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Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

Marriage was not the only option for Romeo and Juliet. Their marriage only caused harm, and marriage was the wrong choice because they have feuding families who hate each other. Also, marriage was a horrible decision for Romeo and Juliet because awful; things happened as a result. Tybalt's death and Romeo being banished caused them both great sadness, so they would never be able to live together happily married in Verona. Juliet would have to give up everything just to be with her husband, and she was unwilling to leave her family. The fact that Juliet can never be with Romeo again is shown on page 656,"Romeo is banished; and all the world to nothing that he dares ne'er come back to challenge you." In this passage the nurse is explaining to Juliet that she can't be with Romeo and he won't come back to challenge Paris for her. All In all, Romeo and Juliet caused themselves and their families great damage for a marriage a day after the met when they could not be sure that what they were feeling was love and not lust. They could have taken another route and tried to bring their families together, but they chose to make a rushed decision into marriage that caused great harm, sadness, and destruction for the Capulets and the Montagues.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

Marriage was NOT the only option available to the couple of only a day. Romeo and Juliet had many different options such as actually getting to know each other before deciding to marry each other with only the knowledge of their names. Speaking of names, their families had a strong detestation for one another. For example, even the servants of each family share the hatred for each other as seen here: "The quarrel is between our masters and us their men"(583). Even in the very beginning of the first scene you can see the hatred they hold for the Montague household. This just goes to show that even if Romeo and Juliet didn't WANT to find a different solution to the problems that had laid in front of them, they should have for the sake of their own families.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

Marriage was not the only option for Romeo and Juliet. They both realized who the other was just after they met, yet they still decided to get married. This was definitely not the only option considering they got married just a day after they met. Juliet in particular knew she had to marry Paris sooner or later, so it was wrong of her to go against her father, mother, and Paris and marry another man! Here Juliet says, "He shall not make me there a joyful bride!" If Juliet hadn't gone behind her parents back to marry someone she had just met, she wouldn't be in this debacle. All in all, there were other options besides marriage such as the two of them realizing that they couldn't possibly be in love after just one day! Romeo and Juliet could have ended their "relationship" and gone on with their lives without anyone else getting hurt. Because in the end, they just hurt themselves and others, and nothing good comes out of it.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

Marriage was not the only option that Romeo and Juliet had. Juliet was very young and I think they both should've took the time to look things over before the both jumped right into the marriage. I think that both Romeo and Juliet could've found a different way to see each other and they should have waited. If they both truly loved each other then they should have found a different way to satisfy both of them and try to bring the families together first. in Act 2 scene 2 Juliet says "Well, do not swear. Although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract tonight. It is too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden;" If Juliet would have listened to herself when she said this and felt this way the whole time then her and Romeo wouldn't have died they way they did.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

No, marriage was not the only option. Marriage was the blind option. Marriage wouldn't do any good for either one of them because their families hate each other, perhaps the families would view such a thing as a disgrace, and disown Romeo and Juliet, as Juliet's father had said "I tell thee what--get thee to church a' Thursday Or never after look me in the face. Speak not, reply not, do not answer me!" Marriage wouldn't have been able to stop the feud. Also, marrying Romeo would be a contradiction to Juliet's arranged marriage with Paris, which upset the Capulets even more. Romeo and Juliet made the choice of marriage out of blind hope, not thinking of the consequences. They thought only for each other, not for anyone else and what others might do to them. Romeo was desperate for love, and it is possible he did not know that there was an arrangement between Paris and Juliet, so he would have made the choice to accept Juliet's suggestion of marriage. "If that they bent of love be honorable, They purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow." Romeo accepted. They didnt see the consequences.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

Marriage was not the only option for Romeo and Juliet. It was not the smartest option, either. Romeo and Juliet both knew that their families hated each other, yet they still proceeded with the marriage. They knew that something bad could happen to them at any moment, but they loved each other too much. Although their love for each other was overwhelming, they could have stayed in love without being married. In line 5 of the story, William Shakespeare writes, "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a star-cross'd lovers take their life." This explains that the Capulets and Monagues despised each other and their children, who love each other, end up killing themselves.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

Danielle Kelly In Romeo and Juliet, the decision of marriage was made quickly and wasn't thought out. Romeo and Juliet didn't think of the consequences, they only thought of themselves. In the story Romeo and Juliet meet at the party and then later that night Juliet says, "Thy that thy bent of love be honorable, Thy propose marriage, send me word tomorrow, By one that I'll procure to come to thee, where and what time thou wilt perform thy rite;" (614). all in one day they meet and decide that they will be married the next day. If Romeo and Juliet would have told both families about the love that they shared, then maybe their love would have ended the feud, but because of all of the secrecy it made things worse. the proposal to get married was a rash decision because Romeo and Juliet hardly even knew each other, so waiting to get married and actually getting to know one another would have been a better decision for everyone that got involved in the chaotic mess that is the love between Romeo and Juliet.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

Marriage is not the only option for Romeo and Juliet. They could of met a few more times and decided if it was the right thing to do. Romeo could of also stopped seeing her and went out with a few more ladies to see if there was anyone more charming than Juliet. As Benvolio said, "But in that crystal scales let there be weigh'd/ Your lady's love against some other maid." This quote is basically the "plenty of fish in the sea" equivalent of the Shakespearean era. Dating is good way of evaluating a possible partner and Romeo and Juliet saw each other about twice. That's a pretty good indicator of a bad marriage.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

Romeo and Juliet made their decision quickly and did not really think all the facts through. In their situation, there may have not been many options but marriage should've been the last resort. They barely knew each other and barely had a first date. They did not have to get married. Juliet could've just let him go and went along with her arranged marriage with Paris. She made the decision of death as soon as she made the decision to marry Romeo over Paris. Romeo said, " Do not swear at all; or if though wilt, swear by thy gracious self, which is the god of my adultery, and ill believe thee." He cannot make any promises, he could've accepted the truth there and parted going their own ways without each other.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

I feel that they could have had a better solution to the fight between the two families. Yes, they do love each other but to me, i think they wen to fast with the relationship. if Romeo and Juliet wanted to bring the families together,then i think they should have created an intervention. Instead they suffered many consequences through out the time being of there marriage. There was death and chaos. In act 3 scene 1, the fault of Romeo going to the Capulet's party resulted in Tybalt's vengeance. Mercutio says ''A plague a'both houses! i am sped.'' Mercutio then dies, then Romeo kills Tybalt and then Romeo is banished. All of this could have ended better if the marriage wasn't secretive.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

Romeo and Juliet had more options then getting married. mostly because Romeo had just gotten over Rosaline. like friar said on page 618 line 65 " is Rosaline that didst love so dear so soon forsaken." then he also says something in line 90 " thy love did read by rote that couldn't spell." saying that Romeo doesn't really know what love is and should take things slowly. witch is why I believe there was more then one solution for their problem.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

no, marriage is not the only option. i think it is not an option because they could have just made a plan to come and visit each other or move away from the rivalry so they could love each other the way they want to and see how everybody would intervene with there opinion and if they disagreed they would stay together and ignore what the other people feel is wrong until they finally realize that they have a rivalry for no reason and get over the rage.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

I think that marriage was not the only option for Romeo and Juliet. They could have kept everything under wraps, or told their parents of their love before they got married. They could also have pretended that they had never met. There were many ways to avoid the following events. I can't find any quote though. But that may be because all that the characters have time to think of is marriage. And in this age, people were to be married when they loved or wanted to be together, and so on and so on. So I hold firm to my thoughts of how they could have continued seeing each other without being married.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

I don't think that marriage was the option for them. They could've just been friends. They didn't have to go and get married because if they got married to make their families closer than that would make their parents hate each other even more. On page 604 when Romeo found out that Juliet was a Capulet he said, "Is she a Capulet? O dear account! My life is my foe's debt." He says that because he knows him and Juliet aren't supposed to be together because their parents don't like each other. Also on page 605 when the nurse told Juliet that Romeo was a Montague she said, "My only love, sprung from only hate!" Juliet says that because she knows that if her parents found out about her and Romeo, the hate that both of the families have for each other would get worse.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

Marriage was not an only option because there was several options. For example one option was to talk it over. Have the families talk it out. I am sure that they have someone that they would not mind discussing it with. I believe Romeo would be the one to talk things over because Lord Capulet does not mind having Romeo at his party. On page 602 Capulet says "Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone"; another quote "Verona brags of him to be a virtuous and well-govern'd youth. I would not for the wealth of all this town here in my house do him disparagement." Throughout his saying to Tybalt, he explains that Romeo is well respected and is well known. Lord Capulet respects Romeo; therefore, making a conversation with him would be easier than marrying Juliet in secret. Capulet would take some time understanding and give feedback to Romeo, while Romeo is technically the messenger for both his family and Juliet's family. This proves that there is another option than marriage.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

In My Opinion, Marriage was not the only option. Marriage was not the only option because they could have either told their parents that they were madly in love with one another, realized that their love and families had no solution and moved on, or they could have ran away with each other and forget about all of there problems in Verona. "In one respect I'll thy assistant be : For this alliance May so happy prove. To turn your households rancor to pure love" Friar thinks that this my put and end to an "ANCIENT GRUDGE". If there grudge was ancient, between two families, two lovers were not going to change that if each generation were born to hate each other.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

I'll be fully honest with you now, it may seem like a surprise, but our beloved Rome & Juliet truly shouldn't have gotten married. At least not at that time period; I mean, after knowing each other for less than a day with knowing hardly anything about each other, it's a very invalid argument. Imagine how they would be together after the first two months of marriage? They're uncontrollably in love with each other, but they completely lack the practicality of what marriage would actually mean. Then there's the additional situation of having to hide it, which con only provoke more negativity into their families as well as themselves. Only by page 650, the metaphors of darkness describes the problem perfectly in their dialogue; "{Juliet} O, now I would've chang'd voices too, since arm form arm voice doth us affray... {Romeo} More light and light- more dark and dark our woes..." Romeo simply sums up how now matter how happy they are married, their problems will get worse. So, they simply should've waited.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

No,no marriage was not the only answer to romeos and Juliet problems. They had so many other better options that they didn't even bother noticing. They could have waited longer to see how things played out with their love. They might have realized nothing would have ever worked out. They unknowingly killed multiple people with their love.Romeo and Juliet were a disaster from the beginning, which caused them to die because of a tragic love relationship. "The fearful death passage of their death-marked love,and the continuance of their parents rage, Which, but their children's end , nought could remove." This shows no matter what they were going to fail in tragedy. That tragedy was the death of their beloved romeo and juliet
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

Marriage was not the only option because they could have talked to their parents about forgiving the other family because the feud has already killed enough people. On the page 635 Mercutio says, " Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch." after he gets stabbed by Tybalt. Then on page 636 the book says, " the citizens are up, and Tybalt slain. What these two cites state is how the feud between both family feuds get people killed. If Romeo and Juliet talked to their parents about ending the feud then these people have not died and then they could be in love.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

"A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life." This was a tragic way for these two souls to go. To think that maybe one thing could have change that...Marriage. Marriage was not the only option that Romeo and Juliet had. First of all their families absolutely hate each other, also it causes their deaths. For example when Romeo and Juliet first meet sure they are in love but to be married days later is a lot. They could of visited each other or even told their parents sure there is a feud between families but Lord Capulet said himself "A bears him like a good gentleman" possibly meaning that if they asked and proved that Romeo was fit he could of married later on.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

I do not think that marriage was the only option they had because they JUST met each other and it was love at first sight. They could have waited to get married , but instead they rushed into it thinking that it would stop the family feud when it clearly didn't. Because the two,Romeo& Juliet , wanted to get married to each other so soon , family members were getting killed by one another , and family was going against family. When Juliet tells her parents that she'd rather get married to a montigue instead of paris , her father goes against her and tells her that if she does not show up to get married to paris , he does not want anything to do with her. if she did not rush into getting married to romeo , family members would not be getting killed , and her family would not go against her
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

I don't think that marriage was the best option for Romeo and Juliet. it was love at first sight with them and in my opinion that doesn't mean they should get married considering they just met. also, both of the families hated each other and they both should have know it was a bad idea to get married and waited longer. on page 618 line 91 Friar says, "For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households rancor to pure love." this quote says that hopefully Romeo and Juliet's marriage will bring the two families together but we know that it will do the opposite and cause the families to get even more angry.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

no marriage is not the only answer because they couldve went out got to know each other figured out the problems that they would face in their relationship and then they could move away and eventually get married. there is proof in the book of how this was not that was not the only option they couldve taken. like how in the last part of the book it shows how they make their escape plan instead of doing it then they couldve done it earlier when no one would expect it as much as they would then. which is why marriage was not the only answer for them at that point.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

i dont think marriage was the only option for Romeo and Juliet. Also i dont think it was the smartest option because they we convinced that they were in love so they decided to secretly get married which causes problems right from the start since the two families hate each other with a burning passion. Mercutio and Tybalt fight and Tybalt stabs Mercutio so he later dies. This infuriates Romeo. Romeo lets his anger get the best of him and he ens up killing Tybalt which causes Romeo to be banished from Verona. meaning he can never see Juliet again. "And for that offense Immediately we do exile him hence". I personally think that Romeo and Juliet should have waited longer to get married because Juliet was so young and it just wasnt the right time to get married. Especially since the two familes were in the middle of an extremely long feud.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

In Romeo and Juliet, I believe that their only option was not just marriage. They could have easy just forgotten about each other and moved on. Then Romeo might not have been kicked out because Tybalt would have never killed Mercutio because Romeo would have accepted Tybalts duel. On page 636 you can see Romeo killed Tybalt when he says, "This shall determine that." Also, with Romeo remaining in the village Juliet would not have to sneak away, so then she would never be in the situation of being disowned by her dad.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

Instead of marriage they could of went to their parents and told them about their relationship they could of worked it out. If they settled their differences than they could of been together in piece. A lot of people died because of this marriage. Mercutio cursed the two family's because of their conflict. If they were to sit down and talk about the relationship they could of became good friends. Tybalt, Mercutio, Paris, and the two main characters Romeo and Juliet all die in the result of this marriage. Marriage was not the only option.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

I believe that marriage wasn't the right thing to do for Romeo and Juliet. This event caused a whole world of tragic events for the new couple. Death between the families happen because of the marriage. For example Mercutio was Romeo's best friend and he died for Romeo; therefore, Romeo killed Tybalt to get back at him for killing Mercutio. Then the most tragic event in the story that was caused by the marriage was when the Prince exiled Romeo from Vienna. This is shown on page 638" And for that offense immediately we do exile him hence". This would had never happen if Romeo and Juliet never jumped the gun at the party. They should of had secret date or something like that so the families would of stayed whole and no one would of died.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

When two families hate each other and their kids are in love chances are the relationship will most likely not work out to well. Marriage was defiantly not the right option for them. Romeo rushed the relationship way to fast. First he falls in love with Rosaline and within a week he is already in love again this time with Juliet. Even Friar Lawrence questions this when he says "So soon to bid good morrow to thy bed" (616). What I think is Romeo and Juliet should have just given the relationship a couple months then start considering marriage. What makes it worse is that Romeo and Juliet felt like they had to be together, that's why eventually they both will take their lives at the end "A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life" (582). Romeo and Juliet also should have thought about how dangerous a relationship could be. Especially with somebody as dangerous as Tybalt watching Romeos favorite move. Another way to move on was just forget about each other. Yes, Romeo would have been depressed for a really long time but eventually he would recover because time heals everything.
Debate: Romeo and Juliet - Marriage?
Side: No, marriage not only option

In my opinion, I do not think that marriage was the only option or the only way to go. It was obvious that Romeo and Juliet were in-love, but I think that they were married too fast, especially because the fact that Juliet was only 14 year olds. On page 613 line 90, Juliet says, " Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say " Ay" And I will take thy word. Yet, if....." Right off the bat, Juliet wants to marry Romeo as soon as possible. They had just met and their minds were already set of marriage. Falling in-love is a great feeling. But rushing things can be bad. Even if it was their only option, Romeo and Juliet could of forgotten about each other. But, they didn't and Friar Lawrence married them anyways. He married them because he saw how upset Romeo was about Rosaline, so he was happy that Romeo was truly happy.