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Essay / Controlled Assessment of Romantic Relationships - 1292
Controlled AssessmentWe see many of the themes presented in the literatures that I will write about in this essay. However, the themes we see in “Romeo and Juliet,” “The Sun Rising,” and “To His Coy Mistress” are essentially similar. The main themes of these three similar literary works are how women are treated by men, marriage, and love. These three literary works all explore love or falling in love. However, in these three literatures, there is something that prevents the couple's love from developing or developing. Overall, we find that women are treated by men as valuable possessions, but this can change depending on the type of relationship the man has with the woman. In “Romeo and Juliet,” Shakespeare presents the treatment of Juliet by different characters in the play. very differently. Capulet, Juliet's father, generally treats Juliet kindly. He believes that his "willingness to obtain her consent is only part of it", suggesting that he will respect Juliet's choice of whom to marry and accept it. However, when Capulet thought that Juliet had agreed to marry Paris and then changed his mind, he treated Juliet in a very violent and extreme manner. He views her as an animal at this point in the play and tells her to “graze where you want, you shall not lodge with me.” The word “graze” emphasizes that Capulet treats Juliet like an animal. We also see that his reputation is very important, almost more important than that of his daughter. He would rather his daughter be dead than leave her unmarried in Paris, which highlights the fact that Juliette is seen as a possession and an animal. The brother, on the other hand, seems to understand everything Juliette is going through. We see this when he tells Juliette... in the middle of a paper... that time is nothing but "rags." This word suggests that time is running out and is making everyone age. So this shows us that both speakers in both poems want time to stop so that they can both live with their lovers and have a good life. Another similarity seen in both poems is that both speakers seem very proud of the love they feel for women. In "The Sun Rising", the speaker feels that the love he has for the woman is at the center of everything and that he has everything he ever needs, which is similar to the poem "To His Coy Mistress.” In this poem, the speaker says that he will “make (the sun) run.” This quote suggests that their love, if fully experienced and used to its fullest, can make something very powerful like the sun "run." These similarities could show that woman, as a property, is very valuable and can make men seem very powerful and strong..