Although she is only an adolescent, Juliet feels new emotions for Romeo that weren’t forced on by her parents. She uses her own reason to conclude that her beliefs matter just as much any anyone else. When Juliet, “takes Romeo’s dagger, stabs herself, and dies,” she is sending a message that she has her own feelings and beliefs (5.3.176). The Capulet’s finally receive Juliet’s message after it was too late, for their own beliefs cause harm to Juliet, rather than help her. Capulet and Montague, come to a mutual agreement to have, “poor sacrifices of their enmity” (5.3.315).
The Capulet’s hold Juliet back to the extent of her taking her own life. All of their initial teachings causes her to rebel against them when they least expect it. Shakespeare uses the concept of opposites, good and bad, to demonstrate that everything effect another. People only grow and develop by learning from the bad, or what they did wrong. There is no good things in life, without the bad things, so people need to accept that bad things occur, and embrace the