lady cappulet

Question 1

the ___ paris
A1 S3
- conflict

Answer 1

• she calls Juliet’s future husband “the valiant paris” trying to make him sound more appealing to her daughter who is apprehensions about the marriage.
• this scene exemplifies not just the conflict of lady capulet , but presumably the conflict of many mothers at the time who felt pressure to conform to what is socially the norm, but also, maternally have a deep love for their daughters & desire to do what is best for them

Question 2

“younger than you / here in ____ […] are made already ___”
A1 S3

Answer 2

“younger than you / here in verona […] are made already mothers”
- this quote shows the pressure lady cap feels to conform to social norms - almost sounds as though she feels she has to give validation as to why she is marrying off her daughter , as though she feels guilty about it

Question 3

“with outcry ____ [the] ____”
A5 S3

Answer 3

with outcry toward the monument
- early in the scene she describes how people ran [quote] where the lovers were being held
- community seems to grieve alongside Lady Cap, making their death seem much more tragic
- we’re aware the 2 belonged to prominent families but it is only after their death can we see how much they were really known
- lady caps guilt , by extension , would thus be intensified
- daughters death marks moment of realization for her - forces her to realise the minor nature of their family feud & radical consequences it has had.

Question 4

“the ____ of my death is a ___ / that warns my old age to a ___”
A5 S3

Answer 4

the sight of death is a bell / that warns my old age to a sepulcher
- lady cap is burdened by social pressure to marry off her daughter , that she values it over the happiness of her daughter & thus indirectly causes her death - upon finding her daughter dead, she laments “the sigh of my death is a bell / that warns my old age to a sepulcher”
- use of a smilie to compare her daughters death to a warning bell shows the extreme guilt she feels - her conflict is no longer a conflict in her mind & her daughters death has proven to her that her love for Juliet ranks above any wish for her to be married
- idea of “bell” conjures imagery of time , reminding us of how fleeting life is & thus how much we should value it

Question 5

i would the ____ that were married to her ___
A3 S5

Answer 5

i would the fool that were married to her grave
- possible to conclude lady cap would have some level of sympathy for her daughter , at least on that feminine level, & yet she sides with her husband because she does not have the liberty.
- lady cap seemed authoritative in earlier scenes when she interacts with Juliet in scenes alone , but when her husband is present , she takes a secondary role - she is an exemplary aristocratic wife.