It is an undeniable fact that the experiences of Juliet were strongly influenced by Lord Capulet. In Shakespeare's play, the star-crossed lovers had a dreadful ending due to the hostile acts they witness from Lord Capulet. This essay will analyze how Lord Capulet’s anger, prejudice towards the Montague’s and selfishness brought his young daughter and her lovers’ lives to an end.
Lord Capulet had a raging temper that caused his daughter to fear him. He constantly boiled over and took his anger out on her. Multiple times in Shakespeare's play, Capulet expresses his anger by yelling at whoever’s near. In this particular scene, Lord Capulet was discombobulated when Juliet refuses to marry Paris, which led him to take his fury out of her,
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Some may argue, that in Act 1 Scene 5, where Capulet rejects Tybalt's desire to duel the party-crashing Montagues, you experience him diffusing the violence. But, that is not the case, there is a reason to believe he doesn’t want Tybalt causing a brawl at his party as it will damage his social status (this shows his selfish tendencies). Growing up with this constant angry presence, surely impacted Juliet and made her constantly anxious. In this dreadful scene, we see Capulet’s true colors. He is not a good leader and nowhere near an acceptable father. Lord Capulet is a bitter old man who cannot control his …show more content…
It is unlikely a circumstance that many understood the cause of the bloodbath that was the Capulets and Montagues relationship, yet they all still carried on the rivalry. The ongoing feud between the two was likely to have influenced Juliet's irrational decision to fake her death. Given the short time frame she had to come up with a solution, she probably considered the fact that if she loved a Montague she would never be accepted as a Capulet. Due to these circumstances, it is presumably the reason why she drank the paralysis serum. Her love for Romeo was incompatible with the deep-set animosity between the Capulets and
Lord Capulet had a raging temper that caused his daughter to fear him. He constantly boiled over and took his anger out on her. Multiple times in Shakespeare's play, Capulet expresses his anger by yelling at whoever’s near. In this particular scene, Lord Capulet was discombobulated when Juliet refuses to marry Paris, which led him to take his fury out of her,
“God's …show more content…
Some may argue, that in Act 1 Scene 5, where Capulet rejects Tybalt's desire to duel the party-crashing Montagues, you experience him diffusing the violence. But, that is not the case, there is a reason to believe he doesn’t want Tybalt causing a brawl at his party as it will damage his social status (this shows his selfish tendencies). Growing up with this constant angry presence, surely impacted Juliet and made her constantly anxious. In this dreadful scene, we see Capulet’s true colors. He is not a good leader and nowhere near an acceptable father. Lord Capulet is a bitter old man who cannot control his …show more content…
It is unlikely a circumstance that many understood the cause of the bloodbath that was the Capulets and Montagues relationship, yet they all still carried on the rivalry. The ongoing feud between the two was likely to have influenced Juliet's irrational decision to fake her death. Given the short time frame she had to come up with a solution, she probably considered the fact that if she loved a Montague she would never be accepted as a Capulet. Due to these circumstances, it is presumably the reason why she drank the paralysis serum. Her love for Romeo was incompatible with the deep-set animosity between the Capulets and