetime at the moment would vary considerably from the one Capulet and Juliet lead in the play. In the 16th century women were expected to do many things for men. Men's expectations for women in the 16th century were that they cleaned the house looked after the children and were treated as second class citizens. Men expected women to obey them and do anything they say if the women disobeyed the men they would subject to punishment in the version of getting hit in those days because there wasn't strict law and order in those days. So if a women married a man they would become the sole property of their husband. In the 16th century the father was the man...
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