Lady Capulet In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Another, significant factor in Lady Capulet’ s failure to do what is in the best interest of her family, is her lack of power and voice as a women in the Elizabethan Era. During the initial civil brawl Capulet wants to take part in the fighting, not addressing the fact he is an older man, in a rage he calls for, “my long sword, ho!” (1.1.76) In response to this Lady Capulet tries to stop her husband by calling at him, “A crutch, a crutch! why call you for a sword?” (1.1.77) She tries to use humor to stop her husband from fighting, but one moment later he again is calling “My sword, I say!” (1.1.79) Spite of his wife wanting him to be careful and not to get into the brawl. This displays exactly little power and say Lady Capulets has in any of
Lady Capulet’s lack of power and voice are again demonstrated when Juliet has come to her father and accepted her marriage with the County Paris. With Capulet’s sudden change of emotion he changes the date of Juliet’s marriage one day back to Wednesday, without the approval of his wife Lady
She is concerned that if Capulet move the wedding date one day closer the family might not be fully prepared which would be quite embarrassing and shameful for the Capulet household. This is also shown when Juliet begs, “O, sweet my mother, cast me not away! /Delay this marriage for a month, a week;” (3.5.210-211). To this Lady Capulet respond curtly, “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) Here Lady Capulet takes the side of her husband and his decsions as she is his property and under his control. Her taking the side of Lord Capulet shows how she had little to no say in whom Juliet was to marry and also how she doesn’t have to power to oppose her husband. Due to the fact Lady Capulet was a women in the Elizabethan Era caused her to have little power and little say in many decisions that were taken around