Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet And What's A Man To Do

Lord Capulet and Usher Raymond’s ‘What’s A Man to Do’ song share a common characteristic of caring for a person, but not being able to express that emotion. In his song, Usher tells of his love for a girl, who is most likely a lover, while Capulet struggles with his daughter, Juliet. In his playwright, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Shakespeare makes it clear from the beginning of Act I.2, that Capulet is a relatively forward thinking character when he decides to give Juliet the choice of whether or not she will marry County Paris. Then when Juliet becomes overwhelmed with grief, Capulet shows that his “heart is in two different places” and decides to force her to marry Paris in order to raise her spirits. This is similar to the line, “ I wanna do right
but it's hard to let it go” in Usher’s song, since Capulet is trying to “ do it right” for Juliet and his family, but it's also difficult for him to let go of his control over her. In the end, when Juliet is found dead, despite his anger over the fact that she deliberately disregarded his wishes, Lord Capulet was sorrowful over the death of his daughter. This shows that Capulet clearly shows that he cares for Juliet, just as Usher cared about the girl in his song, however, both men failed to acknowledge this before it was too late.