Lord Capulet To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death

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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 was very rude towards his daughter Juliet as seen in act 3,scene 5, line 146 when he said “Hang thee, young baggage! disobedient wretch!”, The word “wretch” is someone who is thought to be a troubled person. Lord Capulet says this to Juliet because in her father's mind he thinks she doesn't …show more content…

This is explicitly showed act 3, sc 5, line 159-160 Lord Capulet said “To go with Paris to Saint Peter's Church, or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither.”. This is important because he symbolizes that he treats her as a criminal. Also, this just shows that he only wants what he wants and has no regard to other people opinions or wants. Lord Capulet Capulet says act 3, sc 5, line 167-168 “I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday, or never look me in the face.”. He is very straight forward and up front with what he wants, Juliet thus has no choice to take any other action then to fake her death. Juliet wanting to fake her death just to be with Romeo shows how much pressure her father gave …show more content…

Lord Capulet is not only mean to Juliet but to the nurse as shown In act 3,sc 5, line 181 and 183 “O, God ‘i’ g’ eden!” And “Peace, you mumbling fool!”. The meaning of the first quote is an exclamation of annoyance. The second quote means to leave and stop talking. The significance of these two quotes is Lord Capulet is aggressive towards anyone trying to help Juliet. Second, these quotes show that Lord Capulet treats Juliet just as a servant to the family. To me this just means that this is what Juliet had to live with this day-to-day thus pushing her to the edge and eventually taking her own

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