Lord Capulet's Actions

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In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the character who has done the most to make things worse for Romeo and Juliet is Lord Capulet because of the constant actions he has made to make things worse for Romeo and Juliet. Most of his actions make things harder and worse for Romeo and Juliet. Lord Capulet's role in Verona is the leader of the Capulet family. Lord Capulet is significant in Romeo and Juliet's life because he is Juliet's father and the leader of the Capulet family. Lord Capulet has beef with Romeo's dad Montague, and thus makes it harder for Romeo and Juliet. Romeo sneaks into the Capulet's masked ball to meet Rosaline. But upon entering the party, Romeo meets Juliet and immediately falls in love. Tybalt then recognizes Romeo from his voice and becomes enraged that Romeo is at the Capulet's ball. …show more content…

When lord Capulet stops Tybalt from kicking Romeo out of the party, he allows Romeo to meet and fall in love with Juliet which later in the story leads to their deaths. If Capulet would have used common sense and kicked out an uninvited guest, then the consequences that followed his actions would have been avoided. Earlier in the story, Romeo met Juliet at the Capulet's party. They then quickly fell in love, then got married in secret the very next day. Lord Capulet is unaware of this and wants Juliet to marry Paris. Juliet refuses to marry Paris, which frustrates Lord