One of the main conflicts in the play Romeo and Juliet is that the two have a forbidden love that goes against their families and the society in which they live. The Montagues and Capulets hate each other and for their children to fall in love is the worst possible thing that could happen. So this is a case of person vs. society. Another huge conflict is the person vs. self when Juliet has to decide for herself whether to go along with her parents plan for her life or choose her own path. In Act 4, Juliet's parents have chosen her husband and are planning her wedding, not even considering her feelings. She would rather die than marry Paris and plans to fake her own death to escape this terrible fate.
Personally, I want to choose my own path for life and if I were in Juliet's situation, I would also rebel. All teenagers want to break free from authority and make their own decisions at some point. This is shown when Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence to vent about having to marry Paris. She claims that she would rather die than marry him and longs to somehow escape. I do this all the time, I just don't plan on killing myself. Sometimes I don't want to listen to my parents and just feel like slipping away to do what I please. But I have to reason with myself and know that rebelling would get me into more trouble. Person vs. Self is a very common conflict because everyone has trouble deciding what to do in certain situations. The difference is that our decisions usually aren't so extreme as Juliet's.
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