How Did Lord Capulet Contribute To Romeo And Juliet's Death

A person’s family may influence them substantially as they grow, from young children to love-struck teenagers. These family members might do so unintentually, but bad traits will rub off just as often as good ones, so will opinions and ideas. Lord Capulet is a character in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet who tries to make the best out of bad situations, but rarely succeeds and is coloured as quite a hypocrite. He attempts to not be blinded by hate but evidently this leads to many mistakes, usually ones he himself doesn’t end up making, but ones he leads others into. Lord Capulet’s bad parenting leads to the death of his daughter and her lover.

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

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This shows that without their children’s death the feud would have continued. But with the possibility of something else, Lord Capulet could’ve ended it, and with it, saved his daughter’s life along with Romeo’s. Lord Capulet’s inability to seize the pointless rage caused their death, not only that; he allowed them to meet.

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: Content thee, gentle cuz Let him alone He bears like a portly gentlemen And to say the truth, Verona brags of him (1.5.