Arranged Marriages In Romeo And Juliet

Juliet is Lord Capulet’s only daughter and only child, making him really strict about who she marries. At first, Lord Capulet gave Juliet the choice of whether she wanted to marry Paris or not. Lord Capulet thought that Paris would be a great man for his only daughter to marry because of his social status, his wealth, and his relation to the Prince. Later in the play, without regard to Juliet’s feelings Lord Capulet forced Juliet to marry Paris and when Juliet disagreed, he yelled at her,“Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch!/ I tell thee what: get thee to church o' Thursday,/Or never after look me in the face” (3.5 160-162). Lord Capulet hates the Montagues, Juliet could not have told him that she was already married to his enemy’s son. Lord Capulet in this quote gave Juliet an ultimatum: either she marries Paris or he disowns her. Because Lord Capulet said this and made the decision that Juliet will marry Paris, Juliet went to the Friar to find a solution. The solution that ended up with her in the tomb where she killed herself. Tybalt was Lord Capulet’s nephew, his death made Lord Capulet emotional and caused his outburst at Juliet. Before being in grief, Lord Capulet thought that Juliet was too young to be married. Nonetheless his emotions and rash decisions led to his daughter’s death. After Tybalt’s death and Romeo’s banishment, Juliet was extremely depressed and would not stop crying. Thinking that it was only because of Tybalt’s death that Juliet is so upset, Lord Capulet changed the wedding date: “I’ll have this knot knit up [Wednesday] morning” (4.2 21-22). Friar Lawrence scheduled the plan to happen on Thursday, but since the wedding was moved up a day, it was ruined. Romeo did not receive the letter explaining the plan in time because there was not enough time to deliver it. Instead, Romeo was told that Juliet was dead from Balthasar. Because Romeo could not live without

Lord Capulet’s firm and merciless control can also be blamed for pushing his daughter to the extreme and ultimately her untimely death. When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, Lord Capulet proves his insensitivity, even threatening to disown his daughter and cast her to the streets if she does not obey his wishes. He warns her that she may “graze where [she] will, [she] will not house with [him]… for, by [his] soul, [he] will ne’er acknowledge [her]” (III v 200-205). These threats instill fear in Juliet, and in her despair, she seeks the advice of Friar Lawrence who gives her a potion that will make it appear as if she is dead the morning of the wedding. Lord Capulet can be blamed for his stubbornness and insensitivity despite his daughter’s sincere requests not to marry Paris.

At the outset, when Capulet is talking about marriage proposals to Paris, he shows his fatherly love and concern for his daughter and her happiness. He doesn’t want to marry her off too early, or force her to marry someone that she doesn’t like. He conveys this by saying, “Earth hath swallowed all my hoped but she… woo her gentle Paris, and her consent is but a part.” This shows that Capulet cares about Juliet because she is the only hope that he has left. He tells Paris to “woo her gently” and not to push, or pressurise Juliet into marrying him, this shows his concern about her. In addition to that, Capulet tells Paris that Juliet’s “consent is but a part” which shows his consideration and trust in Juliet, that she is allowed to have her say in the marriage and that he trusts her to choose the right husband. He also doesn’t want her to marry at such a young age; this is made clear when he says “let two more summers wither in their pride

Lord Capulet told Juliet that if she didn’t marry Paris that he would disown her and make her live on the streets to fend for herself and because Lord Capulet was so overbearing, she was nervous and didn’t say anything of being with

This sort of behaviour is to be expected from Lord Capulet, because he feels he has done an excellent job in securing his daughter’s future with a perfect husband, and now Juliet is throwing his best efforts in his face. He highlights how hard he has worked in finding an

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

This shows that Juliet is desperately trying to tell her father what she wants but men didn't really care about women's opinions. Lord Capulet replies with more threats and saying that if Juliet doesn't go to marry Paris next Thursday he will disown her.

Lady Capulet felt that Juliet was coming to the age where she should be married. Lady Capulet is a powerful person and has an inconsistent personality, similar to Lord Capulet. She is cold hearted, and is distant from her daughter and husband. She is very selfish and rarely sees other people's point of views, she is not close to her daughter

When Juliet showed resentment, Lord Capulet quickly became flustered, and the importance of Juliet's happiness was clouded by Lord Capulet's selfishness. When Lord Capulet agreed to the marriage, he made an unbreakable promise unless he wanted to be seen as a fool. The plan included marrying Juliet, which would not only cheer her up and preserve Lord Capulet's reputation, and also have relations with the prince since Paris was related to the prince. To Lord Capulet, having relations with the prince and protecting his reputation seemed slightly more important than Juliet's contentedness. As a result, when Juliet disturbed the plan by showing her unwillingness to marry Paris, Lord Capulet let his selfishness take over and "forced" Juliet to marry

Paris, a young man whom was not consist of the family feud, asked Lord Capulet his blessing to marry his fair daughter, Juliet. Capulet was a huge fan of this idea and wanted the marriage to happen as soon as possible, but on the other hand, Juliet did not want to get married to Paris since her love already belonged to Romeo. Juliet and Friar Lawrence had made a plan to fake her death to escape the marriage and be reunited to Romeo, her true love. However, this resulted into bad situations of death. If Lord Capulet did not rush this special event, Juliet would have had more time to think of a new plan to skip the marriage and to be with

Arranged marriages In the famous play Romeo And Juliet, Juliet's father, Lord Capulet declares that Juliet must marry Count Paris, even though Juliet doesn't have any interest in him and she's already married to Romeo. Getting married is a very important life decision that not everyone is going to make. Ideas about marriage and anything involved with marrying someone have evolved over history, while arranged marriages aren't as popular as they were in the past, the practice still exists. Parents who arrange a marriage can cause their child to miss out on life experiences, the child may not like their spouse, and there may be an increase in the chance for divorce.

Arranged Marriages In William Shakespeare’s famous play write Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet wants Juliet to marry Paris, when Juliet is secretly married to Romeo. Most people would not want an arranged marriage if they are already in love or married. In arranged marriages, parents shouldn’t choose who their child marries because the child will find their own happiness, will be married for love, and will have common interest with their own chosen spouse. First reason why arranged marriages are not good is because reason’s such as they will seek their own happiness and it would be there joy.

In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, they're many themes but love is the biggest theme in the story. However, most characters in the story have different opinions about love and marriage. These characters have different attitudes towards marriage because of their beliefs, lifestyle, and what other people are telling them. After Romeo is told by Rosaline that she doesn't love him, Romeo believes love is a bad thing, saying " is love a tender thing?

There are multiple views of love and marriage throughout a community. Some believe that marriage should be found on one’s own and others believe that marriage must be guided by other family members. Romeo and Juliet, a play by William Shakespeare, is considered one of the best love stories written in human history. Throughout the play, there are a variety of views of love shown within the Capulet and Montague households. The idea of marriage and love are shown and thought about differently through the characters.

When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, Capulet shouts, “Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch!” (3,5,160). Although Capulet is a multifaceted man, this side of him is shown when Juliet goes against his will. He believes that if he decided who his daughter should marry, she should have to marry that man, regardless of how she feels. When choosing a man for Juliet, he chose based on how perfect he was to make his family look good.