A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life, all because of their families’ hatred of each other. Romeo and Juliet were in love, but their love could not be expressed because of their parents. While Lord and Lady Montague were also bad parents, the worst were the ones that raised Juliet, Lord and Lady Capulet. The Capulets abused their daughter, forced her to be in a relationship, and did not let her be happy. Romeo and Juliet would not have died if it were not for the parents of Juliet. A main reason Juliet’s parents are to blame is because of their hatred of the Montagues. Their conflict started a long time ago, and there was no real reason to nurture it. An example of this is when Tybalt and Benvolio fight at the beginning of the play, where Tybalt says, “peace? I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee” (i, i, 6, 71-72). Tybalt is a cousin of Juliet and Benvolio is a cousin of Romeo, so they don’t like each other just because of their families. Another example of this is when the servingman invites Romeo and Benvolio to the Capulet family’s party. “My master is the …show more content…
After Juliet says that she doesn’t want to get married to Paris, her father overreacts and starts calling her names. He says, “you baggage! You tallow face!/disobedient wretch” (citation). He then threatens to disown her, “get thee to church o’ Thursday or never after look me in the face” (citation). Juliet’s father screams at her, and distraught after getting yelled at she looks to her mother who says, “Talk not to me, for I’ll not speak a word. Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee” (citation). Juliet’s parents’ response was terrible. If they instead talked to Juliet and let her explain, she would not have gone to Friar Lawrence and faked her death. This shows that Lord and Lady Capulet abused their daughter and did not handle the situation