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Thus we can see that there is a big difference between Lady Capulet and the Nurse and how they view marriage. Both are united in trying to persuade Juliet to marry Paris, and both almost expect ...
Romeo and Juliet. Lady Capulet. Lady Capulet has a complicated relationship with her daughter Juliet. She clearly loves her, but she is an ineffectual parent who does not know how to communicate or bond with her child. Lady Capulet’s strained relationship with Juliet is often compared to the loving relationship that Juliet has with her Nurse.
Summary. In Capulet’s house, just before the feast is to begin, Lady Capulet calls to the Nurse, needing help to find her daughter. Juliet enters, and Lady Capulet dismisses the Nurse so that she might speak with her daughter alone. She immediately changes her mind, however, and asks the Nurse to remain and add her counsel.
The nurse reminisces about the day Juliet stopped breastfeeding, coinciding with a devastating earthquake and an injury on Juliet's forehead, which prompted an inappropriate joke from the nurse's now-deceased husband. Lady Capulet instructs the nurse to be quiet. But the nurse continues her story until Juliet also requests her silence.
Just when Juliet needs her mom's support, Lady Capulet coldly ignore her daughter's pleas to help her avoid marrying Paris. After Lord Capulet storms out, Juliet turns to her mother to soften her father's punishment. Juliet begs her even to delay the marriage. Lady Capulet responds, "Talk not to me, for I'll not say a word / Do as thou wilt ...
Juliet ’s mother. Like her husband, Capulet, Lady Capulet is obsessed with appearances and with advancing Juliet’s social station.She is ignorant of her daughter’s true feelings most of the time, and, even when confronted with them, attempts to steamroll Juliet’s emotions and urge her daughter to put on a brave face, accept fate, and comply with her family’s plans for her.
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Married to Lord Capulet and supposedly much younger than he, Lady Capulet is Juliet’s mother, though spends much less time with her than the Nurse. She represents the life of the wealthy woman. During the play she: speaks to Juliet about Paris and asks how she would feel about marriage (I.3). informs Juliet of her marriage to Paris (III.5).
