Fictional Characters Gone Wild

In William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, the protagonists go through a change that the society at the time did not approve of. As a young girl, Juliet was not expected to be her own person. She was supposed to be obedient to her father until she was married, and then be obedient to her husband. Juliet was already promised to Paris when she fell in love with Romeo. They were not officially engaged, but he had his mind set on marrying her, and her parents had their minds set on them getting married. There was nothing she could do to stop it. When she met Romeo and fell in love with him, she broke the standards of society. She refused to marry Paris, going against her parents. She and Romeo wanted to get married and spend their lives together. They got married in secret, going against their family's wishes. Romeo was too young to be married at the time, therefore he also broke the standards of society.