Romeo and Juliet were meant to live a happy ending, but something comes in between the two lovers. This story/play ends in a tragedy when Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet, comes along. He decides for Juliet that Paris is the best husband for her, when he actually doesn’t know the truth about Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. Juliet tries to tell his father that she is married to Romeo, but he refuses to listen to her. She comes up with a plan to live happily with Romeo, when her father suddenly decided to unknowingly twist her plan.
Lord Capulet is to blame for the tragedy because he was never the kind of father to blame for in the beginning until later something comes in between his decision. “My will to her consent is but a part./as she agree,
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He lets Juliet choose whoever she wants to marry as her husband. He believes that as long as his daughter is happy, he’ll agree and give his blessing to the chosen soon-to-be husband. As far as agreeing to marriage, Lord Capulet also thinks Juliet is not ready to get married yet. For example, “Let two more summers wither in their pride/ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.” (1.2.10-11). Capulet understands that Paris wants to marry Juliet, but she is still too young to be marrying at her age. He wanted to wait until she is a bit older before she could become a bride. Soon after the incident with Tybalt and Mercutio, Lord Capulet decides to choose Juliet’s husband for her. “Sir, Paris, I will make a desperate tender/of my child’s love. I think she will be ruled/in all respects by me; nay more, I doubt it not.” (3.4.12-14). He already knows that Paris wants to marry Juliet, so he is offering Juliet’s love to him. In the beginning, he said that Paris must win her heart before he could marry her, but instead, he doesn’t think thoroughly about what he said and decides to engage Paris with Juliet. “Now, sir, her father counts it dangerous/that she do give her sorrow so much sway,/and in his wisdom hastes our marriage/to stop the inundation of her …show more content…
For example, “Things have fall’n out, sir, unluckily/that we have had no time to move our daughter.” (3.4.1-2) Capulet hadn’t even convinced Juliet to marry Paris, in the first place. He ignored the fact that he should discuss with his daughter about Paris and goes on with making decisions on his own. He cares too much about his own opinion, rather than Juliet’s. Another example, “Day, night; tide, time; work, play;/alone, in company; still my care hath been/to have her matched; and having now provided/a gentleman of noble parentage,/of fair demesnes, youthful, and nobly trained,/stuffed, as they say, with honorable parts/proportioned as one’s thought would wish a man.” (3.5.178-184). Capulet goes ahead and desperately tries to find Juliet a husband that he thinks would suit her most. He thinks that Paris is the perfect kind of man for Juliet because he has good qualities. Because Paris is from a noble family, Capulet must have thought that he is a lady’s man. He was thinking about his own opinion on Paris, rather than Juliet’s. This entire time, Lord Capulet was only being selfish, and thinking of himself when he chose Paris to be Juliet’s husband. His selfish actions were part of why the tragic ending between Romeo and Juliet was
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.
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
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
What if the deaths in the play “Romeo and Juliet” play by William Shakespeare weren’t actually caused by Romeo and Juliet? There are many characters that had an influence on the deaths from behind the scenes. The complications that they made had effects that caused all hope of Romeo and Juliet’s relationship being successful to come crashing down.If that is the case then some of the other characters in the play are directly responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. It could even be someone from the family. If Romeo never knew about or got kicked out of the party then he never would’ve met Juliet in the first place. Tybalt wouldn’t have gotten mad and Juliet would have been okay with Paris marrying her. Lord Capulet is responsible for
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
He starts out saying she does not have to marry him if she does not like him, but then he forces her to marry him. He forces her to marry Paris because Juliet has had enough time to choose a man to marry. Also he forces her to marry him because Paris and Lord Capulet have become good friends. When you force someone to do something they will do anything to not have to do it. When he forced Juliet to marry Paris , she will do anything to not marry him. Even if it means dying or faking her death.("DBQ: Romeo and Juliet: Who's to Blame". Doc.
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
The fault is put upon Romeo, Benvolio, and the Ancestors of the Capulets and Montagues. Romeo is to blame because he acts rashly. Benvolio is to blame because he is responsible for the lovers meeting. The ancestors are also to blame because they created the feud. Since many people have contributed to the tragic end of the beautiful play, is there really one single person to
The Capulets are not responsible because the Montagues had caused more problems in the story. One of the reasons why you might believe that my family caused the death is because the servant from the beginning of the play asked Romeo to read the invitation. Before the servant could explain that he can not read Lord Capulet and Paris leave. So he did not know that he could not read. Lord Capulet did not ask the servant if he could read before sending him off. Also, Romeo could have chose not to go. He even said that he should not attend because of a dream he had the night before and how it would lead to unfortunate events. But Mercutio persuades him into going and saying how he could find someone else to make him forget about Rosaline. Another issue
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
Lord Capulet should be punished. He was mean to Juliet and yelled at her a lot. He shouldn’t of not been so mean to her since she is so young. Lord Capulet says “How, how, how, how? Chopped logic? What is this?”(3.5.150). Also he made Juliet marry Paris when she didn’t want to. Juliet wanted to marry Romeo but her dad made her marry Paris. Lord Capulet also abused his daughter and pushed her down. He should not be able to do that and he should have to be nice to his daughter. Those are the reasons why Lord Capulet
As the birth mother of Juliet, Lady Capulet doesn’t genuinely care about what Juliet wants. Concentration is more on Juliet’s social standing than most anything else. When confronted Lady Capulet quickly asserts, “Marry, my child, early next Thursday morn/ the gallant, young, and noble gentleman,/ the County Paris, at Saint Peter’s Church/ shall happily make thee there a joyful bride” without even asking Juliet’s
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.
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent: 36pt;" id="docs-internal-guid-bff5b218-c888-2fad-a79a-becffa08180c"><span style="font-size:22px;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">In the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, comes many issues for Romeo and Juliet. Starting from being in different houses, banishment, to ancient grudges (from who even knows what time the grudges were made!?). One issue being Juliet's father- Lord Capulet. In the play he is quite an important character, and impacts on the story dramatically!
As a woman, Lady Capulet can relate to how Juliet feels when she is told she is to marry Paris. However, as a wife, she cannot voice an opinion of who or when Juliet is to marry. She is experienced, and asks Juliet, "Speak briefly: can you like of Paris’ love" (1.3.98). Because she is the caretaker, she respects Juliet’s feelings, but she can do nothing, even if Juliet does not learn to love Paris. Perhaps she asks this question because her own mother never asked it. She may want to know her daughter’s opinion, because until a woman is married, she has all the rights of a man according to Pitt. However, the father ruled over his daughter, and it was virtually impossible to remain unmarried while the father held all the decision making (14).