How Did The Capulets Influence Their Children

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

This does not allow Juliet to make her own decision. An example of this is when Lady Capulet reinforces the plan in which Paris would be Juliet's husband, rather than letting Juliet choose who she marries. Lady Capulet speaks for Juliet when she says “marry, my child, early next Thursday morn.” Having little to no knowledge aforetime about this news, Juliet is utterly astonished. Lady Capulet continues by saying “[the] young and noble gentleman, the county Paris... shall happily make thee there a joyful bride” (III.v.112-115). After having already prepared her life with Romeo, Juliet is in disbelief that her mother would not attempt to step into her father's plan. Juliet lashes back at her mother by saying “I will not marry yet” and threatening that she would marry Romeo “whom you know I hate” rather than Paris (III.v.115-122). The lack of communication between the two characters makes them distant from one another, and the little effort provided by Lady Capulet to approach her daughter is the main reason for this occurrence. The control Lady Capulet has over different characters and her

To start off, Capulet, Juliet’s father, is introduced as a thoughtful and caring character but ends up giving Juliet the false pretence that he values her thoughts and opinions. In scene two, when he is offered a proposal for Juliet's hand in marriage, he replies saying “My will to her consent is but a part; / An she agree, within her scope of choice / Lies my consent and fair according voice.” (1.2.17-19), which indicates how he values Juliet’s choices. Though Paris is of a high status of power, Capulet is more concerned about Juliet’s happiness, with her being his only heir, than power at this point. Further on, there is a change of heart situated in Capulet. Previously he has made it clear that Juliet has a final say in marriage, but Capulet

In spite of Lady Capulet and Lord Capulet wishing the best for their daughter, they make extreme life choices for Juliet against her will. As when Lady Capulet insists that Juliet marries Paris,” Marry my child, early next Thursday morn” (Act 3 Scene 5 Line 113). It is important to realize Juliet does not wish to marry Paris since she has already said her vows to another, Romeo. So, since Lady Capulet will not listen to Juliet’s declination, Juliet looks to father for support. Alternatively, Lord Capulet threatens to disown Juliet,” Graze where you will, you shall not house with me” (Act 3 Scene 5 Line190). Lord Capulet’s action demoralizes Juliet leaving her with no one to

(Doc D). Capulet threatens to kick Juliet out of the house if she doesn’t marry Juliet. He’s forcing his daughter to do something she doesn’t want to do and does not respect her wishes. The Capulets are the most inquisitive about Juliet’s love life/future and want her to marry Paris even though she is already married to Romeo. This makes them the most involved with Juliet’s motive to get closer to Romeo, and ultimately them both dying in the end.

Do parents make teens act they way they act? The Capulet’s over parent their children. Juliet at the beginning of the play is obedient and it seems afraid and it she seems afraid of her parents. Lady Capulet does this because she wants her daughter to be proper and raised good where she knows right from wrong. Capulet is hard on Juliet for the same reason but he wants her to live her life how he wants her to live it.

Capulet was also to blame for the reason that, he forced Juliet to get married. If Capulet would have let Juliet make her own decisions she could possibly still be alive. “Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday, or never after look me in the face:” (DBQ: Project, 2013) Capulet is telling Juliet if she does not get married to Paris she will be kicked out of the home, back then women had no rights, therefore Juliet had to obey her father’s

The parents had a big impact on the decisions that Romeo and Juliet had made. When Romeo and Juliet had first fallen in love, they knew that they had great problems amongst them. Because of the long lasting feud between the Capulets and the Montagues Romeo and Juliet knew

The Capulets and Montagues feud has gone on for a while and it affects their entire family. Romeo and Juliet are very well aware of the feud that is going on between their families. In a way, both sets of parents could be held responsible, but with direct guilt comes the Capulets. Juliet’s parents prove to be unsupportive and uncaring towards their daughter, Juliet. Her parents were prepared to disown Juliet when she said she didn’t want to marry Paris. Capulet says:

Although some may blame his stubbornness for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, others may argue that Lord Capulet is driven by a desire to protect his daughter. Readers may interpret Lord Capulet’s behavior as that of a protective father when he agrees to the marriage of Juliet and Paris. Lord Capulet’s motivation for doing this is to bring joy to Juliet following the death of her cousin, Tybalt. This is apparent from Lord Capulet’s quote: “Tybalt being slain so late,/ It may be thought we held him carelessly” (III.iv.24-25). However, upon learning that Juliet is reluctant to marry Paris, Lord Capulet is outraged and calls her a “minion” (III.v.151), a spoiled child. Clearly, Lord Capulet is not concerned with the happiness of his daughter and is, in fact, adamant that the marriage take

They both made poor decisions, and most of the decisions they made were the ones Juliet disliked. They were immature and had conflicts with Romeo’s family. Instead of dealing with their problems like adults they decided not to and kept being enemies with the Montagues. They also blamed Romeo even though he did not do anything wrong to their family. Lord Capulet said, “She shall be married to this noble earl” (3.5.24), they made a decision which Juliet did not like since Juliet wanted to marry someone she liked. The parents were insensitive and did not ask their daughter how she felt about their

The blame of the problems on the parents and adults is shown through the adults forcing the children into unideal circumstances. Lady Capulet tells Juliet her plan, “ Marry, my child, early next thursday morn, the gallant, young and noble gentlemen, the County Paris, at Saint Peter’s Church, shall happily make thee there a joyful bride!” Lady Capulet and Lord Capulet force Juliet to marry Paris, against her will and when Juliet retaliates informing them of her love for Romeo they act intensely immature. Lord Capulet loses his temper and acts extremely juvenile, telling Juliet that he will disown her as a daughter if she doesn’t marry Paris. This action leads to many of the paramount conflicts within the play. Juliet, after being informed of her mother’s plan, goes to Friar Lawrence to find the solution. Friar Lawrence then comes up with a solution to Juliet’s dilemma, “ A thing like death to chide away this shame, that copest with death himself to ‘scape from it: And if thou

In Act 1, scene ii. Capulet appeared to be a kind hearted man and he defers to Juliet’s ability to choose for herself, “My will to her concent is but a part” (I.ii.15). Juliet’s mother, Lady Capulet also has an influence over Juliet and her life and puts pressure on Juliet to marry Paris (the suitor that her father picked for her to marry). Juliet admits the power of the influence of her parents when she says of Paris, “I look to like, looking liking move; / But no more deep will I endart mine eye / Than your consent gives strength to fly” (I.iii.100-101). The specter of parental influence is very evident in this scene and it shows the influence of the society that they lived in.

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

Romeo and Juliet’s lack of parental guidance encourages their disloyalty towards their respective families and their willingness to disregard their identity as a Montague or Capulet, creating a new identity based off of Romeo and Juliet’s relationship for them. Romeo and Juliet both do not receive proper guidance from their respective parents, which causes them to not hold as much importance for their respective families. As a result, Romeo and Juliet begin to disregard and not take pride in their identity as a Montague or Capulet, as Juliet is willing to “no longer be a Capulet” (II.ii.39) for Romeo, while Romeo also considers himself a Capulet after their marriage. Romeo and Juliet start to consider their relationship more important than