Character : Lord and Lady Capulet
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- Lord Capulet
- He is Juliets father and he seems concerned and caring
- He enjoys the feast and the wedding preparations
- However he can be domineering and gives orders to both Lady Capulet and Juliet
- Quotes
- 'An you be mine, I'll give you to my friend;And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets,For, by my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee,Nor what is mine shall never do thee good:Trust to't, bethink you; I'll not be forsworn.'
- ''All things that we ordainèd festivalTurn from their office to black funeral;Our instruments to melancholy bells,Our wedding cheer to a sad burial feast,Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change,Our bridal flowers serve for a buried corse,And all things change them to the contrary.'
- ''Ha, let me see her: out, alas! she's cold.Her blood is settled, and her joints are stiff.Life and these lips have long been separated.Death lies on her like an untimely frostUpon the sweetest flower of all the field.'
- '' My child is yet a stranger in the world.She hath not seen the change of fourteen years,Let two more summers wither in their prideEre we may think her ripe to be a bride'
- During the play he :
- At first reluctantly discusses the possibility of Paris marrying Juliet
- Invites Paris to his party that evening so he can meet and woo Juliet
- Prevents Tybalt from challenging Romeo at the party
- Insists that Juliet marry Paris following Tybalts death and arranges her marriage the same week
- Lady Capulet
- Married to Lord Capulet and supposedly much younger than him
- She is Juliet's Mother and spends much less time with her than the Nurse
- She represents the life of a wealthy Woman
- Quotes
- 'Nurse, where's my daughter? call her forth to me'
- 'O me! this sight of death is as a bell, That warns my old age to a sepulchre'
- 'The people in the street cry Romeo, Some Juliet, and some Paris; and all run'
- 'Evermore weeping for your cousin's death? What, wilt thou wash him from his grave with tears?'
- During the play she :
- Speaks to Juliet about Paris and asks how she feels about marriage
- Informs Juliet of her marriage to Paris
- Makes preparations for Juliet's wedding
- Is grief stricken at her daughters death
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