Question

Read the following excerpt from Romeo and Juliet. In a well-developed paragraph of four to six sentences, identify the details of this story that reveal information about the
time period. How are these details significant for the story? Use proper spelling and grammar in your response.

CAPULET
Things have fall out, sir, so unluckily,
That we have had no time to move our daughter:
Look you, she loved her kinsman Tybalt dearly,
And so did I:-Well, we were born to die.
Tis very late, she'll not come down to-night:
I promise you, but for your company,
I would have been a-bed an hour ago.

PARIS
These times of woe afford no time to woo.
Madam, good night: commend me to your daughter.

LADY CAPULET
I will, and know her mind early to-morrow;
To-night she is mew'd up to her heaviness.

CAPULET
Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender
Of my child's love: I think she will be ruled
In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not.
Wife, go you to her ere you go to bed;
Acquaint her here of my son Paris' love;

Answer 1

The details of this story that reveal information about the time period are:

• The details which showed that the parents had to convince their daughter to marry Paris.

What was the time period of the story?

Romeo and Juliet was set in 14th century Italy. During this time, the people were known to find suitors for their children and convince them to marry men that they chose.

This was the case as seen in the fact that Capulet and Lady Capulet tried to convince their daughter to marry Paris. They were frustrated about her refusal and that was why Lady Capulet promised Paris that she would know her daughter's mind by the next day.

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