The Capulets
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- Created on: 26-01-19 13:41
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- The Capulets
- Personality
- Lady Capulet is bossy and ambitious
- She wants Juliet to gain wealth and status by marrying Paris
- She got married young and therefore thinks Juliet should do the same
- She is violent and unforgiving - wants Romeo killed in A3 S1
- She relies on the Nurse to do most of the parenting to Juliet and is unsympathetic to Juliet's feelings
- Capulet is lovely to Juliet so long as she obeys him
- Capulet changes throughout the play - at first he wants Juliet to have a scope of choice but then he tries forcing her to marry Paris
- He's controlling and doesn't like it when things don't go his way
- The Capulets represent the sort of parents the audience would recognise
- Lady Capulet is bossy and ambitious
- Quotes
- "Disobedient wretch!" Act 3 Scene 5
- Women in context would never go against their fathers like this - the audience partly understands
- Capulet is seen to be very controlling and doesn't give in to Juliet's pleading - he threatens to disown his own daughter
- He's controlling and doesn't like it when things don't go his way
- "Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour" Act 1 Scene 3 (The Nurse)
- This shows the level of neglect from Juliet's mother - The Nurse knows Juliet better than her own mother
- "Disobedient wretch!" Act 3 Scene 5
- Themes
- Love - Lady Capulet has a cold attitude towards love and marriage - she only talks about Paris' Social standing and never takes Juliet's feelings into account
- Personality
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