What does it mean to be an adult or a child? What characteristics would a child have compared to an adult? I think some characteristics to describe a child could be aggression, irritableness, and deception while an adult's characteristics could be described as loving and responsible. In Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet has not had an end of childhood moment, therefore, is still a child. Lord Capulet's actions show that he's more childish with characteristics such as aggression. Lord Capulet is only able to cross over to adulthood after his end of childhood moment when Juliet fakes her death and then truly commits suicide with a knife.
Lord Capulet actions mirror that of a child in act 3 when he is extremely aggressive towards Juliet for refusing
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When Juliet drinks the vial given to her by Friar Lawrence and fakes her death in an attempt to be with Romeo it causes Lord Capulet's characteristics to change as he mourns Juliet's death. This is when Lord capulet's goes through his end of childhood moment. "O child! O child!- my soul, and not my child!- Dead art thou, dead!- alack, my child is dead; And with my child, my joys are buried"( Shakespeare IV. 64- 66). This evidence shows that even after Lord Capulet acted like a child threatening Juliet and treating her in such a horrible non-loving way that her death is what caused his end of childhood moment while realizing how much he loved and cared about Juliet. Lord Capulet was happy with Juliet for appearing to marry Paris as he requested and couldn’t believe she was dead. Lord Capulet at the end of the day was a father who loved his daughter but allowed his emotions to take control of himself but didn't realize his mistake until Juliet was already dead. It would be hard for any parent to have organized a wedding for the child only to turn that preparation into funeral …show more content…
In Romeo and Juliet, both families the Montagues and the Capulets hate each other and blame one another for all the death and carnage that has happened in the story. After Romeo and Juliet are dead and their families find them the Prince tells both Lord Capulet and Lord Montague how there scourge has only laid hate and caused the death of both their loved ones. Lord Montague and Lord Capulet, both talk about what will happen next. "O brother Montague, give me thy hand. This is my daughter’s jointure, for no more Can I demand. But I can give thee more, For I will raise her statue in pure gold, That whiles Verona by that name is known, There shall no figure at such rate be set As that of true and faithful Juliet. As rich shall Romeo’s by his lady’s lie, Poor sacrifices of our enmity.” This evidence shows that Lord Capulet is putting his emotions in the past and becoming responsible for stopping any further tragedies between the Montague and Capulet families. Lord Montague and Lord Capulet are making peace putting all the horrible things they have done to each other's families in the past to build giant statues of Romeo and Juliet made out of
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
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.
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,
Then friar comes up with the worse idea ever, "Take thou this vial, being then in bed. And this distilling liquor drink thou off."(4.1.94-95). Which means drink this potion and you will fake your death and not wake up for forty- two hours with a pale skin tone and no pulse and heart beating. The friar thinks that to make Romeo and Juliet mess end she pretend to die on her bed the day of the wedding which is a risky move to do as the audience can see the Friar hopeless and come up with a outrageous idea to save two "star-crossed lovers" be happy which is a 13 year old i know that because old Capulet says " My child is yet a stranger to in the world , she hath not seen the change of fourteen years"(1.2.8-9) which Capulet's trying to say that she is to younger and not even fourteen yet which means she is 13 and Romeo is 16 when William Shakespeare cut three years off of her. As the reader is reading this play he/she see how much things the Friar did so far in this play but there is more of what the Friar
Capulet can also be blamed for the death of Romeo and Juliet as he is selfish and unsupportive. Capulet was trying to force Juliet to marry Paris and he had the final say in her life. After Tybalt’s death Capulet decides to move the wedding up, which shows he is selfish and doesn’t care what Juliet thinks or if she wants to marry him. When Juliet said, she didn’t want to marry Paris her parents (mainly her farther) wanted to disown her. Capulet said to
Montague accepts Capulet’s offer of peace, and says he will build a statue of Juliet from “pure gold”. This is a warning so that people will never act like this again, the statue will be a constant reminder of what hatred can cause. The two men are thinking the same thing at this point, and Capulet voices these thoughts by stating “as rich shall Romeo’s by his lady’s lie, poor sacrifices of our enmity”, meaning that Romeo and Juliet were both sacrifices of this timeless grudge. The play ends with Prince Escales saying “for never was a story of more woe, than that of Juliet and her Romeo”, showing that their true love was the cause of so much pain.
We next see Capulet in scene two where he is talking to Count Paris. an eligible young man who wishes to marry Juliet. He tells Paris that Juliet is too young, she's still only thirteen and he should wait. until she is two years older, then he can marry her, "My child is yet. " a stranger in the world; she hath not seen the change of fourteen.
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.
Firstly, the Capulets and Montagues are at odds with each other. Members of each house and servants break into a sword fight, clashing with each other. Sampson says "Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember thy swashing blow." (Act 1, Scene 1, Line 60). The feuding between the two families motivates Sampson to challenge the Capulets. Another example of how the two houses despise each other is what Romeo and his friends have to do to get into the Capulet feast. So they will not be recognized, Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio wear comic masks to hide their faces. Mercutio says, "Give me a case to put my visage in" (Act 1, Scene 4, Line 29). They do not want to be recognized because of the hatred between the two houses. Also, Romeo and Juliet are not supposed to be in love: "My only love sprung from my only hate! / Too early seen unknown, and known too late! / Prodigious birth of love it is to me, / That I must love a loathed enemy." says Juliet (Act 1, Scene 5, Lines 137-140). They are not supposed to love each other because it just so happens that each of their houses despise each other. It is unfortunate for Romeo and Juliet that their two families are against each other, because this means that they are not supposed to be married.
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
“ 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
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.
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.
...t will accept his proposal. 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.
Although Romeo is immature, it’s unexcused since he’s well onto being an adult by society’s standards, however, Juliet is 14, so for her to be acting like a child is to be expected.