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Lord Capulet's Fault

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“For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo”. This sentence from the play of Romeo and Juliet shows that it is a very tragic story. In the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, Romeo commits a murder in the city of Verona. This murder leads to his exile from the city and prevents him from seeing his new wife, Juliet. Now he’s gone and and isn’t allowed to come back, preventing him from seeing the love of his life. At the end of the story, Romeo and Juliet both die because of their strong love for each other. In Romeo and Juliet, Capulet and Lady Capulet cause the majority of the tragic events to take place. One reason the tragedy was the Capulet’s fault is because of the fued they let continue. In one incident Tybalt is infuriated just by looking at a Montague. He says “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word as I hate all Montagues, and thee”(I.I.60). Tybalt hates …show more content…

Lord Capulet threatens Juliet that he would let her die on the streets if she didn’t marry Paris. Lady Capulet agrees with her husband with shock from being hit by him. Lord Capulet says “An you be not, beg, starve, die in the streets”(III.v.194). Juliet is now upset and confused, especially with her mother saying that she wouldn’t care if Juliet killed herself. She now knows she must look towards someone for their advice on what she should do. She decides to go to Friar Lawrence for help. Capulet also says he will force her to go. Capulet was infuriated with the way Juliet reacted and calls her piece of dead flesh. He calls her spoiled and says if she does not go he will drag her there. Capulet says in the play “.....To go to Saint Peter’s Church, or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither”(III.v.154). Now Juliet knows she must act fast before she has to marry Paris so she goes to the Friar for some help which causes their death at the

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He kept on calling Juliet really mean names. “Hang thee, young baggage! disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o' Thursday,”(III.V.161). This quote shows Capulet does not really care of his daughter Juliet with this quote from the play.

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Juliet had just been yelled at by her father about marrying Paris or being kicked out and she begs her mother to delay the marriage or else she will kill herself. “Talk not to me, for I’ll not speak a word./Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee”(Shakespeare 771 3.5.199-203). Lady Capulet just disowned her daughter for the most part. Lady Capulet says that she is done worrying about juliet and she will not say another word to her so she can do whatever she want, she does not care about her daughter because Juliet will not marry Paris. Juliet and her mother start to have a conversation before the party.

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Juliet approaches the Friar very desperate, and he offers up a plan to stop the event which involves her faking her own death. Throughout this scene, Juliet’s needs and desires are concluded even after she voices her opinion. For example, Paris and Capulet still believe a quick marriage is exactly what Juliet needs to feel better about Tybalt’s death. “Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt’s death,/ And therefore have I little talk’d of love;/For Venus smiles not in a house of tears./Now, sir, her father counts it dangerous/

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Lord Capulet was one of the individuals that contributed to the termination of Romeo and Juliet’s lives. Being irate, Lord Capulet forces Juliet into a dilemma by saying, “But fettle [her] fine joints ‘gainst Thursday next/ to go with Paris to Saint Peter’s Church, or [he] will drag thee on a hurdle thither.” (III.v.154-156). Juliet characterizes as a loyal and obedient daughter, she always wants to please her parents whenever she can. This puts tons of pressure on Juliet’s decision.

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Capulet enters and when he is told about this news about Juliet not wishing to marry Paris, He says “...But fettle your fine joints ‘gainst Thursday next, to go with Paris to Saint Peter’s Church, or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither. Out, you green-sickness carrion! Out you baggage!...” (DBQ Project, “Who’s to Blame”, Document D, Block two). Juliet begs her father to listen and be patient with her, but he

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At the start she would talk to the Nurse about Romeo all the time but then the Nurse did not approve of what was going on and she had no one left to turn to but the friar. He worked up a plan that could put both Romeo and Juliet in a life or death situation. The friar’s plan is to have Juliet marry Paris, then the night before the wedding she will consume a drinking potion that will make her appear dead, she will then be taken to the Capulet tomb, and then the friar will send word to Romeo to help him retrieve her when she wakes. The friar tells the Capulet’s that Juliet is dead, “Peace, ho, for shame! Confusion’s cure lives not In these confusions.

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William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was a tragic play that started with a young couple falling madly in love, but quickly turned to the death of both of them. From early on in the play, it seemed as if the fate of Romeo and Juliet was already determined, as they were referred to as “star-crossed lovers”, and the tragic fate of these lovers was unraveled through the poor decisions of many characters throughout this play. Though many people can be blamed for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet and Romeo are the most responsible for the tragic ending of this play. Lord Capulet was the most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. First of all, one trait that puts Lord Capulet at the blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet is that he was indecisive.

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Die in the streets!” lord capulet says this to Juliet because he got fed up with Juliet refusing to marry count paris so instead of letting her be happy with someone she loves lord capulet threatens to disown her and throw her in the streets. This experience highlights. The theme of person vs society because the capulets unfortunately didn't care to see Juliet happy with someone she actually loved instead were worried about their reputation/social status and tried to force Juliet into marrying someone she didn't love like count paris. In conclusion, I'd like to blame the capulets for the death of Juliet because they went into forcing Juliet to marry within their own social status and didn’t consider how their child would feel about the

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When people sit and think about the story Romeo and Juliet they think “why did they have to die”. The reason they died was because Capulet organized a party for Paris to meet Juliet. When Capulet wrote the invitations he forgot that his servant couldn’t read. Because of this the servant had to get help from romeo to see who to give the invitations. Tybalt would later be killed by Romeo causing the capulets to want the marriage to be sooner.

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For many years, a feud between two families, the Montagues and the Capulets, has been the disruption of peace in the city of Verona, Italy. That is when a pair of star-crossed lovers misadventured kids wound up taking their lives. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet were in fault of the impulsive decisions of Tybalt, Lord Capulet and Friar Lawrence. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Tybalt is the nephew of Lord Capulet and Juliet’s older cousin.

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Capulet tells her that he will disown her if Juliet doesn’t go through with the marriage. Of course, something like this would cause tremendous psychological distress in Juliet, so when she reaches out to her mother, one would expect Lady Capulet to help Juliet with wise words of reassurance. However, she discards her anguish by telling her, “Talk not to me, for I’ll not speak a word. Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee” (Shakespeare III. v.203-204).

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A point in which the Friar has a limited period of time to reunite Juliet with Romeo in opposition to his new title of a criminal. For example, Lady Capulet stands at the scene where Tybalt's lifeless body lays, she declares that Romeo, being a Montague, “ speaks not true” pleading the Prince for justice as she believes that since “ Romeo slew Tybalt” he “ must not live”( 3. 1. 169-174). Tension increases and Romeo’s life is threatened by the Capulets’; his presence much despised. As Romeo is banished, Juliet falls into sorrow.

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In act 3 scene 5 Lord Capulet tells Juliet that she has to marry Paris or else she will be disowned and he is not very nice about it either; while he is telling Juliet what will happen if she doesn’t Marry Paris he says, “hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, For, by my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee”. This hurts Juliet very much. Lord Capulet was forcing Juliet to marry Paris so soon she didn’t even have time to think of anything else she could do. This is putting Juliet in a stressful situation because she is already married to Romeo, but now her father will disown her if she doesn't marry Paris.

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The story is about a tragedy death of two star-crossed lovers, and how they fell in love falling in love. Romeo starts by going after a girl named Rosalina, and then falls madly in love when the beauty of Juliet. Romeo and Juliet meet at the Capulet’s party, and then fall instantly in love, with each other, and get married in the Friar Laurence office. While Romeo and Juliet physically committed the acts that ended there own lives, the long-stand family feuding and fate should be blamed for their deaths.

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