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Failure Of Parental Love In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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(a) Look at how Juliet and her father speak and behave here. What does it reveal to an audience about their relationship at this point in the play? Refer closely to details from the extract to support your answer. (Act 3, Scene 5) [15 marks] Through the dominance of Capulet, Shakespeare reveals to the audience that the relationship between Capulet and Juliet is a failure of parental love. In the scene, Capulet has a total of three large lines in contrast to Juliet's two short lines. This acts as a direct parallel to Act 1, Scene 3 where Juliet has a minimal amount of dialogue compared to Lady Capulet. The clear parallel made from these scene seems to imply Shakespeare wants the audience to understand the connection the scenes share is that
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