Lady+Capulet+E

1) "Marry my child, early next Thursday morn The gallant, young and noble gentleman, The County Paris, at Saint Peter's Church Shall happily make thee there a joyful bride (3.5 117~120)

2) "He is a kinsman to the Montague. Affection makes him false; he speaks not true. Some twenty of them fought in this black strife, And all those twenty could but kill one life. I beg for justice, which thou, Prince, must give. Romeo slew Tybalt; Romeo must not live" (3.1 185~190)

3) "I will and know her mind early tomorrow. Tonight she's mewed up to her heaviness" (3.4 11~12)

Although lady capulet does not seem to play a major role throughout the scenes that lead to Juliet's eventual death, she does appear to actually try and constantly engage as well as pressurize Juliet to marry Paris as soon as possible which is not what Juliet wants. As she already feels more and more depressed as time passes, Lady Capulet tries to force and rather build up her daughters level of stress instead of cooling it down by trying to untie her dream relationship that she wants to have with Romeo, with Paris. With Juliet having to deal with all the problems that are already going on in the situation, Lady Capulet does have the right as a mother to make her daughter's decisions up since Juliet might seem to go in the wrong direction, but from the perspective of Juliet, it seems that Lady Capulet does not give a helping hand to Juliet but is a major factor/character that constantly collides with Juliet's affairs- turning them into negative ways that will sadden and weaken the moral status of Juliet. She gives into the idea of her husband, Capulet, and does not deeply listen to what Juliet wants in her life. This is why Lady Capulet plays an additional role of forcing Juliet to eventually die off later in the scene.

By: Seung-Hyon Lee

Marry, my child, early next Thursday morn The gallant, young, and noble gentleman, The County Paris at Saint Peter's Church Shall happily make thee there a joyful bride. (3.5.129-130)

This passage indicates that Lady Capulet is extremely eager for Juliet to marry Paris, even if this will go against Juliet's wishes. Lady Capulet's anxious desire for Juliet to marry Paris hastens their marriage, and thus causes Juliet to choose between two perilous predicaments: acquiesce to marriage with Paris while being married to Romeo, or to feign death and secretly escape to unite with Romeo. Consequently, Lady Capulet was crucial in Juliet's decision to drink the potion and enter an apparent-death state.

(In response to Juliet's imploring to delay the marriage) Talk not to me, for I'll not speak a word. Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee. (3.5.214-215)

This passage exhibits that Lady Capulet thought Juliet should comply to her father's demands - a behavior deemed proper for women living in Elizabethan society - and marry Paris and did not respect her individual wishes at all. Lady Capulet's infliction of scorn and abandonment on Juliet was one of the main catalysts of her decision to enter a near-death state to feign death.

Peter Park