Juliet as a Disobedient Wretch in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet The quote that Lord Capulet said to Juliet calling her a "disobedient wretch" is in Act III Scene 5. He enters the play delighted because he has good news that Juliet is going to marry Paris. Juliet refuses this and as soon as Juliet tells Lord Capulet this, he is furious. This is when he calls her a "disobedient wretch". The reason for this is because Lord Capulet has told Paris that Juliet will take his hand in marriage and if she doesn't then he will be going back on his word. In those days whatever the man of the house says goes. To hear that Juliet is refusing the 'command' makes him shocked and very angry, as he has searched and found a perfect match for Juliet and so he feels that she should be grateful. In those days you didn't marry for love but for security and your father would choose someone suitable. This is why he calls her a "disobedient wretch", because she had not obeyed her father. This doesn't mean that she is a disobedient person though, because she has been trying to obey her parents as much as possible, and happily goes along with her fathers advice in the first Act, about considering Paris to marry. We are made to feel sorry for Juliet as nothing is going right for her and she has no one to turn to. Although her father may have a point in saying that she has not obeyed him, who is to say that she has to. So this should not be taken as an insult because Juliet has done nothing wrong in her eyes. In Act III Scene 5 Lady Capulet tells Juliet that, "The county Paris at Saint Peter's Church Shall happily make thee there a joyful brid... ... middle of paper ... ...gh the word "disobedient" may be right it should be taken as a fact but not a criticism, because disobedience is not always bad depending on the command and how you and the other person or people feel about it. When "disobedient" and "wretch" are put together then it is meant as an insult as well not just a fact. So I believe that the phrase "disobedient wretch" is said in a context of an insult, which I think is quite harsh. Although disobedient maybe true from Capulets point of view, it doesn't mean it is a bad thing if he's in the wrong. I think Juliet should be felt sorry for as she has no one to turn to, her mother says, "Talk not to me for I'll not speak a word" and the nurse just leaves her on her own. As for Lord Capulet he is just being selfish and is trying to control Juliet to protect his reputation.
In the Elizabethan period, woman of higher social classes were supposed to embody “obedience”(Gerlach et al. 1) and this is shown throughout the text. In the beginning of the book, Lady Capulet tells Nurse to summon Juliet, so she can inquire about her getting married. As Juliet enters the room she says,“Madam, I am here. What is your will?” (1.3.7). Here, we can see not only Nurse being obedient to Lady Capulet’s wishes, but also Juliet being obedient and going to her mother after she is summoned. Similarly, after a discussion with Count Paris, a noble man who seeks Juliet’s hand in marriage, Lord Capulet decides that Juliet will marry him and tells Lady Capulet to deliver the news to Juliet. Not happy with this, Juliet expresses her opposition
What Capulet is saying is Juliet is far too young to be married, and that Paris could have her when she reaches a suitable age. Here, he is being a good dad, looking out for his daughters’ best interest. However, after the death of Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, Capulet considers it might be good for Juliet to have a husband, that it might be a good healing technique. Keep in mind that this is after the night of the party when Romeo and Juliet fell in love. He is convinced and is excited for Juliet to get married, when she says no. She refuses, for obvious reasons, and he throws a huge temper tantrum. His harsh reaction leads readers to look at him as a bit of a tyrant and his entire “good daddy” persona is flushed down the toilet when he starts threatening Juliet. He states that he is willing to beat her or throw her out on the...
Hold your tongue” (3.5.170-171) since Capulet told the nurse to shut up, Capulet differently is a bad and criticizing husband.
him and has opposed him. She has never conceded to him his right to be
The Way Juliet Feels in Act 3 Scene 2 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
worse for Juliet for there it has come to the point where she has to
he seems to feel that that he should take care of Juliet and be civil
She arranges the wedding of Juliet, exiting the Capulet household to locate Romeo to inform him about “[proposing] to [Juliet], which [she thought was] the gentlemanly thing to do”. Now that the two ‘star-crossed’ lovers were married, their bond in the sense of love was absolutely unbreakable, introducing more unique actions they would commit simply to physically be near each other. She was constantly supportive of Juliet’s feelings and strived to “find Romeo To comfort [her]” whenever they were separated due to the town’s banishing of Romeo. Coordinating the unity of Romeo and Juliet under the circumstances of two families possessing an immortal hatred for each other wielded many risks and potential sacrifices for the Nurse. The risk resides within her efforts to support Juliet in pursuing a relationship with Romeo and the irony of the second quote. Her motive to find Romeo was simply for the sake of “comforting” Juliet, however taking the risk of having her cling to this long distant relationship resulted in an abundance of tragedies rather than the long awaited comfort. She risked her connection with the Capulet family, as well as her personal relationship with Juliet. Due to the Nurse, Juliet was submerged into an environment of a true ‘star-crossed’ love, causing her thoughts and emotions to be hindered by the influence of her new
brother had ordered her to turn him away. And now, to learn that her respected father,
After Juliet faked her death Paris came to her grave to prove his loyalty to his “wife” by visiting her every night, this however led to he and Romeo's duel and ultimately Paris death. ”This is that banished haughty Montague,that murdered my love’s cousin, with which grief,it is supposed the fair creature died. And here is come to do some villainous shame to the dead bodies. I will apprehend him.Stop thy unhallowed toil, vile Montague! Can vengeance be pursued further than death? Condemnèd villain, I do apprehend thee. Obey and go with me, for thou must die”(5.3.56-64). While being admirable for the loyalty to Juliet, this heroic flaw may have been the downfall of
Instead of comforting a suicidal Juliet, he offers her no comfort at seeing her love dead, and also gives her no hope for the future but life “among a sisterhood of holy nuns” (5, 3, 157) and then abandons her in the tomb. He didn’t want to be blamed for the death of Romeo and Paris by the Watch, a selfish and irresponsible action. Although he later offers his life to the Prince – “let my old life / Be sacrific’d, some hour before his time, / Unto the rigour of severest law” (5, 3, 267-269), he does not tell the whole truth to the Prince about what happened at the tomb. Even if he had, however, it would not have taken away his responsibility for the death of
Once in a while many people make bad decisions. Usually these decisions don’t cause them any harm in their futures, unlike Romeo Montague’s and Juliet Capulet’s decisions. In Verona, a city in Italy, two lovers fall in love. The catch is their families despise each other. Eventually Romeo get’s banished from Verona, and Juliet is forced to marry someone she doesn’t want to marry. Juliet takes a potion that knocks her out for 42 hours, and feigns her death, hoping she does not have to marry Count Paris. Romeo assumes Juliet is dead, and drinks a potion that kills him, and when Juliet wakes up and realizes that Romeo is dead, she stabs herself. In William Shakespeare’s tragic play, Romeo and Juliet, the main protagonists, Romeo and Juliet, make poor choices which eventually lead to their death at the end of the story.
Believing that Juliet was mourning over Tybalt and that having her marry County Paris would be best for her, Capulet unknowingly starts a confrontation between him and his daughter Juliet. Regardless of her pleas, he sets the marriage date and ends the discussion; this leads to the previously-mentioned conversation with the Nurse, which makes things worse rather than better, and eventually winds up at Friar Laurence, tying everything together into one big heap of trouble. Now, the alternative for Lord Capulet’s actions would be to keep an open mind as the Nurse had said, “God in heaven bless her! / You [Capulet] are to blame, my lord, to rate her so.” (3.5.169-170), but that could result in a variety of consequences.
Romeo and Juliet constantly encounter troubling times in which they feel helpless. When the play begins Romeo is deeply in love with the lovely Rosaline, a woman who does not share the same feelings. Experiencing this heartbreak is very destructive for Romeo, his tears “augmenting the fresh morning’s dew” (1.1.128). A literal and figurative dark place has engulfed Romeo’s life. He locks himself in his room and “shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out, and makes himself an artificial light” (1.1.135-36). He feels no light in his life without his Rosaline. In Juliet’s case she is being forced into marriage with Paris, a kinsman to the prince, by her mother and father. Marriage has never crossed Juliet’s mind, it was a concept she “dreamed not of” (1.3.66). Juliet is not forced
The Nurse has been alongside Juliet since the day she was born. She is always there for Juliet and provides her with emotional stability. She wants Juliet to be happy and when she hears about Romeo she is happy for Juliet. However, once things get very intense betw...