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- Capulet plans to use his only daughter, Juliet, in order to advance their family’s social capital by marrying her off to Paris. When she refuses, he threatens to disown her, ignoring her feelings and desires for his own purposes.
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Overcome by love, Romeo responds that he will stay with Juliet, and that he does not care whether the Prince’s men kill him. Faced with this turnaround, Juliet declares that the bird they heard was the lark; that it is dawn and he must flee. The Nurse enters to warn Juliet that Lady Capulet is approaching. Romeo and Juliet tearfully part.
Lady Capulet says the ungrateful Juliet isn’t happy about her marriage, adding that she wishes her daughter “were married to her grave.” Capulet, too, is enraged by Juliet’s stoicism, and asks why she isn’t “proud.” Juliet screams that she can never be proud of something she hates.
Jul 31, 2015 · Act 3, scene 4. Paris again approaches Capulet about marrying Juliet. Capulet, saying that Juliet will do as she is told, promises Paris that she will marry him in three days. Enter old Capulet, his Wife, and Paris. That we have had no time to move our daughter. And so did I.
Lady Capulet. He is a kinsman to the Montague; Affection makes him false; he speaks not true: Some twenty of them fought in this black strife, And all those twenty could but kill one life. I beg for justice, which thou, prince, must give; Romeo slew Tybalt, Romeo must not live.
After Romeo leaves, Lady Capulet enters Juliet’s room. Juliet tells her mother that she feels unwell, and Lady Capulet wonders how Juliet can still be so upset over Tybalt’s death. Lady...
Lady Capulet accuses Benvolio of lying to protect the Montagues. Prince Escalus asks if Romeo is responsible for Tybalt ’s spilt blood. Montague begs the prince to spare his son’s life, and the prince agrees to merely exile Romeo.
Like her husband, Capulet, Lady Capulet is obsessed with appearances and with advancing Juliet’s social station. She is ignorant of her daughter’s true feelings most of the time, and, even when confronted with them, attempts to steamroll Juliet’s emotions and urge her daughter to put on a brave face, accept fate, and comply with her ...
