There are numerous important speeches in the novel Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. I feel that one of the most important ones is the speech that is spoken by Lady Capulet about Juliet marrying Paris in Act 1 scene 3. It is prominent because it is the first time the we see the relationship that Lady Capulet and Juliet have with each other. Lady Capulet expects Juliet to listen to everything she is told and not have any complaints. Juliet on the other hand, is reluctant to agree to marry Paris because she does not want to be forced to marry someone she does not love. Juliet says gently, "It is an honor that I dreamt not of." Lord and Lady Capulet see this marriage as a chance to increase the family wealth and status because of Paris’ relationship to the prince. In Lady Capulet’s famous speech she asks Juliet, “So shall you share all that he doth possess.” Meaning gaining all of his fame and money. …show more content…
She expects Juliet to be very obedient and listen to everything she is told. Juliet on the other hand, knows that she cannot directly deny her mother’s wishes and commands. She is very unclear and evasive in her response to her mother. She replies, “I'll look to like, if looking liking move: But no more deep will I endart mine eye.” This portrays Juliet’s respect to her parents and her cleverness as well to not anger her mother. Juliet’s disability to listen to her mother may be one of the biggest reasons of her death in the end of the novel. She never would have been able to marry Romeo and kill herself over his death. Instead, she could have been married to the count, Paris, and her whole family would have benefited. Her parents never would have been upset with her and many more deaths could have been evaded. Such as, the death of Romeo, Paris, and Mercutio. Her family would also have been able to win the feud with the Montague’s because of their higher status and relationship with the
In the beginning of this play Lady Capulet brings up marriage to Juliet, whom states that she had not even thought of marriage, yet she considers marriage an honor. Juliet wants to follow her parent's wishes and agrees to meet Paris, but she is only willing to see if she likes him. When Romeo appears in the balcony scene, Juliet states that she wants to wait and see if her and Romeo’s feeling’s remain the same overnight since she believes that their feelings may just be the heat of the moment
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
Namely, Capulet plays a huge role in how much pressure Romeo and Juliet have to endure in order to follow their family’s wishes. If Capulet had just agreed to Juliet originally marrying Paris and not said “My child is yet a stranger in the world,/She hath not seen the change of
In Act 3 Scene 5 Lady Capulet is very fickle in making her decision to stand up for Juliet when she decides to go against her father’s orders and not marry Paris. This lack of the ability to stand up for her own daughter just emphasises the distance between Lady Capulet and Juliet as Mother and Daughter.
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.
Romeo’s speech identifies to the audience for the first time, how Romeo feels about Juliet. That Juliet’s beauty is unmatched by those in the room and that Romeo has never loved before but he now thinks he has found her, Juliet the one. At this point the audience realises just what type of love and passion Romeo feels for Juliet. This event adds much more dramatic effect and intensifies the scene. At this instant a height of drama is achieved, but Shakespeare lifts it higher with a stronger and more hating speech, that of Tybalt’s.
Loved ones, I welcome you all to this sorrowful place, to say goodbye to my beloved daughter, Juliet. If Juliet was here with us today, she would be more than overwhelmed with the audience attending her funeral. Standing here before you today is one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. Words cannot describe the sorrow and loss I am feeling. Juliet was my wife and I’s dearest, only child. She meant the world to us. A very obedient child, yet extremely strong in her dedication to love, rarely disobeying our wishes, only once... For her darling husband Romeo.
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.
Capulet announcing that Juliet will get married to Paris added more stress to Juliet than she already had. Juliet had been hiding a secret marriage and was expected to get married again. Juliet acts desperate
Lord Capulet enters juliet's chamber hoping that the news of her wedding would cheered her up but instead he's told that she objects his wishes. So in rage Lord Capulet shouts, ”Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what, get thee to church o’ thursday, or never after look at me in the face:”(III.v.160-162). Lady Capulet wants Juliet to marry paris so he says, ”marry my child, early next thursday morn the gallant, young and noble gentleman,”(III.v.112-113). “Talk not to me, for I’ll not speak a word: do as thou with, for I have done with thee.”(III.iv.133). First i thought that only lady Capulet was bad to juliet but as soon as he heard what juliet did he got so angry, he made her cry and he used all those words, it made her feel really bad, Lord Capulet made her think that she made the wrong decision by marrying Romeo, before he said that paris should win her heart and get juliet to like him but now he's forcing her to get married, what was the point of saying all of that if in the end she would have to marry paris anyways and he wa being very hypocritical. Lady Capulet just wants Juliet to get married to Paris, she doesn't care if Juliet does not care that Juliet is in love with Romeo she wants to force her to get married just because she like Paris and she wants her to be a mother. Romeo and juliet should be read because it explain how bad parenting is a good thing/ tells parents of what not to do and they can learn from their
Severe storms nor death can against me! I’m the one and only Tybalt Capulet, also the invincible and sacred, well-known as Juliet’s cousin. I persistently protect the name of the Capulets, but simultaneously have an eternal hate to the Montagues. I’m my own ruler and I don’t need anyone to tell me what to do and this goes directly to my uncle, Lord Capulet.
Could you marry a man without you father finding out? Like every father, Mr. Capulet tries his best to be a good dad and have a positive relationship with his daughter. However, the the daily struggles and busy life make it difficult to know everything that happens in his daughter’s life. Mr. Capulet does not know what is happening in his daughter’s life. He does not know that she is already married.
Juliet Capulet was a nice little girl. At the age of 13, she had left this world. I was her Nurse and i pretty much raised her. She was the only daughter of Capulets and I know they are devastated,but I feel like I’m the one who is being punished the most. Juliet was like a daughter to me. I raised her, feed her with my own milk all throughout her childhood, and I was her best friend.. Juliet was very calm, yet very strong when it comes to love. The only time she disobeyed her parents was when her parents wanted her to get married but she was already married to Romeo. Juliet's love for Romeo was so strong. It was love at first sight. She was his love and she was his love. Although their love was forbidden from the beginning, it always felt
Juliet is the daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet. When the play begins, we learn from the nurse that Juliet is soon turning fourteen (“Even or odd, of all the days in the year come Lammas-Eve at night shall she be fourteen”). In Juliet's first meeting with her mother and the nurse, she seems to be an obedient and responsible child. She comes immediately when they call her and answers always respectfully to her mother: "Madam, I am here, / What is your will?" (“Act 1, Scene 3). She is also clever as when her mother asks her what she thinks about marriage, she gives an ambiguous answer by saying what her mother wanted to hear really: “it is an honour I dream not of” (“Act 1, Scene 3). We learn that she is