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How Did Lady Capulet Fight Against The Idea Of Marriage

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In Romeo and Juliet Act 1, Juliet's family continued to talk about the idea of Juliet marrying Paris. Lady Capulet brought up Paris to Juliet right before the Capulets had a party because Paris would be at this party and Paris wanted to marry Juliet. Lord Capulet had also had a discussion with Paris before this party began about what his ideas on Paris marrying Juliet. Lady Capulet informed Juliet that Paris wanted to marry her but Juliet has not wanted to be married which can be seen in act 1 scene 3 when Lady Capulet asks Juliet "How stands your disposition to be married?" and Juliet replies "It is an honor that I dream not of,". The fact that Juliet has never dreamed of being married shows that Juliet would try to avoid marriage …show more content…

By my count, I was your mother much upon these years...,". Lady Capulet is not against the idea of marriage because from her experience it is normal to marry someone and even have children at a young age but she wants to leave the choice of marriage up to Juliet which explains why she does not push Juliet to marry right away. The fact that Lady Capulet had Juliet at such a young age explains why she can act so cold to Juliet like when she told Juliet to look at Paris and try to like him without thinking about how this might end up affecting Juliet's future. Lady Capulet doesn't care that Juliet would lose her childhood if she did marry right now because lady Capulet herself did not have a childhood and does not understand how having a childhood could be important to childrens teenager/adult …show more content…

I think that Capulet cares about Juliet but tries to make decisions for her because Juliet has never acted out or gone against her parents and he's always been in charge of most people. The fact that Capulet tries to push off the marriage shows he cares for Juliet but the fact Capulet went behind Juliets back to set up or speak to Paris about marrying Juliet shows that he trys to control her and her choices a little more than other fathers would or more than a father should. Since Capulet is controlling of Juliet’s choices it might lead to Juliet rejecting the idea of Paris more than

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