How does Shakespeare present Juliet’s changing relationships with her parents and nurse? Do you sympathise with her?
Juliet is a privileged only child who comes from a wealthy family in the 16th century, in the city of Verona in Italy. Juliet’s family, the Capulets have an ongoing feud with the Montagues. Shakespeare presents similarities between both houses, ‘two households both alike in dignity’ this shows the audience that both families are similar and by using the word dignity shows they have similar social status as each other, showing they are both upper crass and well respected families. Both also share similarities as they both enjoy causing violence between each other even if it ends in death.
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Lady Capulet and Juliet had a very distant and detached relationship as lady Capulet refuses to show compassion or any emotion towards Juliet as she was afraid of losing her, as she did with her other children.
Juliet’s parents show distance in their relationship with their daughter. When lady Capulet talks to Juliet about marriage she uses a formal argument instead or a personal, intermit talk with her only daughter. ‘Well, think of marriage now; younger than you, here in Verona, ladies of esteem, are made already mothers. By my count, I was your mother much upon these years that you are now a maid.’ She uses rhetorical persuasion and is very formal showing detachment from Juliet. Lady Capulet is awkward with Juliet and can’t hold a conversation when she is alone with her, ‘nurse, give us a while, we must talk in secret. Nurse, come back again’ this shows how lady Capulet is awkward and uncomfortable being alone with Juliet showing the distance in their relationship. Although her parents seem distant at times they are still looking out for her future ‘let two more summers wither in their pride ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.’ Showing that Capulet is not ready to let Juliet go yet. He uses a metaphor to describe to Paris Juliet is not ready to leave home and get married and describes how he
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
Juliet is a character who provides romance. She moves the actions in the play. Since the play is about Romeo and Juliet, and her name is even in the title. So we would need her in the play as the female lead. As the female lead, Juliet is the love interest in the play, providing romance.
In this essay, I will be examining Shakespeare’s treatment of relationships in Romeo and Juliet. As a poet and playwright, he wrote 154 sonnets, 2 long narrative poems and 38 plays, one of his most famous plays being Romeo and Juliet. There are many different types of relationships between characters, and these are essential to the play. The prologue tells us that the play is about two star-crossed lovers from two feuding families, the Montagues and Capulets. There is hatred between these two families, this explains this, ‘Thou villain Capulet’. This quote suggests because of the hate between their families, the lovers are doomed from the start.
Juliet’s parents’ lack of knowledge of their daughter’s love life contributes to her death. In Act 3 Scene 5 Lady Capulet walks in on Juliet crying and assumes the tears are for her deceased cousin Tybalt. Shakespeare uses dramatic irony while Lady Capulet and Juliet speak about Romeo. Juliet says to her mother “Indeed, I shall never be satisfied / With Romeo, till I behold him –dead” The reader knows, while Lady Capulet is unaware, that Juliet is speaking about him in a loving way rather than wishing him dead. Also in this scene Lady and Lord Capulet tell Juliet that they have arranged for her to marry Paris. When Juliet refuses her father yells at her and accuses her of being ungrateful. The Capulets are not aware that Juliet is already married therefore are not understanding of her wishes to
Juliet’s relationship with Lady Capulet is a bit distant and it looked like she was intimidated by her because she is very quiet and has few lines in the scene where her mother is asking about marrying Paris (Act 1, Scene 3) Lady Capulet’s a bit impatient with Juliet and she shows this using imperative such as “speak briefly,”. She also is quite straightforward with her questions like “How stands your disposition to be married?” However in contrast, the nurse speaks about Juliet in a warm loving way in the prose Act 1, Scene 3 she also is casual with Juliet. You see this when she says “wilt thou not Jule” when referring to Juliet because she shortens her name it makes her relationship appear more friendly.
he is later in the play. He thinks that Juliet is too young and if she
book and that Paris is the book". This shows the love of one parent to
The relationship shown in Act 3 Scene 5 between Juliet and Lady Capulet is portrayed as poor. Lady Capulet is shown as a very distant mother, though this is to be expected when there is a Nurse taking care of the child from the early stages of the child’s life.
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
Juliet and her father definitely had different ideas about her future relationships in this play. Back in that time period, the father of the family was the one who made important decisions for their children, which included who his daughter was allowed to get married to, even if they opposed their preference. So, in the play, Lord Capulet gives his approval to a man named Paris to marry his daughter because he had a promising future and was very prosperous and could provide Juliet with anything she might require. Although she had this option of spouse, she chose
The nurse has a love for Juliet as if she was her own and you can tell this by the way she knows things her mother does not. For example her age.
Romeo and Juliet were facing many obstacles during the time they first encountered one another. Their, so-called, “love” sprung as they were both trying to escape from their present problems. Romeo was previously in love with a beautiful girl named Rosaline, although she couldn’t love him back and fulfill Romeo’s sexual desires because she was becoming a nun. He was heartbroken when he found out about this, and thus, he was left inconsolable. Once he discovered that Rosaline was attending the Capulet ball, he decided to sneak in. Minutes into the ball, Romeo sees Juliet and immediately professes his love for her. Juliet also had her own dilemmas to deal with. Some of which included being forced into marrying Paris, a man whom she did not love. Therefore, her love for Romeo was influenced by her reluctance to marry Paris. Prior to Romeo and Juliet’s encounter at the Capulet party, Juliet comments on marriage stating, “It is an honor that I dream not of,” (1.3.68). This quote shows that Juliet had no interest in getting married anytime soon, although when she meets
That is to say, the two family’s hatred for one another discourages any type of love from rising between them. Likewise, Juliet’s parents, her nurse, and Friar Lawrence are responsible for the tragic fate of Juliet and her Romeo. Lady and Lord Capulet’s actions mostly shape the way that Juliet thinks and acts. Lady Capulet is persistent on her daughter marrying Paris. Previously in the play, she tells Juliet, “What say you?
Even though Romeo and his parents don’t interact much, we can infer that his parents cared for him and worried about him. Lord and Lady Capulet, on the other hand, appear in the play frequently, and their relationship with Juliet goes through some
Shakespeare’s, Romeo and Juliet, tells the heart wrenching love story of two individuals, Romeo and Juliet. Their love has many complications, one of them being that they belong to two enemy families, the Capulets and the Montagues. However their love is not the only thing Impacted by this feud. It also hurts Juliet’s relationship with her parents, Lord and Lady Capulet. Throughout Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, Juliet’s relationship with her family changes drastically.