Lady Capulet Analysis

The hardest impediment in Lady Capulet’s efforts to help her family is herself. More specifically her lack of authority and power; not being able to make herself heard. When she tells the nurse “enough of this. I pray the hold thy peace,” (1.2 49) is the first time we see her lack of power. She is trying to get the Nurse to stop talking but is ignored by the Nurse as she goes on to tell her story. This shows that she does not even have authority over the help. As the play goes on, Lady Capulet’s lack of voice becomes more eminent. A line that shows this is “here comes your father. Tell him yourself, and see how he will take it at your hands”(3.5 129-130). From this we can infer that firstly she does not want to start a fight with her daughter because she knows she does not have the power to influence her decision and secondly she does not want to get in Capulet’s way, because she does not know what he wants to say to Juliet and how hew will react. What Capulet wants is what will happen. Therefore, she does not do anything in fear of contradicting her husband and getting in the way. The most evident line is “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) Although this line comes across as extremely harsh, in reality it is not. Lady Capulet is abandoning her in a very dire situation, but she is doing it because, she is afraid of going against
These makes Lady Capulet come across as cold but in reality she is someone who is not able to help her family. She is portrayed as a helpless character in the play, Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the whole play, she shows that somehow in the middle of everything, everyone can become misunderstood and hated for doing what is best and right for their families. In the end, there does not exist a single person who does not struggle to act in their families’ best