Did the Elizabethans audience from Romeo and Juliet agree on arrange marriage?

I am reading the story by Shakespeare and Juliet's parents wants her to marry Paris which means this is a arrange marriage would the Elizabethans audience be shocked or would they agree on arranged marriage?Did the Elizabethans audience from Romeo and Juliet agree on arrange marriage?
In Elizabethan times, it was strange for a marriage not to be arranged. The main thing the audience would be shocked at is the way Juliet argues against her father - the Elizabethan Chain of Being determined that girls were the property of their fathers until they were married, at which time they'd become property of their husbands.Did the Elizabethans audience from Romeo and Juliet agree on arrange marriage?
Arranged marriage was the way of life. They would have found Romeo's and Juliet's disobedience more shocking and scandalous. Girls were chattel to be used to gain favor, bring in money (girls nearly always marry up), tie two families together, keep the land and fortunes within the same family circle, bring political gain or alliance. A man running off with someone's unwed daughter could easily end up on a gibbet for grand theft and damage to property.





Here is a good link on this subject:


http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizab鈥?/a>
that never even crossed my mind while reading romeo and juliet. but yeah, i'm pretty sure the audience wouldn't have been shocked at the arranged marriage between paris and juliet.





btw, i love your ';additional detail'; i laughed. :D
Arranged marriage among the upper class would have been typical. So, that would have been an acceptable plot point.
no aranged marriges were common during elizabethan times