Romeo and Juliet Essay My thought on why Mercutio is so negative is because I don't think he has ever been in a true relationship. He doesn't allow himself to open up to woman he just jokes about them to his friends. Love is when you meet someone and you care more about ...

The father and son in the poem "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke have a complex relationship mixed with fear, joy, and love. The boy says that he "hung on like death" when his father was dancing. This implies a sense of fear between the boy, because he does not quite trust his father to ca...