Examples Of Punishment For Juliet's Death

Punishment for Juliet’s death. After lamenting her death, The Prince called everyone to prepare for their testimony to find out who caused the death of Juliet. I believe that Lord Capulet and The Nurse are both at fault for the calamity of Juliet’s death. Firstly, Lord Capulet decided to marry Juliet to Romeo’s adversary, Paris. “Marry, my child, early next Thursday morning,/ The gallant, young and noble gentleman,/ The County Paris, at Saint Peter's Church, (3.5 112-114).” Lady Capulet delivers the vexing news that Juliet will marry the County Paris. Lord Capulet decided this without knowing that Juliet is married to the virtuous Romeo, but it is still an act of oppression because it is an arranged marriage that Juliet doesn't want to be in.

“Trust to not, bethink you. I will not be forsworn (3.5 196).” Lord Capulet tells Juliet that his word will not be broken. He is the cause of Juliet’s death because he started the pernicious problem that led to her death, by forcing her to get married to Paris. His most serious crime is the crime of arranged marriage, and although it was common in Romeo and Juliet’s day, his actions of rancor still caused her to commit suicide. On the other hand, The Nurse was aware that Juliet was married to Romeo, and yet she still decided to support Lord Capulet in his decision instead of trying to abate the situation and defend Juliet. “I think you are happy in this second match, / For it excels your first (3.5 223-224).” The Nurse says that Juliet would be better off with Paris as he is better than Romeo. Consequently, this is an extremely baleful act from the nurse because she knew that Juliet was already married, and instead of defending her and trying to help her out of this situation, she sides with Juliet’s parents which leaves Juliet

“o God!-O Nurse, how shall this be prevented? (3.5 205).” Distraught, Juliet asks the nurse how she can stop her parents from marrying her to Paris. This shows that although Juliet needs help in her time of need and she is in an extremely vulnerable position, The Nurse commits the unsavory act of siding with her parents nonetheless. Her most serious crime is child neglect, as she is supposed to look out for Juliet, yet she seemed wanton to not care about her after she married them. Firstly, the punishment for Lord Capulet’s crime is 10 years in prison, and he can not have more children. This is because he decided to marry Juliet to Paris without her permission or her say in things, so he is irresponsible with children, making him ineligible for having more children. He also was the initial cause of death of Juliet, so he should spend 10 years in prison. The only reason the punishment is not more severe is because it was not imposed when Juliet was initially married. Furthermore, the punishment for the nurse’s transgression is life in prison. This is due to her being the caretaker of Juliet and being fully aware of the situation of her marriage, and her neglect of Juliet when her time of need came, and she had no one to turn to but The