Romeo And Juliet Lady Capulet Essay

In the classic play, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare employs Lady Capulet and The Nurse as foils characters by displaying that a vulgar, yet sentimental and loving character will overcome an ineffectual, selfish and cold-hearted character. For illustration, as lady Capulet, Juliet and The Nurse discuss Juliet's marriage, lady Capulet reveals her selfishness and sentimental personality by being concerned only for the family's name, but not for her daughter, Juliet. She does this by attempting to coerce Juliet to marry Paris as she exclaims “Well, think of marriage now. Younger than you/Here in Verona, ladies of esteem/Are made already mothers. By my count,/I was your mother much upon these years/That you are now a maid. Thus then in brief:/The valiant Paris seeks you for his love” (I.iii.69-74)
Lady Capulet’s main purpose is to influence Juliet’s decision on marrying Paris, by pressuring Juliet with the circumstances of “here in Verona, ladies of esteem/are already

As The Nurse is thinking about Juliet’s baby stages, she also remembers her age, which interprets how The Nurse has been there more for Juliet, also serving more as a mother figure, than Lady Capulet. Lady Capulet is instead trying to pressurize her daughter into marrying someone she's never even met, and is not even willing to wed.
Later on in the play, Juliet refuses again to marry Paris, yet is very thankful for her parents for finding him. Since Juliet is not being agreeable, her mother drags her father, Capulet, into the fight. Although Juliet is thankful, her parents are not satisfied with Juliet’s decision. This leads to even more conflict, where her father becomes very angry and goes on a rampage. Once the argument begins to settle down, Lady Capulet gives up and proceeds to whine “Talk not to me, for I’ll not speak a word./Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee”