Romeo and Juliet Essay
Imagine a world in which a feud between families leads to six deaths in less than a week. Sword fights break out in the square and emotions run high. This is the violent world portrayed in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Published in 1597, this timeless love story provokes thoughts about teenage romance, suicide and coincidences. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Capulet is to blame for the lovers’ deaths.
Capulet throws the party where Romeo and Juliet meet. Conversing with Paris about the prospect of marrying Juliet, Capulet invites Paris to meet her: “This night I hold an old accustomed feast,” (Ⅰ,ⅱ,20). Capulet therefore takes responsibility for hosting the party. Soon after, Capulet is bustling to prepare for the party instructing his servant, “Go, sirrah, trudge about/ Through fair Verona, find those persons out/ Whose names are written there, and to them say/ My house and welcome on their pleasure stay.” (Ⅰ,ⅱ,35-38). Capulet orders the illiterate servant to send out the
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invitations which leads the servant to ask Romeo for assistance reading it. In addition, this leads to Romeo finding out about the party and eventually, Mercutio convincing him to attend. While the party that Capulet throws is influential, he also arranges Paris’ marriage to Juliet.
Capulet sets Juliet up with Paris, which enables Juliet’s temptation to Romeo because rebellion is fresh in her mind. “But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart;/ My will to her consent is but a part.” (Ⅰ,ⅱ,16-17). Speaking with Paris, Capulet voices his idea about the need for Juliet to love Paris before they become married. Essentially, Capulet believes that love is necessary in Juliet’s relationship with Paris. Lady Capulet tells Juliet some good news to lessen her sorrow about Tybalt’s death, “Well, well, thou hast a careful father, child,/ One who, to put thee from thy heaviness,/ Hath sorted out a sudden day of joy/ That thou expects not, nor I looked not for.” (Ⅲ,ⅴ, 112-115). Lady Capulet gives Capulet full responsibility for the marriage. Moreover, Lady Capulet believes that it will be a good thing to boost Juliet’s morale after her cousin’s
death. Though Capulet’s decision to unite Juliet and Paris in marriage is important, Capulet also significantly affects Juliet’s idea of an acceptable man. Lady Capulet struggles with Juliet’s anger about marrying Paris, saying, “Here comes your father. Tell him so yourself,/ And see how he will take it at your hands.” (Ⅲ,ⅴ,129-130). Clearly afraid of Capulet because of his abuse in their relationship, Lady Capulet, she does not want to have to bear the bad news herself. “Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch! .../ Or never after look me in the face./ Speak not; reply not; do not answer me./ My fingers itch. - Wife, we scarce thought us blessed.” (Ⅲ,ⅴ,166-170). Not taking Juliet’s news well, Capulet treats her incredibly rudely. Surely Capulet calling Juliet names, threatening disownment and physical abuse is not an example of a kind, or even decent man. Failing to receive a model of a respectable man from her father, Juliet has low standards when she meets Romeo, who exceeds expectations. Capulet undoubtedly causes Romeo and Juliet’s deaths in the classic tragedy by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare’s expert portrayal of an abusive father leads the reader to ponder whether the author himself had experience with a relationship similar to that between Juliet and her father. v
Juliet wants to marry Romeo. This is a problem and it cause Juliet to want to marry Romeo more. In document B Lady Capulet is worried about Juliet getting married because she got married younger than Juliet is right now. Juliet is not ready to get married, but Lady Capulet is pushing it on her(“DBQ: Romeo and Juliet: Who’s to Blame”. Doc. B). When she finds Romeo she loves him and want to get married. She may have fought Romeo because of how hard Lady Capulet is pushing her to get married. In document D Lady Capulet is also to blame. In this document Juliet saying that she does not love Paris, but Lady Capulet and Capulet think otherwise. They are pushing her to married to Paris. This could have affected the way that the story ends with them(“DBQ: Romeo and Juliet: Who’s to Blame”. Doc.
Love can kill but being forced to love can hurt even more. In my ninth grade english class we read the book Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, it was a tough book in the beginning with the word choices used by the creative writer William Shakespeare. We were told to right an essay and gather evidence of who is the real blame for Romeo and Juliet's death. I believe the real killer in this book is Lord Capulet the father of Juliet.
Lord Capulet subconsciously throws the party Romeo and Juliet meet at, which leads to their continual meet ups and eventually, their deaths. He originally throws it for Paris to court Juliet, which is slightly ironic, but many other things transpire during the masque. Tybalt regonizes Romeo’s voice; and would’ve confronted him if Lord Capulet didn’t step in to attempt to make the ‘proper’ decision, explaining it off as Romeo having a good reputation:
Lady Capulet is very materialistic and she wants Juliet to gain wealth and status by marrying Paris ‘’Share all that he doth possess’’. In addition, because she got married at a young age, therefore she thinks it’s right for Juliet to be married at a young age ‘’I was likely your mother at just about your age’’. Moreover, she constantly urges Juliet to marry Paris without any sense of consideration for Juliet’s opinions or feelings, about the alliance of the marriage. Furthermore, this illustrates her cold attitude towards love and marriage as she only talks about Paris Social position and wealth.
From the beginning of the book, it is shown that Capulet is a stubborn old man who, as the leader of the Capulet’s, hates almost all Montagues with a burning passion. His hate makes him want Juliet to marry Paris to get closer with the Prince who is angry at the
When there is a fight in the market place, Capulet rushes to fight for his honor, “my sword I say, old Montague is come...” Capulet denies Paris’ request to marry Juliet “ and too soon marred are those so early made,” acting for his own good because he wants Juliet to produce many offspring to carry on the Capulets bloodline, since she is his only surviving child. When at the ball Capulet demands Tybalt to let Romeo be,” content thee, gentle coz, let him alone,” but this just fuels Tybalts anger towards Romeo, which eventually ends up in Tybalt causing his own death. Capulet believes he is giving his child the best when he announces her engagement to Paris” she shall be married to this noble earl,” and believes Paris will make a good husband for Juliet. When Juliet refuses Capulet thinks it best to threaten her, “I will drag thee,” but this just makes Juliet turn to more drastic measures.
Lord Capulet is a very trusting. He trusts Paris with his daughter, knowing that he would be a good husband to 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-“ (3.5.13-15). He believes that Paris will keep his word and love Juliet. After the death of Tybalt, he is sorrowful, and I think that is one of the reasons he trusts that Juliet will agree with this marriage. When Romeo, at the beginning of the play, shows up at the Capulet party, Tybalt is angered. He tells Capulet that he would kill Romeo if he had his permission. Even though Romeo was of the Montague family, he still trusted him not to do anything bad at the party.
In Act 1 scene 2, a Capulet servant is walking along the streets of Verona trying to hand out invitations to a party. The only problem with this is the servant can't read. He runs into Romeo and Benvolio on the street. They read the list for him and decide to go to the party that the Capulets are throwing. This is fate because if the servant had run into any other person on the streets of Verona, Romeo would never even know about the Capulet party. Benvolio told Romeo to "Go thither and with untainned eye compare her (Rosaline's) face with some that I shall show". He wants Romeo to go look for someone at the party to get over his first love Rosaline. This is a bad thing for them since when Romeo and Juliet meet they don't know they are enemies. The servant running into Romeo and Benvolio is fate. If they hadn't run into each other, Romeo would've never met Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a very dramatic text, based on two teens falling in love and ends with both characters committing suicide. The friends and family of the two teenagers are to blame for the devastating tragedy. Tybalt (Juliet’s cousin) plays an important role in the text as his aggressive and defensive behaviour contributed to the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Capulet (Juliet’s father) is also to blame as he was very selfish and wasn’t supportive of Romeo and Juliet. Lastly, Friar Lawrence played the biggest role in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet as he was sympathetic and impatient with the two of them.
Romeo and Juliet is a play that is a very well known love story of two star-crossed lovers that come from feuding families. The play Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona, Italy and is a story of two desperate lovers that come together and fall in love with each other despite their feuding families. Throughout the story there are many events that lead to the tragedy that is Romeo and Juliet killing themselves. The true question is not how they died but rather who is to blame for their death. There are three things at fault for their death which are fate, the Capulet family, and Friar Lawrence who is most responsible for this tragedy.
Romeo is depressed and is shutting himself off from the world because love is not working out for him. Before Juliet attends the party at her father?s, she is being arranged to marry Paris. This is against her will, though, she does not love this man at all. Juliet has never been in a relationship before, so this is a new experience for her. Lady Capulet, Capulet, the nurse, and others thought that she was being ridiculous.
Capulet's love for Juliet is indicated when Capulet tells Paris, “woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart, my will to her consent is but a part, and she agreed, within her scope of choice, lies my consent and fair according voice”. This is unusual for fathers of Shakespeare's time. Most fathers arranged for their daughter to marry for either property, alliances, or for a higher social s...
Although Capulet wanted the best for Juliet, he didn't give a thought on how she felt and had forced her to marry Paris which had caused problems that led to her tragic end. She didn't want to marry someone who she did not love and wanted to escape this marriage. Her method of escape was death. Capulet's controlling actions appeared as early as Act I Scene 2, when he was arranging Juliet's marriage to Paris without her consent. Paris wondered if Juliet would like him and Capulet responded with, "Of my child's love: I think she will be ruled. In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not." (IV, 3, ln. 13-14). stating that he doesn't just think Juliet will like him but that he knows she will like him. When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, he shouted, "To go with Paris to Saint Peter's Church, Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither." (V, 3, ln. 154-155). making her agree to go to the church. Although she did agree to go, her thought of, "I'll to the friar, to know his remedy; If all else fail, myself have power to die." (V, 3, ln. 241-242). showed that she did not plan on marrying Paris and that she would die first. Juliet's arrangement to Paris had brought her death because it had resulted in the potion plan which had caused Romeo and Juliet to die. If Capulet had never forced Juliet to marry Paris, she would have been living happily with Romeo.
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy- but it did not have to be. Romeo and Juliet is the tragic story of two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, who are the son and daughter of two feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Written by the famed playwright Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet take place in the 14-15 century in the cities of Verona and Mantua, cities in northern Italy. After a series of events that involves Romeo getting banished from Verona and Juliet getting forced to marry a count, Paris, they kill themselves. It has been argued for centuries about who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. But, once reading the book thoroughly and consulting several sources, it is obvious who is solely to blame- Friar Lawrence. Because of the actions of Friar Lawrence, the play ended with two grieving families instead of two happy newlyweds. Although many characters contributed to their deaths, only Friar Lawrence was solely responsible for them. Friar Lawrence’s cowardice, secrecy, and miscommunication led directly to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Capulet is shown to be very authoritative over his wife, asking her to ‘Go you to Juliet’ and ‘Prepare her’ for the wedding. This shows us that Capulet has no doubt his wife will do what she tells her, and the use the imperative verbs such as ‘go’ and ‘prepare’ imply that women were forced to obey their husband’s instructions. We are also shown that the role of the mother was to prepare her daughter for her wedding day.