1. Act 2
1.1. Scene 3
1.1.1. Romeo to friar- with Rosaline! My ghostly father no. i have forgotten that name, and that name's woe. From Romeo's point of view Women are only good for temporary happiness but he moves on very quickly. This quote shows just how little a woman's worth was and how they could simply be used for a short time and then move on to the next. Romeo has moved on from Rosaline as Romeo has realized that the love would never work.
1.2. Scene 5
1.2.1. Romeo to juliet: The exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine. -Romeo just wants to know if Juliet loves him back and wants to know if she will marry him. Because that was important at the time because that’s how god wants relationships to exist(according to christianity) and that was the main reason why women were treated that way, because christianity dictates that's how society should exist.
1.3. Scene 4
1.3.1. Mercutio to benvolio: - I conjure thee by Rosaline's bright eyes by her high forehead and her scarlet lip, by her fine foot, straight leg and quivering thigh, and the demesnes that there adjacent lie, that in thy likeness thy appear to us. Mercutio is assuming that Romeo only cares about a woman because of her looks and he’s right in this assumption partly because that’s a common trait of Romeo as well as women mainly being judged by their appearance in that time.
2. Act 3
2.1. Scene 1
2.1.1. Friar to Romeo: that's my good son! But where hast thou been then?( he is relieved that Romeo has moved on from someone he could never have) -The Friar is confused as to how Romeo has changed who he loves so fast. Friar to romeo - young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. -Friar is now understanding that Romeo’s love is in what he sees and not what his heart says.
2.2. Scene 5
2.2.1. Nurse To Juliet: -Well, you have made a simple choice. You know not how to choose a man. Romeo? No not he. Though his face is better than any man.no, no. but all did this I know before. What says he of our marriage? What of that? -It was assumed that women that were allowed to make their own love decisions often made poor choices. -when a wedding was to be had the man usually had complete control and the wife only knew what was happening if they asked the husband.
2.3. Scene 1
2.3.1. Romeo to friar: - With Rosaline! My ghostly father no. I have forgotten that name, and that name's woe. -Romeo is obviously loving women based on how they look and it proves that men selected women who were beautiful because that's what their worth was based on (as well as wealth).
3. Act 5
3.1. Scene 3
3.1.1. O thou untaught! What manners is in this, to press before thy father to a grave? It was seen as disrespectful for a son to die before the father because having a male heir was one of the most important jobs of a woman. Because without a male heir they believed a family couldn’t be run by just a woman.
3.2. Scene 3
3.2.1. Friar laurence to the Capulet and Montague families: Romeo there dead, was husband to that Juliet, and she there dead, that Romeo’s faithful wife. It’s phrased so that Juliet is treated as Romeo’s property again showing that women were treated as lesser and at times like property being traded between men. Juliet being treated as property and not an individual set up many scenarios where she had to “kill herself” just so she could be free and make her own decisions.
3.3. Scene 3
3.3.1. Juliet to herself: Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O happy dagger. This is thy sheath. There rust, and let me die. Juliet has been treated as property her whole life and has been so isolated throughout her life that when Romeo gives her attention she commits so heavily into the relationship that she believes killing herself is a better alternative than living without him.
4. Act 1
4.1. Scene 2
4.1.1. Capulet to Paris: - She hath not seen the change of fourteen years. -women were only seen as good as the number of sons they could bear their family. Women would often be married at a young age as they younger they could start having children the more sons she would be able to have. Oftentimes older men would marry younger women as women started to have puberty earlier than men so as soon as they could bear a child she would be married.
4.2. Scene 4
4.2.1. Romeo to Benvolio: - out of her favor when I am in love. -Romeo has found love with a girl from a lower social class that his parents would never approve of but Romeo is determined to marry Rosaline. As a person near the highest social rank Romeo must Marry a person in the same social class. To Romeo the girl Rosaline will only be as close to him as a maid or slave.
4.3. Scene 1
4.3.1. Sampson to Gregory: Tis true, and therefore women, being the weaker vessels, are ever thrust to the wall. Therefore I will push the men and thrust his maids against the wall. -Women had no rights in this society and were treated worse than men; women were seen as weak and had no power and most women were treated like maids or served a maid like role in society.
5. Act 4
5.1. Scene 1
5.1.1. Friar Laurence To Paris: “You say you do not know the lady’s mind. Uneven is the course, I like it not.” Paris doesn’t understand Juliet. He thinks he can be someone that takes her sadness away. He believes that because they’re in an arranged marriage that she loves him and not that she’s forced into this by her parents. He doesn’t understand love properly. He understands love by looks. He thinks just because he looks good Juliet will love him. Many times men tend to be self centered and/ or egotistical. They are just full of themselves and expect more from themselves.
5.2. Scene 2
5.2.1. Capulet to Lady Capulet: “Tush, I will stir about, And all things shall be well, I warrant thee, wife; Go thou to Juliet, help to deck up her. I’ll not to bed to-night; let me alone; I’ll play the housewife for this once. What, ho! They are all fourth. Well, I will walk myself to county Paris, to prepare him up Against to-morrow. My heart is wondrous light, Since this same wayward girl is so reclaimed.” The highlighted part implies that a woman's job is to take care of the house. Women were just people that took care of the kids and the house. They didn’t have much status back in the day. Nowadays women are treated mostly equally and have rights. Throughout the whole story it sounds as if Lady Capulet is controlled by Capulet, her husband and the oldest man of the family.
5.3. Scene 5
5.3.1. Capulet to Lady Capulet: “ Ha! Let me see her. Out, alas! She’s cold; Her blood is settled, and her joints are stiff; Life and these lips have long been separated. Death lies on her like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.” Before this two women had told him that Juliet was dead but he didn’t beleive them and treated the women like they were dumb and aren’t trust worthy. In other words he thinks he’s better. Men don’t seem to trust people easily and they need to have a first hand account of what happened to believe something. Women were seen as lesser in general so he may not have trusted the nurse or his wife because they were women.