Table of contents
DEDICATION
iii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
iv
Abstract
v
Résumé................................................................................................................................V
INTRODUCTION
1
1- CHAPTER ONE: STUDY BACKGROUND
3
1-1- Background of the novel
3
1-2- Characters
3
1-3- Historical Context
4
1-4-Time of Action
5
1-2-SUMMARY OF THE NOVEL
6
1-2-DEVELOPED THEMES
10
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
13
2-1 Theoretical Framework
13
2-2-1FAMILY CONFLICTS IN LOVE AFFAIRS IN UNDER THE
STORM OF SEYDOU BADIAN
15
2-2-2 FAMILY CONFLICTS IN LOVE AFFAIRS IN THE GHOSTS
OF BRAZILBY FLORENT COUAO ZOTTI
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2-2-3-FAMILIES CONFLICT IN LOVE AFFAIRS THROUGH
MIDSUMMER NIGHT DREAM'S BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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2-2-4-FAMILIES CONFLICT IN LOVE AFFAIRS THROUGH
THISBE AND PYRAMUS BY Theophile DE VIAU
23
CHAPTER THREE: IMPACT OF FAMILIES CONFLITS IN LOVE
AFFAIRS THROUGH ROMEO AND JULIET BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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3-1-CONCEPTUAL
CLARIFICATION
25
3-2- Shallow Love
28
3-3 Friendly Love
29
3-4 Romantic Love
29
3-5-INTERPRETATION OF THE FIELD WORK
33
CHAPTER FOUR: CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND PERSONAL
STAND
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4-1 CRITICAL ANALYSIS.
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4-2 PERSONAL STAND
39
CONCLUSION
41
References
42
DEDICATION
I dedicate this work to my senior brother Kouagou N'tcha
Jean and my dear mother Massi Kanti Georgette.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Firstly, I would like to express my special thanks to God
to have given me the inspiration to complete this project with success.
Secondly, I would like to thank my humble supervisor Dr Alidou R. Ibourahima
Boro whose valuable guidance has been one that help patch this project and make
it full proof success his suggestions and his instructions has served as the
major the contributor towards the completion of the project and his colleagues
Doctors in British specialty: Dr.Towa Sello Joiny and Dr.H.A.Seguedeme.
Thirdly, I would like to thank my parents and friends who have helped me with
their valuable suggestions and guidance has been helpful in various phrases of
the completion of this project. Last but not the least I would like to thank my
classmates who have helped me.May God keep all of you still strong and bless
you everlasting he reigns.
Abstract
This study is conducted to show the impacts of family
conflicts in love affairs in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare through a
critical analysis. Romeo and Juliet tells the story of Romeo and
Juliet who meet and fall in love with each other, but as pure as their love was
everything goes wrong at the end because of thebitterness, quarrel between the
two families (Capulet and Montague).Next, the conflicts between those two
families has led six death in five span days and finally both family have
decided to put end their war by conciliating themselves. Romeoand Juliet
is not only a play that people enjoyed in earlier time, but its joyful is
still remaining for today because of the story inside the play can be still
applied on the love of many couples of today at this time.
Key words: conflict, love, affairs,
Romeo,Juliet
Cette étude est menée pour montrer les impacts
des conflits familiaux dans les relations amoureuses dans Rome et
Juliette par William Shakespeare à travers une analyse critique.
Romeo et Juliette raconte l'histoire de Romeo et Juliette qui se
rencontrent et tombent amoureux les uns des autres, cependant aussi pure que
leur amour soit tout fini mal àla fin à cause del'amertume, les
querelles entre ces deux familles (Capulet, Montague).Ensuite, lesconflits
entre ces deux familles a conduit six morts en Cinq jours et finalement, les
deux familles se sontréconcilié en mettant fin à leur
guerre. Romeo et Juliette n'est pas seulement la pièce dont
jouis les gens plus tôt, mais sa joie demeure pour aujourd'hui, car
l'histoire à l'intérieur de la pièce peut encore
être appliquée sur les amours de nombreux autres couples en ce
moment.
Mots clés :
conflits,amour,affaires,Romeo,Juliette
INTRODUCTION
Love raises a lot of questions. People point of view differ
on this theme and depend on the context in which it is used. Love was the
foundation upon which God created the universe, He created man and woman in his
own image to be together, to love, to be attached to each other and to
strengthen themselves too at the time of sorrows. This love which normally
should constitute a source of peace, tranquility, happiness and especially of
uniqueness within the human beings living in the company its absence leads to
conflicts between people of the same or different clans and an entire given
community. This is the observation made in Romeo and Juliet by William
Shakespeare.
Despite the message conveyed by William Shakespeare on this
phenomenon in his theater play Romeo and Juliet this does not cease to
be still relevant today. This phenomenon has grown in the history of the
European continent for example Great Britain during Elizabethan period. During
this time the African continent has not been spared. This is what William
Shakespeare, the great poet, writer emphasize in his various theatrical pieces.
In Romeo and Juliet; the document under study he is telling the
tragedy of two lovers who met and havefallen in love with each other. At the
end, everything goes wrong because of the quarrels between the families of the
two lovers (Montagues and Capulets).Through this novel not only the author has
spoken of love, conflicts between families in the Italian city, but also has
spoken of hatred and forced marriage. Among the themes developed, I decided to
focus on the impacts that family conflicts would have on romantic relationships
for an entire community and the generation to come. For the realization of this
work, I first used the document under study. Then I took into account some
documents having a link with my subject. Apart from the books I went to
internet for the collection of information in certain articles. I also had
additional information through a series of questionnaire that I addressed to
some wise men living in Parakou in order to establish a link between the past
and the present through the message of William Shakespeare.
My research work is divided into four chapters. First of all,
the first chapter encompasses the study background consisting of: background of
the novel, summary of the work and the developed themes followed by a
commentary on some of them; secondly, chapter two highlights the review of the
literature through which I appealed to the authors who developed the same theme
as the one under study, chapter three is the subject itself means that the
clarification of the theme. Finally, chapter four is based on the critical
analysis of the subject and personal stand.
1- CHAPTER ONE: STUDY
BACKGROUND
1-1- Background of the
novel
The play takes place in the town of Verona The Montagues
and Capulets are two opposed families. They are involved in a family feud that
goes back years before any of the members were born. Yet the feud still
continues due to the fact that neither family is ready to forgive and forget
the past. Even the townspeople are involved because the families do not keep
the feud in the privacy of their own home but have been seen fighting in the
public streets and displaying violence. They disrupt the peace of Verona and
even Prince Escalus personally had to break up a fight, where the family
members were heavily fined. They were also given a warning that another public
fight could result in death. While this is occurring Romeo, the main character,
is getting over his last love, Rosaline, and was very upset. Juliet of the
Capulet household has just been introduced to a wealthy young man, Paris, who
her parents wish her to marry. Yet she does not love him.
Setting: The play takes in the town of
Verona
1-2- Characters
Romeo is a Montague. He falls in love with Juliet and
proceeds to marry her. He is a tragic character. He is characterized as hasty
and emotional. He is young.
Juliet- She is a Capulet. She falls in love
with Romeo. She believes marriage should be for love. She is also characterized
as hasty. She is young
Lord Capulet: He is Juliet's father. He is
strict, harsh, not understanding. He wants her to marry Paris.
Lady Montague -She is Romeo's mother. She is
very busy and strict.
Lord Montague -He is Romeo' father. He is
stubborn and not willing to forgive.
County Paris - He is kinsman of Prince. He
cares about Juliet and wishes to marry her.
Prince Escalus - He is Prince of Verona. He
wants to call a truce and end the family feud.
Friar Lawrence - He is the Priest in Verona.
He weds Romeo and Juliet hoping it will unite both families. Instead it causes
fighting. He later gives Juliet sleeping potion. He helps Romeo out.
Friar John -He was supposed to deliver a
letter to Romeo about Juliet, but Romeo did not get it.
The Nurse - She cared for Juliet during
childhood. She wants Juliet to be happy. She is very talkative.
Mercutio: He is a good friend of Romeo
Balthazar: He is a servant and a friend of
Romeo.
Benvolio: He is a friend of Romeo
Tybalt: He is a nephew of Lady Capulet. He
has a bad temper.
Samson: He is a Capulet servant
Gregory: He is a Capulet servant
1-3- Historical Context
The Date and Source of the Play Romeo and Juliet is one
of the early plays of Shakespeare. It was probably written in 1594 or 1595, for
it is similar in language to A Midsummer's Night Dream and Richard II. Some
scholars, however, date the drama to 1591, for there is a reference made by the
nurse in the play to an earthquake that happened eleven years earlier. The
actual earthquake in Italy occurred in 1580. The majority of scholars today
place the play after 1594.
Shakespeare drew most of his plots from European stories that
had been translated into English. Romeo and Juliet was probably based on an
Italian romance.
1-4-Time of Action
There is no clear indication within the play of the
time setting, but it seems to be around 1200 or 1300. In history, rival noble
houses existed within that time frame, and their actions disturbed the local
peace. People were divided, and a lot of jealousy and tyranny existed. In the
play wealth, culture, rivalry, and enmity are all displayed, reflecting this
historical time frame.
The time that passes within the play is very clear. Only five
days go by from the opening street fight to the death of Romeo and Juliet. On
Sunday morning, the brawl in the town square occurs; that same night Romeo
meets Juliet at the Capulet feast, and they declare their love for one another.
On Monday afternoon, Friar Lawrence marries the couple; later in the day, Romeo
kills Tybalt. On Tuesday, Romeo flees from Verona to Mantua, the Capulets
announce Juliet's engagement to Paris, and she drinks the magic potion that
makes her appear to be dead. On Wednesday, Juliet's body is discovered and
taken to the Capulet tomb. On Thursday, Romeo hears of Juliet's death, hastens
back to Verona, and commits suicide in her tomb. When Juliet awakens later in
the day and finds him dead, she stabs herself. The play ends on Friday morning.
(Pink Monkey) 1(*)
1-4-SUMMARY OF THE NOVEL
Romeo and Juliet tells the story of their cursed lovers who
meet and fall in love. As pure as their love is in the end everything goes
wrong because of the bitter quarrel between the two families (Capulets and
Montague). And then in the streets of Verona brawl breaks out between the
servants of the feuding noble families of Capulet and Montague. Benvolio, a
Montague, tries to stop the fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash
Capulet, Tybalt, arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the constant
violence beat back the warring factions, Prince Escalus, the ruler of Verona,
attempts to prevent any further conflicts between the families by decreeing
death for any individual who disturbs the peace in the future.
Romeo, the son of Montague, runs into his cousin Benvolio, who
had earlier seen Romeo moping in a grove of sycamores. After some prodding by
Benvolio, Romeo confides that he is in love with Rosaline, a woman who does not
return his affections. Benvolio counsels him to forget this woman and find
another, more beautiful one, but Romeo remains despondent.
Meanwhile, Paris, a kinsman of the Prince, seeks Juliet's hand
in marriage. Her father Capulet, though happy at the match, asks Paris to wait
two years, since Juliet is not yet even fourteen. Capulet dispatches a servant
with a list of people to invite to a masquerade and feast he traditionally
holds. He invites Paris to the feast, hoping that Paris will begin to win
Juliet's heart.
Romeo and Benvolio, still discussing Rosaline, encounter the
Capulet servant bearing the list of invitations. Benvolio suggests that they
attend, since that will allow Romeo to compare his beloved to other beautiful
women of Verona. Romeo agrees to go with Benvolio to the feast, but only
because Rosaline, whose name he reads on the list, will be there.
In Capulet's household, young Juliet talks with her mother,
Lady Capulet, and her nurse about the possibility of marrying Paris. Juliet has
not yet considered marriage, but agrees to look at Paris during the feast to
see if she thinks she could fall in love with him.
The feast begins. A melancholy Romeo follows Benvolio and
their witty friend Mercutio to Capulet's house. Once inside, Romeo sees Juliet
from a distance and instantly falls in love with her; he forgets about Rosaline
completely. As Romeo watches Juliet, entranced, a young Capulet, Tybalt,
recognizes him, and is enraged that a Montague would sneak into a Capulet
feast. He prepares to attack, but Capulet holds him back. Soon, Romeo speaks to
Juliet, and the two experience a profound attraction. They kiss, not even
knowing each other's names. When he finds out from Juliet's nurse that she is
the daughter of Capulet--his family's enemy--he becomes distraught. When Juliet
learns that the young man she has just kissed is the son of Montague, she grows
equally upset.
As Mercutio and Benvolio leave the Capulet estate, Romeo leaps
over the orchard wall into the garden, unable to leave Juliet behind. From his
hiding place, he sees Juliet in a window above the orchard and hears her speak
his name. He calls out to her, and they exchange vows of love.
Romeo hurries to see his friend and confessor Friar Lawrence,
who, though shocked at the sudden turn of Romeo's heart, agrees to marry the
young lovers in secret since he sees in their love the possibility of ending
the age-old feud between Capulet and Montague. The following day, Romeo and
Juliet meet at Friar Lawrence's cell and are married. The Nurse, who is privy
to the secret, procures a ladder, which Romeo will use to climb into Juliet's
window for their wedding night.
The next day, Benvolio and Mercutio encounter Tybalt--Juliet's
cousin--who, still enraged that Romeo attended Capulet's feast, has challenged
Romeo to a duel. Romeo appears. Now Tybalt's kinsman by marriage, Romeo begs
the Capulet to hold off the duel until he understands why Romeo does not want
to fight. Disgusted with this plea for peace, Mercutio says that he will fight
Tybalt himself. The two begin to duel. Romeo tries to stop them by leaping
between the combatants. Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo's arm, and Mercutio
dies. Romeo, in a rage, kills Tybalt. Romeo flees from the scene. Soon after,
the Prince declares him forever banished from Verona for his crime. Friar
Lawrence arranges for Romeo to spend his wedding night with Juliet before he
has to leave for Mantua the following morning.
In her room, Juliet awaits the arrival of her new husband. The
Nurse enters, and, after some confusion, tells Juliet that Romeo has killed
Tybalt. Distraught, Juliet suddenly finds herself married to a man who has
killed her kinsman. But she resettles herself, and realizes that her duty
belongs with her love: to Romeo.
Romeo sneaks into Juliet's room that night, and at last they
consummate their marriage and their love. Morning comes, and the lovers bid
farewell, unsure when they will see each other again. Juliet learns that her
father, affected by the recent events, now intends for her to marry Paris in
just three days. Unsure of how to proceed--unable to reveal to her parents that
she is married to Romeo, but unwilling to marry Paris now that she is Romeo's
wife--Juliet asks her nurse for advice. She counsels Juliet to proceed as if
Romeo were dead and to marry Paris, who is a better match anyway. Disgusted
with the Nurse's disloyalty, Juliet disregards her advice and hurries to Friar
Lawrence. He concocts a plan to reunite Juliet with Romeo in Mantua. The night
before her wedding to Paris, Juliet must drink a potion that will make her
appear to be dead. After she is laid to rest in the family's crypt, the Friar
and Romeo will secretly retrieve her, and she will be free to live with Romeo,
away from their parents' feuding.
Juliet returns home to discover the wedding has been moved
ahead one day, and she is to be married tomorrow. That night, Juliet drinks the
potion, and the Nurse discovers her, apparently dead, the next morning. The
Capulets grieve, and Juliet is entombed according to plan. But Friar Lawrence's
message explaining the plan to Romeo never reaches Mantua. Its bearer, Friar
John, gets confined to a quarantined house. Romeo hears only that Juliet is
dead.
Romeo learns only of Juliet's death and decides to kill
himself rather than live without her. He buys a vial of poison from a reluctant
Apothecary, then speeds back to Verona to take his own life at Juliet's tomb.
Outside the Capulet crypt, Romeo comes upon Paris, who is scattering flowers on
Juliet's grave. They fight, and Romeo kills Paris. He enters the tomb, sees
Juliet's inanimate body, drinks the poison, and dies by her side. Just then,
Friar Lawrence enters and realizes that Romeo has killed Paris and himself. At
the same time, Juliet awakes. Friar Lawrence hears the coming of the watch.
When Juliet refuses to leave with him, he flees alone. Juliet sees her beloved
Romeo and realizes he has killed himself with poison. She kisses his poisoned
lips, and when that does not kill her, buries his dagger in her chest, falling
dead upon his body.
The watch arrives, followed closely by the Prince, the
Capulets, and Montague. Montague declares that Lady Montague has died of grief
over Romeo's exile. Seeing their children's bodies, Capulet and Montague agree
to end their long-standing feud and to raise gold statues of their children
Side-by-side in a newly peaceful Verona2(*)
1-5-DEVELOPED THEMES
In the novel Romeo and Juliet many theme have been
developed such as:
The Abiding Quality of Romantic Love
Although presented as a short-term expression of youthful
passion, Romeo and Juliet's love for each other ultimately wins over every form
of social constraints. The abiding quality of their selfless love is an
essential theme of the play. It serves to reinforce the claim that if authentic
lovers cannot be united in this world, they can certainly be together in the
life hereafter.
Individual against Society
The conflict between individual desires and social
institutions is a recurrent theme in «Romeo and Juliet». The young
lovers' struggle against their respective families is the most important theme.
By opting for individual fulfillment as opposed to social traditions, both
Romeo and Juliet refuse to follow the commands of their families. They
illustrate the triumph of an individual's will over social customs. On a
metaphorical level, this courage highlights the threat that young love poses to
the absurd social traditions.
Violence
The theme of violence also plays a significant role in the
play. Usually, blind passion, hatred and desperation are some instances of
violence given throughout «Romeo and Juliet». Tybalt kills Mercutio
though it was not intentional. In order to avenge Mercutio's death and in a
moment of desperation, Romeo kills Tybalt and Paris. Both murders are classic
examples of violence. The blind love of Romeo and Juliet that motivate them to
commit suicide is another example. These examples show that violence has a
vital role in this tragedy.
The Overarching Power of Patriarchy
In «Romeo and Juliet», most of the significant
decisions are made by the men of the two families, the Capulets, and the
Montagues. Lady Capulet and Lady Montague's views are not important. It is
clearly displayed by their silent assertion of their husbands' ideas in the
play. It is Lord Capulet who selects Paris as his daughter's future husband.
Then forces Juliet to abide by his decision. Perhaps the most blatant example
of the rule of men in the play is the feud between Lord Capulet and Lord
Montague. Although their wives don't harbor any ill-will toward each other, the
two Lords force their families to support them in their pointless dispute and
keep up their enmity against each other.
Death
Death is a theme that lurks throughout the play. In many ways,
«Romeo and Juliet» shows the journey of the two lovers from their
initial, love-filled meeting up to their death. Thus, death serves as the
tragic resolution of various conflicts. For instance, Romeo's conflict with
Tybalt ends with the latter's death. Moreover, the two young lovers' conflict
with the hostile social conformity ends with their untimely deaths. These
tragic losses make the entire play as if it is only a play of deaths.
Marriage
The institution of marriage is another important theme in the
play. Contrary to popular beliefs, marriage is not shown as a good institution
in the play. The play emphasizes the idea that though marriages of the Capulets
and Montagues are socially approved, it lacks a soul. On the other hand, the
union of Romeo and Juliet is authentic and yet condemned. Moreover, the
political motive behind Friar Lawrence's approval of Romeo and Juliet's
marriage highlights that in the Shakespearean era, marriage was seen as a means
to ensure political strength.
Ideological Divide between the Young and the
Old
The ideological divide between the younger and the older
generation is also a repetitive theme underlying the play. The impulsivity and
youthful exuberance of Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio, and Paris serve as a strong
contrast to calculating, the political foresight of Lord Capulet, Lord
Montague, and Friar Lawrence. The tragedy of the play is in the fact that both
the older and younger generations are unwilling to compromise and end the
disagreement for good. They are not willing to resolve their pointless
dispute.
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE
REVIEW
2-1-Theoretical
Framework
The novel Romeo and Juliet published in 1597 has been
an important work of William Shakespeare during the sixteenth century. This
movement is used to describe how Europeans moved away from the restrictive
ideas of the Middle Ages and the ideology that dominated the middle Ages was
heavily focused on the absolute power of God and was enforced by the formidable
Catholic Church to belief on God existence. In effect, the renaissance movement
did not necessarily reject the idea of God, but rather questioned humankind's
relationship to God - an idea that caused an unprecedented upheaval in the
accepted social hierarchy. It was characterized by the innovations of thing in
arts in literature where people were promoting the renewal of Greeks
tradition.
Aftermath, during this period, rival nobles houses exited
within that frame, and their actions disturbed the local peace in Italy. People
were divided, and a lot of jealousy and tyranny existed. In the play culture,
rivalry and enmity are all displayed, reflecting this historic frame and
conflicts, war between families were pushing people to commit crime by killing
their fellow human being. People were also dying from plague and this has led
William Shakespeare to emphasize on the relevance of it for his audience by
using it in Rome and Juliet to prevent Friar Laurence's message for reaching
Romeo. The reading of this novel allowed me to compare the way that love in
context of marriage were perceived at that time and today love in context of
marriage in order establish the link between the message conveyed by the
author since 1597 and 2020's realities.437 years ago that this novel has been
written. William Shakespeare in his tragedy, is narrating today realities that
happen most of the time between some families by portraying the different
conflicts and love lived by the main characters.
In psychoanalysis, love is viewed as utterance of a psychic
inflexible and almost impervious to external world. To achieve this work I
found necessary to use psychoanalytic theory because it could assist to
identify the different kind of love mentioned in the novel and the way that
it's manifest through the characters such as: Romeo, Juliet, Friar Laurence and
Rosaline. According to some psychologist point of view like Sigmund Freud's,
Georges Simmel, Hegel, Nietzsche "people involved in a conflict or living in a
conflict within their own their own psychic strong emotion state: anger,
frustration, sadness sometimes aggression and violence. While psychic is the
study of the mind and human behavior, study of mental and emotional process
«It said that in the article of
Dr Seguedeme, H., & Towa-Sello, K. (2017).
Machiavelli's in William Shakespeare's Macbeth: A Critical Study. IRA
International Journal of Education and Multidisciplinary Studies (ISSN
2455-2526), 6(2), 170-180, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jems.v6.n2.p.Page
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"Sigmund Freud was the first psychoanalyst and a right
innovator in the recognition of the importance of unconscious mental activity.
His theories on the inner workings of the human mind, which seemed so
revolutionary at the turn of the century, are now widely accepted by most
schools of psychological thought. In 1896, Freud coined the term
psychoanalysis?, and for the next forty years of his life, he worked on
thoroughly developing its main principles, objectives, techniques, and
methodology"3(*)
More importantly, the mind and human behavior theory could
help me to illustrate in the novel Romeo and Juliet the different conflicts
lived by both Montagues and Capulets family through the behavior of some
characters like Tybalt, Mercutio and Juliet and their consequences at the end
of the play known as tragedy.
2-2-OTHER SIMILAR LITERATURE WORKS
2-3-FAMILY CONFLICTS IN LOVE
AFFAIRS IN UNDER THE STORM OF SEYDOU BADIAN
Romeo and Juliet is the most famous novel written by
William Shakespeare who stood out in the period of renaissance a great poet and
playwright and has written plays in a variety of genres including histories,
tragedies, comedies etc. In this novel he relates the hatred, love conflicts
between families in ancient times based on some reasons .But let's know that
Romeo and Juliet relationship is not the conflicts' cause between their family
.The hate, the conflicts have been existing for a long time and .we really
don't know the main cause only Romeo and Juliet relationship has raised or woke
up their anger.
And then apart from Romeo and Juliet many articles, novels,
documents have dealt with the issues of conflict and love affairs even if they
do not directly develop the same theme, they point out the notion of love and
conflict as we noticed in <<under the Storm<<sous
l'orage>>. In the storm where the triumph of love features a couple
of young literature whose reciprocal love confronted with the projects of
Father Benfa; father of Kany who intends according to custom to make his
daughter marry a rich and old merchant Famagan. Faced with Kany's reluctance,
Father Benfa exiles him to his uncle Djigui's village. This is the opportunity
for the young girl to reconnect with certain forgotten ancestral traditions and
to plead her case with Djigui, who ultimately decides to intervene in her
favor. Before the authority of his older brother, Benfa bowed and the two young
people could finally get married.
Through the characters, a central theme emerges that of the
conflict between generations. Of all of the above the author uses the
preposition "under" to show that said disturbance hovers above us all, above
our heads. In the artwork, this Kany marriage affair, the storm is the
disturbance, the source of division for all of Father Benfa's family members,
the parents on one side and the children on the other. The storm, it is this
matter of marriage of Kany which shakes the whole family, causing a break
within it.
Not only does this novel show love but also show conflict in
father Benfa's family. At the start there was harmony in father Benfa's family
but his decision for the marriage of his daughter Kany led to the division
between family members to the point where conflicts between them had become a
fix of the day.
«That I see you together you will have the husband I
would like to give to you».4(*)
Affirmed Benfa when he learned that his daughter was in
company with the boys of class that she attended. Through this affirmation of
Benfa we could already understand that he does not agree at all that his
daughter walks with the boys. And once while walking with these young people
will fall in love for other and which could compromise his project of marriage
to his daughter to the rich merchant of the village Famagan which will be
responsible for all the conflicts. Such a reaction from father Benfa already
maintains a conflict between his daughter and him. Under his words the Muezzin
declares.
«My daughter to me will never see the doors of this
place»5(*)
For the Muezzin, the school is a place of formation of
practices which go against the tradition because the educated woman can oppose
the decisions of her husband and therefore she will have the authority to
choose a man of her choice; which would be, a shame, disrespectful, frowned
upon by his neighbors especially since he knew that the marriage had been
preparing for a very long time. All this opens more to Father Benfa to remain
firm on his decision.
When we love someone we really love and this can be
demonstrated through several ways of doing. We do everything for the person
this can be through songs, adorations, we prophesy better things for that
person. Warning about the young boys of whom he spoke without already knowing
that among them Kany dreamed of love, of the future, saw a better future
embellished by the presence of Samou and often we heard him singing the song of
the oath that young girls say when they have chosen through a poem written in
11 verses as follows:
«Oh may my head be between two swords
I will remain faithful to him.
The shepherd thinks of his star'
The prisoner remains faithful to the murmurs of the
river,
The bird greets the sunrise,
The child laughs on the ancestor's lap,
And I think about him
That I sing with these words all the time.
To throw my hands tied
Deep in the water,
I will sing it»6(*)
Through this poem, it really shows that Kany loved Samou and
had always thought of him and would like to spend the rest of his life with
him. This part is from the evidence which shows that the theme "love" is
addressed in this book in theextend where the words and expressions used in the
poem such as: faithful, think of him are most of the time love terms.
Kany was doing all this without his father knowing which all
necessary business was because if his father knew so soon it could have had
huge consequences. Father Benfa still in his decision and said of Muezzin still
discussing conflict with his daughter without knowing what could be the impacts
of his decisions on his daughter. He said in these terms.
«My father and my father's father did so; if you feel
bad, go with the whites. I put you in school so that you could read. I never
wanted you to become white»7(*)
This statement from Benfa shows that the school through
education has had impacts on the way that marriage was doing.As proof, the
school through education has totally destroyed a large part of culture within
the framework of marriage within the African community to the detriment of
modern marriage in the extent where, it has made the majority of our senior
executives forget almost all the principles of African marriage process. It has
also transformed our young girls today.
Formerly in Africa and more precisely in Mali, it is the
parents who took care of the marriages. For them it was a question of taking
into account some criteria going to the social class of the future bride and
groom. The parents directly proposed the woman to the child boy at marriage.
Without any dispute, the young boy is satisfied with the choice of the parents.
But before proposing the woman, the parents find out about her social
situation, that is to say her ethnicity and her education. There was
understanding and cohesion and the number of divorces was counted at your
fingertips. At that time, women were victims of all kinds of violence, and
despite everything they remained submissive and obedient because, at that time
there It was believed that an obedient woman will have blessed children. In the
old days young girls were in their parents' houses, at that time our parents
thought that marriage was very important and should not be taken away the
slight.
Today it is the opposite we observe the principles of marriage
are flouted. Today, the school through women emancipation in our African
societies has had positive and negative impacts on the way that marriage was
previously perceived. In terms of positive impacts, it has allowed girls to
choose and to create their own future rather than that imposed by families and
community. This allowed young girls to say "No" to arrange marriages and to
marry according to their own tastes, their own desires. Regarding the negative
impacts, infidelity and betrayals have become the favorite pastime of our young
couples. They get married, saying that they love each other and end up tugging,
martyring each other to end up in front of the judge. Bars and night clubs and
in public places they line up. Some young girls even wish to remain voluntarily
without a husband which was not observed in the past. Weddings have become
those of interests only.
The tension thus already born in the family following the
decisions taken for the marriage project of Kany leads to conflicts,
misunderstandings between his brothers. Sibiri who is on his father's side
began by making malicious remarks towards his brother Birama who is on the side
from his sister Kany which led to a discussion in the form of a dialogue
presented as if.
«I knew you were insolent, Birama, I just found out
that you are crazy. You have to be crazy to tell me what I just heard. What
does Kany's point of view do in this case? We decide, as is customary. It's up
to Kany to follow. Since the world is world, marriages have been made as we do.
You are too small to show us the wayBirama's eyes shone with anger, her face
hard. Ah, that's it! He yelled. Well! Since the world is world, marriages were
bad facts! By the way, it's not a marriage, he said, but an auction. You act as
if Kany was not a person, but a common sheep. What interests you is how much
you get out of it. You deliver it to the highest bidder and you no longer worry
about what happens to it. Let her be Famagan's slave, relegated to the bottom
of a hut in the middle other slaves, you don't care. What matters to you is
what you receive! -I think you've lost your mind. Besides, everything you just
said fits well with your conduct, to you who deny your environment, to you who
are ashamed of your origin, to you who dream only of imitating your masters,
the Whites. Yes, we have the right to tax whoever we want to Kany because Kany
has something of us: it bears our name, the name of our family. Let her behave
badly and shame falls on our family. It's not a person, but from everyone. Are
you talking to me about your comrade? Let's see, who chose it? Kany, will you
tell me; but, tell me, do you think that Kany alone can judge better than all
of us reunited? Marriage is no joke, it cannot be settled by those who only
dream movies, cigarettes and balls. We know Famagan. We inquired on him. He has
his place among us. That's why Kany will marry her. You tell me about the money
he gave us. You know very well that long before Famagan we lived and we did not
beg. And then you have to be Birama to believe that a man can be rich enough to
pay a soul. The money symbolizes the effort that Famagan makes to access our
family»8(*)
This short dialogue sums up, among other things, what Birama
and Sibiri have said and really shows that there is conflict.
2-4-FAMILY CONFLICTS IN LOVE
AFFAIRS IN THE GHOSTS OF BRAZILBY FLORENT COUAO ZOTTI
Love in the novel the ghosts of Brazil Brazil, is
manifesting between Pierre Kuassi Kpossou and Anna-Maria Dolores Do Mato, two
young people from two different world, from two families that nothing brings
together except prejudices social and racial. Anna-Maria is an Agouda, a
beautiful descendant of slaves with rich parents and Pierre is from slave
traders. Their love is therefore considered indecent on the part of the girl's
parents. As proof from page 9 to 14, Peter and Anna Maria have been surprised
by Eugenio, Octaviano, Fulgencio, the brothers of Anna-Maria in a bungalow at
the beach enjoying their carnal antics. They tied Peter up, abandoned him and
then went home with their sister. Pierre, after having regained his strength
and his spirits, returned home. He is received by his uncle Kpassè in
the forest while Anna-Maria, unable to bear the punishment inflicted on her,
runs away. In this flight, she did not know where to go and took the direction
of the forest. Heavy rain fell on her and stopped her in her race against the
clock. She was kidnapped by a group of bandits in which was Adado, the cousin
of Pierre. At the same time, his brothers were looking for him, but without
success. Adado escaped with her and brought her to her fiancé in the
forest at Uncle Kpassè's. He brought them back to town and left them to
their fate. Conflicts in this novel are manifesting between both families and
most observed mainly through Anna Maria's brothers anger on Pierre. Page 9 to
96 reading shows that there are cultural conflicts between Pierre's Family and
the one of Anna Maria. The different colors used by the author on the cover
page of the novel have a link with all events happened and helped me to
illustrate some of them having a link with the topic under study.
On the cover page we can see two hands: the yellow one and the
black one, in chains that are held back by the index and middle fingers. The
use of the left hands which are those of the heart and the way in which the
fingers are held back testifies to a strong love between two beings who want to
unite and who refuse a separation. The broken chain of the Black Hand
symbolizes liberation; the many obstacles, the many adventures crossed by the
lovers. This shows that the story takes place on African soil. A blue sky
indicates tranquility and to warn them of spirituality, it is the paradise:
This part of the novel takes into account the last pages of the novel where the
two lovers saved their love by throwing themselves into the sea. The book's red
color conveys the many issues raised in the novel. As proof taking into account
the novel towards the end of novel on Saturday, during the funeral of Manuel
Luis da Gonceiçao, the entire Agouda community went to support the widow
Bébédicta and during the bourignan marking the reception phase,
Anna-Maria was unmasked by her brother Eugenio. Pierre then came to his rescue
by throwing himself on the brother. Octavio and Fulgencio joined Eugenio for a
merciless fight. But Pierre and Anna-Maria got the better of them by going to
throw themselves into the sea to savor their eternal love
2-5-FAMILY CONFLICTS IN LOVE
AFFAIRS THROUGH MIDSUMMER NIGHT DREAM'S BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
William Shakespeare in midsummernight has raised the
same problem that happened in Romeo and Juliet. It put as an example
of two couples who wanted to marry themselves. But this hasn't been the case.
In this novel, Theseus and Hippolyta were planning their wedding
festival when one of the Theseus's subjects Eugeus arrive seeking his support
and was wanted his daughter Hermia to marry Demetrius, but arguing that another
man Lysander's has stolen his hurt. Hermia his daughter didn't want to marry
the one whom her father has chosen for her.
It's at that time Theseus reminds her the cost of
disobedience according to Athenian law dictate if Hermia disobeys her father,
she will be a turn than marry Demetrius and ask her final decision before his
wedding in four days. Afterwards, Hermia and her lover Lysander after deciding
what they are going to do run away the next night. We can talk here about
conflict in the extent where Hermia father was telling her to marry Demetrius
and she was refusing what her father said .As there is a misunderstanding
between them the conflict is already set up. And this should not be the case
(this is what we call forced marriage). Her father should not do it like that,
he could call her firstly and discuss with her in order to have her point of
view. But he wanted to do it according to Athenians' law and then she broke
from home with the one she wanted. As we can see while talking about conflict
and love the notion of hate always occurs seen that love and hate still go
together.
2-6-FAMILY CONFLICTS IN LOVE
AFFAIRS THROUGH THISBE AND PYRAMUS BY Theophile DE VIAU
Theophile de Viau has illustrated the same scenario which
happened in Romeo and Juliet, the ghosts of Brazil And this
novel, is talking about Thisbe and Pyramus.
In this novel there are conflicts lived by the main characters
and this as we can notice through the following brief explanation. Thisbe loves
Pyramus but the hatred of their families prevents their relationship from
appearing in the day. His mummy Bersiane tries to reason. The father of
Pyramus. Nabal judge that this love is madness, but his adviser Lidias tries to
make him understand that it is a love of unconditional youth. Meanwhile, the
king confided to Syllar that he was ready to assassinate Pyramus to obtain the
love of Theseus, of which he is in vain. In Act 2, Pyramus assures the purity
of his love to his friend Disarque, then he joined Thisbe and talk with her
departure and other of the wall adjoining their houses. In act 3, Syllar
convinces Deuxis to obey the king and assassinate Pyramus. This one dying and
repentant warns his murderer against the king. Pyramus then decides to escape.
The king learns the failure of the assassination and resolves to kill Thisbe
and his lovers if he cannot 'to have.
In Act 4, Pyramus and Thisbe agree to flee together during
this time, the case of Thisbe tells her confidante the bad omens of a dream
that she did when she saw her dead daughter reproach her with her fate of no
longer opposing this. She arrives at the appointment place. She sees a lion
hiding, and drops her veil. In act 4 Pyramus arrives and perceiving the veil in
the midst of the footsteps of the lion he believes that he is dead. He commits
suicide with his dagger. This be arrives and observes the death of his lover
stabs himself and dies too. This is a brief summary to better understand what
happened in this novel. The opposition of families to the Union of their son
and daughter led to their suicide. From this, I think that it is not good to
impose on our children those whom they must marry because this can lead to
negative consequences on their lives.
Theophile de Viau in his era has analyzed and has judged
important to raise this problem so that this is not observable and
continual.
CHAPTER THREE: IMPACT OF
FAMILY CONFLICTS IN LOVE AFFAIRS THROUGH ROMEO AND JULIET BY WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE
3-1-CONCEPTUAL
CLARIFICATION
The issue of love is so vast and complex that I find it
necessary to clarify the concept according to my understanding and specify the
limit of my paper. In fact there are many definitions of the concept
«love».
According to Merriam Webster:love is a strong affection
for another arising out of kinship or personal ties like for instance a
maternal love for a child. It can also be an attraction based on sexual desire,
finally love could be an affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common
interests9(*) as Dr
Alidou R.Ibourahima Boro quoted it in his article entitled: The Paradox of
Love as a Downfall of Man and as a Symbol of Unity through William
Shakespeare'sRomeo &Juliette Volume 8 Issue 1, January
2019www.ijsr.netLicensed Under Creative Commons Attribution CC BYAccording
to Oxford advanced learner's dictionary 8th edition, love is a very
strong feeling of liking and caring for somebody/something, especially a member
of your family or a friend For instance. She has earned the love and respect of
many people. Love for somebody/something a mother's unconditional love for her
children. But here we are dealing with romantic love which is seen between two
people in the novel: Romeo and Juliet.
Conflict: is a situation in which people,
group or countries disagree strongly in a serious argument. In our context
conflict is between two families.
Impact: The powerful effect that something
has on somebody as we can motive it through the different characters of the
novel.
Love affairs: is a romantic and usually
sexual relationship between two people who love each other but who are not
married or living yet together; case of Romeo and Juliet the novel under
study.
Family conflicts: refers to active opposition
between family members or between two different family member's .It may be
between parents and children or sibling. But the one developed is most observed
between two different families (Montages and Capulets).
In effect love and conflict are the main themes developed in
RomeoandJuliet by William Shakespeare. However conflict between family
members or different members is not a good thing while living together. It
leads families' destruction and even all a given community. It leads war
between countries, family as we can see conflicts between Montage's family and
Capulets led in six death in five days. There are some passages in the novel
illustrating the various conflicts that have existed between the two families
and lived by the main characters .Thus the conflict that the author is speaking
can be emotional, psychological or even physical. It is that he emphasizes in
the act 4 scene 3 through the conflict of traumatic, emotional lived by Juliet
when she was asserting in these words.
"God knows when we will meet again".10(*)
Through this assertion, she's doubting on drinking the potion
that will lead her into a deep asleep .These words of Juliet shows that she
will never see her mother and nurse, she fears to die and that why she is
doubting such a decision. Secondly the discussion between Mercutio, Romeo and
Tybalt has lead a physical conflict. Through this discussion one can read the
following paragraph.
"Mercutio. - O cold, dishonorable, vile
submission!
A shock to fix that! (He puts the sword in his hand.)
Tybalt,
Rat killer, would you like to take a ride?
Tybalt. - What do you want from me?
Mercutio. - Nothing, good king of cats, just one of your
nine
Lives; this one, I intend to enjoy it, reserving myself,
according to your future conduct towards me, to chop the other eight.
So quickly draw your sword by the ears, or, before it is
out of the case, your ears will smell mine.
Tybalt, sword in hand. - I'm yours.
Romeo: My good Mercutio, put your sword back.
Mercutio, in Tybalt. Come on, sir, your best Past! (They
fight.)
Romeo. Quick draw, Benvolio, and let us cut down their
weapons.
Gentlemen, out of modesty, retreat from such an outrage:
Tybalt!
Mercutio! The Prince expressly prohibited brawls in
the
Streets of Verona. Stop it, Tybalt! Dear Mercutio! (Romeo
extends
His sword between the fighters. Tybalt reaches Mercutio
under Romeo's arm and flees with his followers.) "11(*)
Through this paragraph we notice that conflict is not good
thing because it brings human being sometimes to misbehave as an animal and
leads us to commit a crime as observed. Mercutio through their discussion was
murdered by Romeo.Apart from conflicts developed in the novel the play "Romeo
and Juliet" has become forever associated with love. It's a truly iconic story
of romance and passion even the name «Romeo» is still used to
describe enthusiastic young lovers. But while the romantic love between the
titular characters is often what we think of when we consider the love theme in
"Romeo and Juliet,"Shakespeare's treatment of the concept of love is complex
and multifaceted. Through different characters and relationships, he portrays
some of the various types of love and the different ways it can manifest. These
are some of the expressions of love Shakespeare threads together to create the
play.
3-2- Shallow Love
Some characters fall in and out of love very quickly in
"Romeo and Juliet." For example, Romeo is in "love" with Rosaline at
the start of the play, but it is presented as an immature infatuation. Today,
we might use the term «puppy love» to describe it. Romeo's love for
Rosaline is shallow, and nobody really believes that it will last, including
Friar Laurence:
Romeo: «Thou chides me oft for loving
Rosaline.
Friar Laurence: For doting, not for loving, pupil
mine».(Act Two, Scene Three)12(*)
Similarly, Paris' love for Juliet is borne out of tradition, not
passion. He has identified her as a good candidate for a wife and approaches
her father to arrange the marriage. Although this was the tradition at the
time, it also says something about
«Friar Laurence: On Thursday, sir? The time is very
short.
Paris: My father Capulet will have it so;
And I am nothing slow to slack his haste.
Friar Laurence: You say you do not know the lady's
mind:
Uneven is the course, I like it not.»
Paris: Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death,
And therefore have I little talked of love.
(Act Four, Scene One)»13(*)
Paris' staid, unpassionate attitude toward love. He even
admits to Friar Laurence that in his haste to rush the wedding, he hasn't
discussed it with his bride to be:
3-3 Friendly Love
Many of the friendships in the play are as sincere as Romeo
and Juliet's love for one another. The best example of this is in Act Three,
Scene One, where Mercutio and Romeo fight Tybalt. When Romeo attempts to bring
peace, Mercutio fights back at Tybalt's slander of Romeo. Then, it is out of
rage over Mercutio's death that Romeo pursues and kills Tybalt:
«Romeo: In triumph, and Mercutio slain!
Away to heaven, respective lenity,
And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now.
Now, Tybalt, take the «villain» back
again
That late thou gives me, for Mercutio's soul
Is but a little way above our heads,
Staying for thine to keep him company.
Either thou or I, or both, must go with him.
(Act Three, Scene One)»14(*)
It is out of friendly love for his companion that Romeo acts
out.
3-4 Romantic Love
Then, of course, is romantic love, the classic idea of which
is embodied in "Romeo and Juliet." In fact, maybe it is "Romeo and Juliet" that
has influenced our definition of the concept. The characters are deeply
infatuated with one another, so committed to being together that they defy
their respective families.
We can say that Romeo and Juliet's love is fate; their love is
given a cosmic significance, which suggests that the universe plays a role in
the creation of deep romantic love. Despite their love being disallowed by the
Capulet and Montague households, they inevitably and irresistibly find
themselves drawn together.
«Juliet: Prodigious birth of love it is to me.That I
must love a loathed enemy»15(*)
Amongst the different loves described, we are dealing with the
romantic one All in all, Shakespeare presents romantic love as a force of
nature, so strong that it transcends expectations, tradition, and through the
combined suicides of lovers who cannot live without one another life itself.
Apart from William Shakespeare, many Africans writers such as
Florent Couao Zoti, Adetundji S.Ogundimu and Seydou Badian being in different
countries have raised the same problem in their novels. The Malian writer
(Seydou Badian) while making hi contribution to his friend the British put as
an example of two generations fighting <<Under the storm<<Sous
l'orage>>"in which he pointed out the notion of love and conflict
lived by the characters.
Father Benfa's daughter loved Samou so much or a point where
one cannot measure this degree of love. As proof she has demonstrated it
through several manners. Despite his first warning about the young boys of whom
he spoke without already knowing that among them Kany dreamed of love, of the
future, saw a better future embellished by the presence of Samou and often we
heard her singing the song of the oath that young women say when they have
chosen through a poem written in 11 verses as follows:
«Oh may my head be between two swords
I will remain faithful to him.
The shepherd thinks of his star'
The prisoner remains faithful to the murmurs of the
river,
The bird greets the sunrise,
The child laughs on the ancestor's lap,
And i think about him
That I sing with these words all the time.
To throw my hands tied
Deep in the water,
I will sing It 16(*)
This poem shows that Kany really loves Samou and would like to
stay all her remains time with him. Kany was doing this without her father
knowledge, because this could create a lot of consequences as quick as
possible. The analysis of conflict and love in the novel under the storm
shows that the custom in Africa requires that young people must always
respect accept what adults say. While western school ,the arrival of the white
allowed the creation of the school which trained the young generation the
freedom of expression and this against the tradition because it leads young
people to oppose their parent's decisions.
Despite the conflicts that exist between the old and the new
generation in under the storm, communication remains essential to find
solutions. So the message conveys is that Young people must respect people of
the older generation, in exchange for which they must also respect these young
people and ask their opinion especially when it's about their future.
To better understand my research work, I found necessary to
investigate and find out the information's apart from the ones delivered by
some scholars on the subject under study. During my investigation I established
some open-ended and close- ended questions in order to get some wise people
point 's view about the issue of conflicts and love seen that these two issues
are still realities in our societies.
The open -ended questions are the first resumed in the
following table with theirs corresponding answers.
Table 1
Numbers
|
questions
|
Answers
|
1
|
Why do some people choose the husband to their girls?
|
Because of tradition, to be well seen by your relatives, to
maintain families relationship that their ancestors were sharing before, for
families continuity from generation to generation. In one word is to promote
African culture.
|
2
|
What are the causes of conflicts between families in context
of love affairs?
|
Social rank, religion, ethnicity, conflict lasted the refusal
of any parent of the girl who is supposed to be married according to her
choice.
|
3
|
Why do some people are against to the relationship between
their girls with any boy of certain families?
|
Because of the abusive repeated deaths between the two
families in ancient times. Other take into account social status, religion and
ethnic.
|
4
|
What are the impact of family conflicts in love affairs?
|
It leads total division between parents and children, children
feel isolated, the stress, deception, anxiety and sometime to death.
|
Table 2
The close-ended question are secondly resumed in the following
table with their corresponding answers
numbers
|
Questions
|
answers
|
Total
|
percentages
|
1
|
Is it good for a girl to choose herself her husband?
|
Yes
|
15
|
95%
|
no
|
5
|
5%
|
2
|
Is it good to still live according to tradition?
|
yes
|
13
|
85%
|
no
|
7
|
15%
|
3
|
Is forced marriage a good thing?
|
yes
|
5
|
5%
|
no
|
15
|
95%
|
3-5-INTERPRETATION OF THE
FIELD WORK
Let us make hypothesis before the interpretation.
People will say that forced marriage leads conflicts and
consequences for the people involved.
After collecting some answers from people and their different
point of view on the topic family conflicts in love affairs, these are the
results below I got.
Firstly for the question why do some people choose the husband
to their girls? People said: It is to promote African culture
Secondly I asked the following close-ended questions: Is it
good for a girl to choose herself her husband? To get their point of view in
order to establish the Link between the first one question and the second one
and draw a conclusion. For this question 95% out of hundred said yes because
once married she will be free and if in her marital family does not works she
can move and look for the right one that is reserved to her by God, the man of
her fate and 5% out of hundred said no. From there I saw a large contradiction
between both questions I might conclude that marriage in some societies is
based on tradition and others no. You are free to choose who you want.
Thirdly For the question is it good to still live according to
tradition? 85% out of hundred said no and 15% out of hundred said yes. From
there I saw that the majority of people reject the idea of still living within
tradition.
Moreover, for the question is forced marriage a good thing??
95% out of hundred said no and 5% out of hundred said yes. From there I noticed
that people are not agree with forced marriage.
In addition, for the question what are the causes of conflicts
between family I found information's according to which the major causes are:
Social rank, religion, ethnicity, conflict lasted the refusal of any parent of
the girl who is supposed to be married according to her choice. From there I
was agreed.
Before the last question is to know why some parents are
against to the relationship between of their girl to any boy from a family.
People said that some are against because of the abusive
repeated deaths between the two families in ancient times. Other take into
account social status, religion and ethnic. From there I noticed that most
marriage is based on religion.People are still living in those conflicts
without knowing the result consequences.
For the question what are the impacts of family conflicts?I
found the answer according to which it leads total division between parents and
children, children feel isolated, the stress, anxiety and sometime to death. By
analyzing I noticed that it true because conflicts between Montages and
Capulets lead six deaths in five days.
After the analysis of these questions two important points are
to know. The first one is marriage according to modern life linked to
expression of freedom and; the second one arranged marriage linked to customs
and tradition. And I saw that the majority of people are not agree with forced
marriage .As far as I'm concerned It's good to live according to time I mean by
marrying according to your choice not by force .
To end, these results confirm my hypothesis that I made before
the result's interpretation.
CHAPTER FOUR: CRITICAL
ANALYSIS AND PERSONAL STAND
4-1 CRITICAL ANALYSIS.
After the different analysis made on love through Romeo
and Julietin «Romeo and Juliet», I noticedthat love has power to
control one's actions, feelings, and the relationship itself through the bond
between a destined couple in the extent where none could accept to live alone
without his second that why after Romeo death, Juliet bas decided to die too
bysaving their love.William Shakespeare has therefore showed that love that
people had between each other was so strong.But today it is the contrary we can
see.AsDr. Alidou R.Ibourahima Boro said in his article untitled :The
Paradox of Love as a Downfall of Man and as a Symbol of Unity through William
Shakespeare's Romeo & JulietVolume 8 Issue 1, January
2019www.ijsr.netLicensed Under Creative Commons Attribution CC BY
Love has taken or has another face nowadays. Many people
no longer see it as an intense feeling for someone or self-sacrifice for the
other; one seeks his interest through love. And sometimes this love is measured
by the degree of his armor's wallet. Strange but true thing. The world is going
backwards and the real reason for love has lost its meaning.
This shows that, nobody is ready to sacrifice himself for
somebody. I also through the novel saw that the different conflictslived by the
two families have had disastrousconsequences yes it is true and as the author
showed it in the novel. Not only, those conflicts impact children relationships
in love affairs but also constitute a mean of education for them while living
within the families, between families, people living within hate. Being in the
family, close to one another, in communities would be difficult not to observe
conflicts as far as there is exchange between parents and children, and people
surrounding you but these conflicts should not be sources of obstacle for their
future this must be observed in a moderate way.
Having a look on children shall teach them how to grow and
argue positively. That is what. Legrand philosopher was saying. I want to point
out Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Dans Du contrat social)
"The man was born good may it is the society that corrupts
him" 17(*)
By entering into our context we can say that the author wants
us to understand that the child once in the world is holy but if the latter is
poorly educated in the condition that he receives bad advices they divert the
faculties of their children. Thus, parents are the guiding vectors that must
bring their children on a good path. I am witness of such a subject addressed
by the author where parents have imposed a husband on their daughter but I
assure you today the girl is in paradise while being on earth or she has been
there with restraint. It is often thought that the conflict between people is a
bad relationship. However many sociologist like Georges Simmel, philosopher
like Hegel, Nietzsche psychologist have a positive view of the conflict related
to families, romantic relationships as a mode of relationships between
individuals. Psychologists: Dominique Picard and Edmond Picard consider
that:
«Conflicts are not communication errors, but are as
normal and commonplace to argue as to get along well. «Relationship
problems are inherent in the nature and dynamics of a relationship because
living together without communicating is complicated and
difficult.»18(*)
However conflict is often lived in suffering and contrary to
good understanding, it prevents the relationship from progressing and being
productive and the partners of flourish.As proof ,the relationship between
Romeo and Juliet accentuated tensions between the two families and beyond
families both clans. It doubled the existed tensions and conflicts between the
two clans. Love which should be a source of peace, happiness and above all
unity breaks out in war and in conflict and this leads to the death of Romeo
and Juliette a fatality, a scandal and a terror that breaks out on the younger
generation. That is why it is often necessary to regulate and solve it. From a
psychological point of view, people involved in a conflict or living in a
conflict within their own psyche experience strong emotional state: Anger,
frustration, fear, sadness, grudge and sometimes aggression and violence. It is
this reality which is at the origin of the negative connotation of the word
conflict.
The conflict is not necessarily destructive it is normal to
meet conflicts or problems relational as it is immense the diversity of the
human beings of the history of the peoples of their culture, their individual
journeys. Rather than the conflicts themselves it's the way to approach them
that can be destructive. It comes now we know how to conduct ourselves
everything depends on the degree of freedom of expression and equality between
individuals. At the origin of a conflict we always find divergent interests,
feelings hurt where different desires. In fact the conflict raises the question
of the other who sometimes has the bad idea of ??not wanting what we want.
Everybody is animated to live conflicts. Moments of crisis are inevitable and
often necessary to make the bonds shift to a new equilibrium. Of all the above
that is how conflict impacts in romantic relationships. We cannot avoid
conflict, but we must know how to go about it when we are in conflict.
Conflicts have both negative and positive impacts in love affairs. When parents
live in conflicts in love affairs with their children, this impact the whole
community in the extent where none of girls could accept to be married. They
will stay without husband. Either she kill herself or she gets away from home,
and start by involving herself in prostitution, and maybe have children without
knowing their own fathers, its led five deaths in six days in Montagues and
Capulets. But as far as the positives ones are concerned, its lead to Montagues
and Capulets reconciliation after have registered death in the two families.
Each family has paid back the evil done to his second one. As we can see
children most of the time are the medium for the families living in conflicts.
The sacrifice for love leading to death is sometime indispensable for families'
reconciliation. In the novel Romeo and Juliette deaths has led to
Montague and Capulets Reconciliation. In under the storm of Seydou
Badian Africans people have mastered the conflict and we didn't register death
it thanks to conflicts lasted so long old Benfa was convinced later and
therefore let his daughter choose the man of his life. Those Africans have
played a great role in this novel because of their consciousness they have. If
not we were going to notice the same happened in others novel.
4-2 PERSONAL STAND
After having collected information's from different novels and
people point's view about families' conflicts in love affairs I saw that
conflicts are the necessary evil we can avoid it. It helps sometimes to resolve
problems between people, families while living in war, misunderstanding but I
think people mustn't still live in conflicts by focusing on the past. From the
all collected information's family conflicts and the husband's choice to their
girls are responsible from the impossible love between the lovers .That's we
call forced marriage and this is banished by the law.
After the different analysis made on the topic, the fact to
choose a husband to your girl or let her choose herself, I think the good way
is to let her makes her choice because it's question of her future, fate. The
fact to choose her husband is to live according to tradition that's bad
because some of the principles that tradition requires is the opposite of what
we are living today.
However, after making her choice it's good to give her some
tips, or guide her from time to time so that she maintains her marital family
Good. If she falls it's mean that you failed also. So Parents and children must
sit together and discuss when it concerns their children future in order to
reduce conflict in families'
CONCLUSION
To sum up, Shakespeare presents conflict in Romeo and Juliette
by showing how conflicts between the characters can affect events in the play.
The family feud between the Montague and the Capulets is the main reason for
all the conflict and it responsible for six death in the span five days.
Shakespeare shows that loyalty to one side. This can cause tension between the
characters. He also shows that language is powerful tool and verbal conflict
and lead to physical conflict. Romeo and Juliet shows that love and passion can
lead to hate and conflict and the two most power full forces of nature are love
and hate. Overall Shakespeare shows that the effects of conflict can have
disastrous consequences for the people involved. The message conveyed by the
author is that Romeo and Juliet is not only a play that people enjoyed in
earlier time but its joyfulness is still remaining today because of the story
inside the play can be still applied on the love of many couples of this time.
All in all, both Florent Couao Zoti and Seidou Badian in their show that the
different problems raised are still reality. In effect when we read and reread
it's we can see that these behaviors are observed in our towns and cities where
marriages continue being based on religion ethnic, social rank or
misunderstanding between families yet in love affairs and later lead to
conflicts.
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