In Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, set in Verona, Italy, Juliet's own happiness is suspended due to her parents' authority and lack of control children in the 16th century. John W. Draper's excerpt "Shakespeare's Crossed Lovers" also supports my view of how Juliet's life is controlled by her parents. Juliet is a thirteen-year-old Capulet whose family is in an ongoing feud with the family of her love interest, Romeo, a Montague. In act three, scene five, Juliet is faced with a dilemma. Her parents arranged for her to attend the Pays Paris wedding. They told Juliette she would get married on Thursday. “I will not marry yet; and when I do, I swear it will be Romeo, whom you know I hate, rather than Paris,” Juliet said to Lady Capulet (her mother). What her parents didn't know was that she was already secretly married to Romeo. In his room, they discuss marriage. The Capulets won't let her live her own life the way she wants. It's as if they live through her or for her. His opinion and his happiness seem to mean nothing to his family. They force her to marry a man for whom she has no affection. She claims to love Romeo. Whether it's real or not we'll never know, but if that's what she wants and it will make her happy, I think they should step away from their daughter and let her live her life. If she makes a mistake, it will be considered her mistake and misfortune. NOT his parents. Draper explains how Juliet feels about her and Romeo's fate being together. "Nevertheless, above the play hangs a tragic destiny... his 'all-immersing soul' sees Romeo 'like a dead man at the bottom of a tomb'." She described her case as "a past hope, a past cure, a past help," Draper said. He further explains in more detail how Juliette feels about this situation. It details how Juliet feels she has no control over her own life in this 16th century lifestyle. Although it was Juliette's decision since it was actually her life, but considering the circumstances, she was facing the horrible fate that her parents controlled. Just think, if Juliet's parents had just listened and not pushed her, maybe Romeo and Juliet's lives could have been spared..