Who Is A Good Father In Romeo And Juliet

Fathers are very important and a necessity to growing up. They teach leadership and responsibility. In the play, Romeo and Juliet, Mr. Capulet is a good father at first because he cares about his daughter, Juliet’s, Opinion. That all changes when he goes off the handle and becomes very selfish. My dad is very caring of my opinion, although sometimes he can get very mad at me. Nothing like Mr. Capulet though. I am very close to my dad, like every daughter should be. In the play, Romeo and Juliet, Juliet's father, Mr. Capulet is a responsible father. He does have a temper though. In Act 3, Paris asks Juliet for her hand in marriage and Mr. Capulet forces Juliet to get married the next week. They do not realize that Juliet is already married. Juliet obviously does not want to marry him because she is in love with another man. Mr. Capulet explodes and starts calling Juliet foul names. He is obviously not fit for the dad position. No father should ever call his daughter cruel names.

Of course, you have to think of the time period and how parents did not really raise their children, so they do not have as much of an emotional connection to their kids. With that being said it is still not something that my dad would say to me. When I first started reading Romeo and Juliet I did not think that Mr. Capulet was a bad father and that my dad was like him. Then as the play progressed I realized that Juliet’s dad is nothing like my father. Mr. Capulet is cruel to Juliet. One of the only similarities between my father and Mr. Capulet is that I would not talk to my dad about who I am dating or like. Juliet does not say anything about her infatuation for Romeo. Another similarity is that when I disagree with him, he gets angry. He does not go to the extremity that Mr. Capulet goes