Essay On Capulet For Romeo And Juliet

Everyone has their different opinions on who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is about two people that fall in love from two different families who are in a feud with each other. Lord Capulet is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because when Romeo was at the Capulet part he didn’t let Tybalt do anything to make Romeo leave. Reason two is he is the one that planned for Juliet to get married to Paris without her consent. The third reason is because after Juliet says okay to marrying Paris (going along with the Friar’s plan), Lord Capulet tries moving the wedding day up to Wednesday instead of Thursday.

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

Romeo and Juliet who were “star cross’d lovers “, meaning that the two were chosen by fate to be together. Even though they were chosen by the stars, Shakespeare says that they were “death mark’d”, implying that the only way to preserve their love was in the afterlife. Many tragedies that occurred were intended to happen, for instance, when Tybalt was killed by Romeo. Shakespeare creates the character Tybalt to refer to him as “Fortunes fool”, thus meaning he is merely just a puppet being toyed by fate. But before anyone was massacred, fate already had arranged Romeo and Juliet’s marriage to go downhill when Lord Capulet decided for Juliet to marry Paris.

In the drama of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Lord and Lady Capulet’s fatal flaw of selfishness aids in causing the ending tragedies. This is due to their selfish actions towards Juliet and then the resulting consequences. When Lady Capulet announces to Juliet that she will marry Paris, a man she does not love, Juliet refuses by saying “Not proud you have, but thankful that you have./Proud can I never be of what I hate, /But thankful even for hate that is meant love” (III. v. 164-166). By Juliet simply stating that she doesn’t wish to marry Paris, Lord Capulet is infuriated. He shouts at her: “ To go with Paris to Saint Peter’s church,/ Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither” (III. v. 173-174). By yelling at Juliet for her own decision in the marriage matter, the Capulets’

He changes his mind very quickly and can flip-flop between what he wants for Juliet. For example, as Paris and Capulet are talking to each other Paris asks Lord Capulet for his permission to marry Juliet. Capulet then replies, “My will to her consent is but a part. And, she agreed, within her scope of choice lies my consent and fair according voice.” (1.2.17-19). In this quote, Lord Capulet is saying that his decision is only a part and if Juliet agrees to marry Paris his blessing will confirm her choice. Soon after Tybalt’s death, Capulet and Paris speak to one another once again. Tybalt suggests marrying Juliet to stop her mourning over the death of her cousin, Tybalt, and Lord Capulet agrees. Once Lord Capulet hears Juliet’s perspective on not marrying Paris he threatens her by saying, “I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday, or never after look me in the face” (3.5.167-168). This quote shows that Lord Capulet is forcing Juliet to marry Paris or else she cannot return back home. He doesn’t listen to Juliet’s opinion and seems to not care if she is happy or not with the marriage. This proves that Lord Capulet is fickle and is most responsible for Juliet’s

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

When telling the tragic, but beloved story of Romeo and Juliet from one of William Shakespeare’s many plays there are several characters in the story that could possibly be held responsible for the star-crossed lovers deaths. Three of those many characters should stand out more than others to blame for the beloved main characters deaths. These three characters are the Feud, Lady Capulet, and Fate. The Feud is one choice to blame because it it the cause of many other conflicts that take place in the story. While Lady Capulet does not cause as many conflicts as the Feud she does present one main problem to Juliet by pressuring her to get married to Paris as soon as possible. Lastly Fate is used many times in the play to explain why Romeo and

I believe Romeo is the one who holds the most fault because he should have never went to the capulets party and then asked Juliet to marry him so suddenly. Act 1 Scene 5 romeo says, “ What lady’s that, which doth enrich the hand of yonder knight? “ Instead of forgetting about juliet and looking for someone else he went to the capulet’s orchard to see juliet again. Act 2 Scene 2 romeo says, “ With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls, for stony limits cannot hold love out, an what love can do, that dares love attempt. Therefore thy kingsmen are no let to me. Act 2 Scene 2 romeo says, “ The exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine. “ Romeo should have never even asked juliet to marry him so suddenly in the first place. Also

The first people to blame are Capulet and Lady Capulet. The reason the are to blame is because they wanted to force marriage on Juliet. When Juliet's marriage was first introduced Lady Capulet said juliet could choose if she wanted to marry Paris. In Act 3, Scene 5 Capulet and Lady Capulet tell Juliet that she will marry Paris on Thursday morn at Saint Peter’s Church. Capulet barges into Juliet's room and tells her she will marry Paris or she will be cast away. Juliet then goes to see Friar Lawrence to see if he can do anything about the marriage. Friar Lawrence offers Juliet a drink that will make her sleep for at least two days. Juliet drinks it and her parents think she passed away, so she gets

Lord Capulet is to blame in the deaths for the way he treats Juliet and forces her into an unwanted arranged marriage. Juliet's family believes that arranged marriages is the right way to do it. In document D (DBQ

Lord Capulet and Paris have some similar opinions of Juliet's marriage and so do Romeo and Friar which also influenced the end of the story negatively. Capulet thinks that Juliet should be married to Paris and Paris agrees with him. “But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart” (1.2.16) and Paris says “Younger than she are happy mothers made” (1.2.12). This means that Capulet is encouraging Paris to get Juliet’s heart and Paris influences him by telling him younger woman than her are married and happy mothers. This determines that the two of them want Juliet to get married to Paris because Capulet tells

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

lord Capulet fails to keep a strong relationship between him and his daughter. More to it; he has put so much stress onto Juliet as if she was cornered in effect, caused her and Romeos deaths. Due to his characteristics and personality: he has kept a distance between his daughter, his wife, and even his nephew Tybalt. In throughout the story, almost everybody he has kept distant from and/or put stress on has ultimately died. To finish this statement off; I do not believe this was a coincidence and seek it more as an cause and effect type of

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

A woman during the 16th century did not have the freedoms that a woman today enjoys. During Shakespeare’s life wives were not allowed the independence they take pleasure in today. Therefore, the role of the mother for Juliet in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is not commanding or authoritative because of the time period Shakespeare lived.