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Simple...Shakespeare was sexist! No, I'm just joking. Maybe it was because he didn't fully understand the mother-child relationship because he didn't really have one with is mother, so he assumed that nobody else did either. However, you see in R&J that Juliet's mom wants to marry her off, but the fact is, her mother cares more about Juliet's feelings than her father does. Plus, Romeo's dad is willing to join in on any brawls but the mother is more concerned about Romeo's well-being. Therefore, it is not really so much that Shakespeare didn't try to explore mother-child relationships than he didn't really understand them enough to go into details. Hope this is helpful!
ps: Look at Hamlet and his mother!Posted by Romeo's Girl on April 16, 1997 at 18:28:23
In Reply to "MOTHERS in Bill's Plays, both present and absent" posted by Sponsler on April 16, 1997 at 16:07:55
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