Capulet and Lady Capulet

Question 1

Capulet - Protective of Juliet

Answer 1

“My child is yet a stranger in the world, she hath yet not seen the change of 14 years, let two more summers go…ripe to be bride” - A1S2

Protective of his only daughter, doesn’t feel she is ready yet

Compares her to a fruit - objectifies her

Juliet is made to mature rapidly, marrying at just 14

Question 2

Lady C - Not a great parent, distant relationship with Juliet

Answer 2

J: “Madam, I am here…”

LC: …Nurse, give leave a while…Nurse come back again…Thou shall hear our counsel, Thou knows my daughter’s of a pretty age” - A1S3

Addresses each other cold and formally, not the mother figure, but instead Nurse, who knows Juliet well

LC doesn’t even know Juliet’s age

Question 3

Lady C - Young mothers

Answer 3

“Younger than you, Here in Verona, ladies of esteem, Are already made mothers”, “I was your mother much upon these years” - A1S3

Common for young women to be mothers

Question 4

Capulet - Romeo’s reputation

Answer 4

“Verona brags of him To be a virtuous and well governed youth” - A1S5

Question 5

Lady C - Reaction to Tybalt’s death

Answer 5

“Tybalt my cousin! O my brother’s child! O Prince! O husband! O the blood is spilled of my dear kinsman”, “shed blood of Montague”, “Romeo must not live” - A3S1

Getting angry and violent, demands revenge