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How Is Lord Capulet A Good Father
Is Lord Capulet a Good Father?
In the tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare wrote that Juliet married Romeo without the consent of her father, Lord Capulet. Without Lord Capulet having that knowledge, it was reasonable for him to find a husband for his daughter. When he was angry with Juliet for not being happy about the arrangement of marrying Paris, it was rude to yell at her the way he did. He had no thoughts on how she would feel, and did what he thought would be best, thinking of nobody but himself in the process of what he thought was his duty. Lord Capulet is a well intended father who thought he was only doing what he was born to do. When caught in the problem of finding a husband for Juliet, Lord Capulet took it too far by rejecting Juliet’s thoughts and feelings, and imposing his intentions.
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These problems alone were enough to put her on the breaking point, and when her mother told her that she would be getting married in a few short days it pushed her off the edge. She put her foot down and said, “He shall not make me there a joyful bride, I pray you; tell my lord and father, madam, I will not marry yet” (III.V.122&III.V.125). Juliet then didn’t know what to do, or where to turn. She was already married to a person that she knew she would rather die than live without. Of course, she could not tell her parents that. So Juliet did all she could, and that was to say no. Capulet would not take that for an answer. This is a reason why Juliet believes Capulet is a bad

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