Lord Capulet is a confident, quick-to-anger person. Many readers might think he is an evil father who treats his daughter horribly, but he is just looking out for her and wants the best for Juliet, Lord Capulet is a character in the book Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Lord Capulet is a protective father looking out for his beautiful daughter Juliet. Capulet, the day that Juliet died, was the day he realized that he needed to stop feuding with the Montagues and be a respectful human being. Lord Capulet is the father of Juliet, who is the main character in the book. Juliet goes against her family's decisions and decides she wants to be with Montague. At the start of the book, Lord Capulet is very against Juliet wanting to marry Romeo. …show more content…
In the middle, Lord Capulet is at their palace waiting for Juliet to return, but doesn’t know where she is. At the end of the book, they see that Juliet and Romeo are dead, and Friar Lawrence tells everything that he did in secret. Both of the families realize how much the feud impacted their children, which made them do this. The families decided to shake hands to end the feud and come together to put a gold statue in the middle of town for their children. While reading, Lord Capulet responds in a different way than you expect from his daughter dying, in a very tragic and unexpected way. Lord Capulet seems to not have a good reaction to how everybody in the family is reacting, his only daughter dying because she wanted to die with her true love Romeo. Lord Capulet did not act well. “Ha, let me see her! Out, alas, she’s cold. Life and these lips have long been separated. Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field.”(Shakespeare 199). Lord Capulet was upset because his daughter passed away at an unexpected …show more content…
Lord Capulet did not know how to react to some of things Friar Lawrence kept in secret but he reacted very well to putting the feud aside to make Romeo and Juliet known in the town, by putting their differences past them and coming together to make the town better. I connected with Lord Capulet because I am a very confident and outgoing person, just like Lord Capulet. Like Lord Capulet struggled with his daughter’s death, that is how I was when my great grandma Armetta passed, it was hard for me to adjust to things just like Lord Capulet did to process things. Gratefully, I don’t have any children to worry about dying and having to be scared or sad about losing somebody that I birthed and was with my whole life and raised them every day of their life. I can relate to him the most because of the struggles he has gone through, our personalities are very similar because we both get angry very easily and our confidence in our decisions and how we react to things is very similar. In conclusion, I relate to Lord Capulet feelings for his daughter, he has been through a lot of struggles and your child dying is very
In this opening Act Shakespeare immediately conveys Capulet as a brave, courageous old man whilst informing the audience of the long drawn out feud between these two opposing families who due to the feud have both... ... middle of paper ... ...is one time rival as his brother displaying to the audience the close bond and understanding established between the two counterparts in an instant as they share a life time of memories regarding the feud which are best forgotten. Capulet refers to his daughter very harmoniously, "Death lies on her like an untimely frost, Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.". Capulet sorrow for Juliet's death is further reinforced with the flower imagery as he refers to his daughter as the sweetest flower of all the field it seems Juliet was everything Capulet could have dreamt for yet he earlier claimed he would allow her to die on the streets. While the two families unite to share their sorrow at Juliet's death we the audience can see the full irony of the scene because we know that Juliet is not dead but just in a deep sleep.
Romeo and Juliet Essay 1. Starting with this extract, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents Lord Capulet as a good father. In this extract Shakespeare presents Lord Capulet as quite a good father, given the time period. This can be seen through “She hath not seen the change of fourteen years; Let two more summers wither in their pride” which suggests that Lord Capulet believes his daughter is too young, perhaps even too juvenile, to marry his suiter, Count Paris.
Lord Capulet ultimately causes Romeo and Juliet’s death as he continued to inforce the terrible feud that tore the Capulets and Montagues apart. He most likely continues in this tradition because most
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
The feud between the Montagues and Capulets- The loss of Lord Capulet and Lord Montague’s children bring the two households together. Romeo and Juliet’s death helped their parents realize how wrong their feud was and bond over the commemoration of their children. For example, Lord Montague want to build a statue of Juliet, so everyone can remember her, and Lord Capulet wants to build a statue of Rome beside Juliet. This project helps bring the families together, and set aside their
In Edgar Allan Poe’s, “The Cask of Amontillado,” the main character and narrator, Montresor begins the story by expressing how he has put up with many insults from a man named Fortunato and that he has had enough and vows revenge against him. Montresor lures Fortunato into the catacombs to taste the Amontillado so as to kill him secretly. Montresor portrays in the beginning of the story that he is going to be lying to Fortunato’s face, acting one way while really thinking another. This fact indicates that Montresor is an unreliable narrator for telling the story because he lies to people he knows, gives hints that he is jealous of Fortunato, does not offer an explanation for wanting to murder Fortunato and his tone of narrating the story.
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.
In William Shakespeare's “Romeo And Juliet” Romeo is the main character. He is Montague's son. Which means he is the son of his loves enemy, the Capulets. Romeo is very depressed, he is very negative, impulsive, anxious, emotional, and he is a rebel. Romeo is stupid if he would have taken it slow and not rushed things with Juliet they might still be alive. Due to Romeo and Juliet's mad love for eachother, and their families hatred towards each other they died.
In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Lord Capulet is a very prominent character. He is wealthy and a leader in his community. He is a very loving father to his daughter Juliet, he is a very contradictory person, and he trusts everyone to do as they are told and to act appropriately.
The house of the Capulets invites loyalty among the people but also hot tempers. Through the inability to understand Juliet and put aside their anger they may have been the cause for the events that transpired during the story. Lord Capulet, patriarch of the Capulets, is a man that demands respect and has quite the temper. When his character is introduced he is a reasonable father, taking Juliet’s age into consideration the first time he is approached by Paris about marriage. He allows Romeo to take part of his party after Tybalt discovers him. This seems to take a complete 180 later on when Juliet disobeys her father, after her cousin’s death, he threatens to hurt her. “I tell thee what: get thee to church o' Thursday, or never after look me in the face. Speak not. Reply not. Do not answer me. My fingers itch.” Act 3, scene 5,
“ A pair of two star crossed lovers take their life.” This quote is made in prologue 7 and spoiled what will happen to the reader, but the reason why or who is at fault is never spoken of. Juliet Capulet, daughter of Lady Capulet and Lord Capulet is a thirteen year old girl who is obedient and wants to do the best on behalf of the family. Throughout the play the reader is given many instances were Juliet’s parents feel obligated to love her. At first they threatened to throw her out onto the streets as in Act three Scene 5 Capulet says to Juliet “Thursday is near lay hand on heart and you be mine, Ill give you to my friend, and you to be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets.”. Even though she obeyed her parents they had high expectations of her to do what was beneficial
First of all, The Montague’s and Capulet’s hatred for one another shows another depth about how human errors create the setting of Romeo and Juliet’s death. If only both families had gotten along from the beginning, the two star-crossed lovers could have had a friendship from the very start. If the families were close when they were young, they could have grown up to realize that the two were in love. Juliet would have been able to tell her parents, and that way, they would have been ecstatic about the engagement. The reason this is their fault is because if they had been on civil terms with each other, the deaths wouldn’t have occurred. Shakespeare almost made it appear like the parents did it on purpose for them to have to go behind their backs. Romeo and Tybalt’s battle to the death was also fault of the families disliking each other, and if this conflict had not taken place, the wedding wouldn’t have been forced upon Juliet. In this case, she ...
Lord Capulet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Lord Capulet is a character in the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William. Shakespeare, which we have been reading together in class. This piece is a study of this character. The story is of a young boy and girl who find love in each other but due to a sequence of events their lives are prematurely ended in the.
This shows how his plans are inspired by his desire to be a hero and end the feud rather than being logical. Capulet’s relationship with Juliet is superficial; he does not understand or know his daughter well. By creating the wedding, he causes Juliet to become desperate as she would be marrying someone she doesn’t love. To add to the matter, instead of trying to understand his daughter’s perspective, he becomes aggressive and gives her an ultimatum. Capulet shouts, “Disobedient wretch!
Throughout the scene, we are given the impression that Capulet is kind-hearted, because he wants his daughter to marry for love and wants Paris to ‘woo her’ and work hard to ‘get her heart’, although we are still aware of his power to force Juliet into a marriage if necessary.... ... middle of paper ... ... Lord Capulet takes it for granted that his daughter will do what he tells her, saying ‘I will make a desperate tender / Of my child’s love’, taking responsibility away from Juliet and perhaps suggesting that she can’t decide for herself. Juliet’s parents appear understanding of her grief at first, but then plan the wedding in only 3 days, not giving her time to grieve.