Lord Capulet In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a play about 2 star-crossed lovers from the rival families, Capulet and Montague. The two families are always fighting and brawling on the streets of Verona. When Romeo is banished for killing Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, they create a daring plan to get themselves to Mantua, where they will happily live out their lives together. Sadly, the plan goes terribly wrong and Romeo and Juliet both end up dead in the Capulet Tomb. I believe that Lord Capulet, Juliet’s ostentatious father is entirely to blame for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet. His actions sent them down on the path that eventually ended in death and anguish. If Lord Capulet had made different decisions Romeo and Juliet might have still been alive at the end of the play.
You can argue that Lord Capulet was entirely responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. In Act 1 Scene 5, Lord Capulet decides to throw a banquet to socialize and appease all of his family and friends. Capulet says “ You are welcome, gentlemen! Come musicians, play”. This quote shows that Lord Capulet was boasting to all of his friends that they should be happy that he is throwing this party and entertaining them. He only threw the party for his own selfish reasons.
His theme is that parents should not control all aspects of their children’s lives. Shakespeare showed this in Romeo and Juliet , by making Lord Capulet, Juliet’s father, an over controlling parent. Lord Capulet controlled all of Juliet’s life but that backfired on him and it eventually ended up with Romeo and Juliet dead. By having Lord Capulet, who controlled all of Juliet’s life, mess up and ultimately cause their death, Shakespeare showed that parents should not control all aspects of their children’s life because it will ultimately backfire on them and bad things will happen like the children trying to pull