Even though Lord Capulet, from the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, is trying to do what he thinks is best for Juliet, Lord Capulet starts off as a loving and caring father but slowly graduates into an ignorant and insensitive father because when confronted by Paris, Lord Capulet tells him that Juliet is too young to marry and that in a few years, if she says yes, then it is possible. When Tybalt dies, Capulet moves up the wedding to the upcoming Thursday without Juliet's consent. Lord Capulet loves his daughter but does not know much about her true thoughts or feelings. Because of his ignorance towards her feelings, Juliet starts to resent her father and becomes a disobedient and dishonest daughter. Capulet …show more content…
Capulet will go to extreme measures to do what he thinks is right for his daughter. Capulet thinks that it is inevitable for Juliet to marry Paris and goes as far as saying “I’ll tell you what: get to church on Thursday, or never look me in the face again. Don’t say anything! Don’t reply! Don’t answer me back! My fingers are itching! Wife, we thought we were very lucky that God gave us this only child – but now I realize that this one is one too many and we’ve been cursed in having her! To blazes with her, the worthless creature!” (185). In his rant he fails to realize that this is truly not what Juliet wants and that this is not what’s best for her. The only thing in the way of Juliet marring Paris is that she secretly loves Romeo and is waiting for the day that she reunites with him and they live happily ever after. This rant by Lord Capulet turns Juliet against her father and shows the readers that Lord Capulet is not the loving father he once was. Later in the play, Juliet is found dead because of Lord Capulet’s insensitivity and ignorance towards her
Lord capulet, who was juliet’s father was very unsupporting.After the death of Tybalt lord Capulet thought something happy should occur in this family. Lord Capulet and his wife, Lady Capulet, promised Paris Juliet’s hand in marriage. Lord Capulet wanted to disown on Juliet when she had told that she had no intention in marrying Paris. For example, “Hang thee...hilding!”. (3.5, 180-189). Lord Capulet was being very unsupportive of his daughter's desires. If he had not forced Juliet to marry Paris, then Juliet would not have had to find a way out of the marriage. In the end when Romeo and Juliet are found dead, Lady MOntague is also dead, because of her son Romeo. Lord Capulet could have prevented the death of Romeo, Juliet and Lady
Quotation 9: “Ay, sir, but she will none, she gives you thanks./ I would the fool were married to her grave.” (Rom. 3. 5. 144-145) Translation: I did (inform her that we decided she is going to be married). But she is having none of it.
He threatens to disown Juliet if she does not marry Paris. In doing that, Lord Capulet isn't thinking for Juliet. He is being selfish. Here are directed quotes. Lord Capulet says “I tell thee what-get thee to church a Thursday or never after.
Not every person is what they appear to be when you first meet them. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare, beholds a tragic love story and a feud between two families. During the time period in which the play took place, marriages were not an act of love, but rather parents typically would choose the right husband for their daughter. However, as the head of the Capulet household, Lord Capulet, has different intentions on marriage for his daughter, Juliet.
Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet ultimately ended her life by making decisions too rapidly. Paris, a suitor for Juliet wished for their wedding to be as soon as possible. At first, Lord Capulet advised Paris to wait,
Although Lord Capulet wants nothing but the best for his daughter his good intentions start to turn selfish when Juliet declines to marry Paris. Lord Capulet saw that Juliet was mournful and thought it was because of her cousin Tybalt’s death. In wanting to make Juliet happy he suggests she marries Paris. When Juliet refuses to marry Paris because she is faithful to Romeo, Lord Capulet gets aggravated to a point where he forces Juliet to marry Paris. Demanding and sharply Lord Capulet threatens, “To go with Paris to Saint Peter’s Church, /
William Shakespeare developed Lady Capulet with a specific purpose, and this purpose may have been to convey the message that “Once pride gets the better of you, you don’t care about what others say or feel.” As described above, Lady Capulet is a character who gets bossed around and doesn’t even get to be a good mother because of class and gender roles. As a wife, she needs to respect and follow any wishes or demands of her husband, Lord Capulet. One example of how Lady Capulet directly contributes to this larger theme is when she gets angry at Juliet by not wanting to marry Paris. “Talk not to me, for I'll not speak a word: Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee” (3.5.203).
For violating these boundaries he bears a part in the young lover’s demise. Lord Capulet forfeits his parental authority under the influence of Paris. In Elizabethan society parental authority was dominant and children were meant to obey. For example in Act one scene one, he tells Paris that Juliet is too young to be married, but Paris argues with him and changes his mind. Later in the play, Lord Capulet says Juliet is too much in mourning over the death of Tybalt to be married, and again, Paris’s presence changes his mind.
Paris knows Juliet does not wish to marry him, yet this only makes him more determined to marry her as he sees Juliet as a prize, to show his superiority over everyone else. In today’s society, we would view Lord Capulet as a cold, unfeeling father because of the way he treats his daughter, but Lord Capulet is a prime example of Shakespearian fathers. His only wish is to make a good marriage for his daughter, but she rejects his help. Capulet doesn’t know Juliet has fallen for Romeo and so cannot be expected to understand why she doesn’t wish to marry Paris.
He threatens to disown Juliet if she refuses Paris; ‘hang, beg, starve, die in the streets,/For, by my soul I’ll ne’er acknowledge thee,’ before he finally storms out. Tearfully distraught, Juliet begs her mother to: ‘delay this marriage for a month, a week…’, but Lady Capulet remains unmoved, declaring: ‘I have done with thee.’
In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, a play about two lovers who are from opposing families, Lord Capulet wishes to appear as a man of peace and much virtue, but when he is away from the prying eyes of the public, he is a man many times worse than Lord Montague. Lord Capulet is a complex character who many times contradicts his earlier actions in this play. By the end of this, you will truly understand Lord Capulet's motives towards life. He is not the caring man one might think he is when they first meet him or read about him, but a man with no heart or compassion, just the ability to show some.
After hearing about Romeo's banishment, Juliet becomes distressed, and locks herself in her room. Old Capulet converses with Paris about her change in heart, and converses with him about the details of the wedding. However, once Capulet tells Juliet about the upcoming wedding, Juliet refuses to marry Paris, causing Capulet
Lord Capulet is forcing Juliet to get married and doesn’t take into consideration that Juliet doesn’t desire to get married. Lord Capulet conversed to Paris, “ . . . Thursday tell her, she shall be married to this noble earl” (Shakespeare 198). Lord Capulet is indubitable for wanting Juliet ot get married, and arranges the wedding, as she is unaware of this. He plans the wedding thinking it will assist her from her grief of Tybalt dying, but he doesn’t know that for certain, and is planning something that will greatly affect her future, without her consent. Furthermore, this quote shows that when Juliet gave an ixnay on why she did not aspire to marry Paris, Capulet belabored her until she was on the ground crying asking for the nurses aid. Lord Capulet explains to Juliet, “But fettle your fine joints ‘gainst Thursday next, go with Paris to Saint Peters Church or I will drag thee on a hurdle*” (Shakespeare 214). This proves Capulet wants nothing more for his daughter than to get married to Paris, and it shows the extent he will go to, to receive his wish. Overall, Lord and Lady Capulet want Juliet to get married to Paris more than she wants to. This shows they don’t mind if she’s happy or not, as long as they get what they want. This goes deeper into the accusation that Juliet’s parents are at fault for the adolescents
Often people find somebody to blame for their personal or even public problems. In the tragic story of “Romeo and Juliet” this isn't exactly the case, but the tragedy is all Juliet's Dad’s fault. Fathers are supposed to be loving, supportive, and protective of their daughters. Mr. Capulet was the opposite. Sending his daughter to parties to find a spouse, not being aware of the people she was seeing at night, My Capulet is not looking like a very loving parent.
Capulet loves his daughter. This is evident in the beginning of the play. Capulet tells Paris he cannot marry Juliet until she is sixteen. He does this because Juliet is his only living child, and he wants the best for her. He wants her to be ready. He changes his mind on this, however, after Juliet has already secretly married Romeo. Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, has died, and