Romeo And Juliet Guilt Quotes

The Guilt of the Capulets

Blindsightedness, need for vengeance, and absolute selfishness. These actions caused many deaths in Shakespeare’s writing. In the 1500s, young women didn’t have a lot of say in what happened in their lives, such was the case with Juliet. In William Shakespeare’s drama, Romeo and Juliet, Juliet and Romeo were two star-crossed lovers. But nobody could know because of their families' continuous hatred for each other. In the final scene, both lovers died, and Shakespeare left his readers with the question of where to place the blame. Although they were severely affected by it, Lady and Lord Capulet were the main cause of the tragedy that occurred.

The Capulet’s blind sightedness led them to not know their daughter

The prologue explains that the Capulets and Montagues have been feuding for years, (Quote). It may seem like it’s not their fault because they are just continuing what their ancestors did, but they should have been smart enough to know that their fighting would hurt people. The Prince in scene 1 knows this, and he calls Lord Capulet out on it, (Quote). Instead of getting on his house he continues their feud and lets Tybalt fan the fire. Furthermore, when Romeo kills Tybalt, Lady Capulet has such a need for bloodlust she is the reason Romeo was banished (Quote). Her cousin just died, so of course she is going to have feelings about the situation, but she wouldn’t listen to Romeo’s explanation of how Tybalt killed Mercutio. If she was able to set aside her feelings, she would have seen Romeo wasn’t entirely in the wrong and he wouldn’t have been banished, thus saving Juliet’s

Lord Capulet was insistent on the idea of Juliet marrying Paris, and not just for her benefit. Their marriage would improve his social status and increase his overall wealth. The only issue with this was that Juliet did not wish to marry him, (quote of Juliet not wanting to marry Paris). Some may think that Juliet was being unreasonable. After all, marrying Paris would have been beneficial to her as well, he was handsome, wealthy, and young. However, the marriage would have made her unhappy, and she knew this. Instead of consoling his daughter, Lord and Lady Capulet yell at Juliet and threaten to disown her if she doesn't obey. (Quote here). Similar to this instance, when Lady Capulet first tells Juliet she is to marry Paris, Juliet doesn’t feel comfortable with that idea. Lady Capulet tells Juliet she will marry Paris at the capulet party and tries to get the nurse to convince her to agree (Quote). The selfishness of the Capulets not only hurt their daughter but impacted every aspect of their