Table of Contents
- 1 What does Lady Capulet try to persuade Juliet to do?
- 2 What does Lady Capulet tell Juliet to do at the ball?
- 3 How does Capulet react to Juliet’s response?
- 4 How does Juliet think and feel when Lady Capulet speaks to her at the party about Paris?
- 5 What does Lord Capulet threaten to do to Juliet?
- 6 What is Capulet’s reaction to Juliet’s threats?
- 7 What does Lady Capulet say to the nurse?
- 8 Who was the nurse who suckled Juliet as a baby?
What does Lady Capulet try to persuade Juliet to do?
Lady Capulet, like Paris, tries to persuade Juliet by saying that younger girls than Juliet “[a]re made already mothers” (75). Therefore, his marriage to Juliet would greatly benefit the Capulets by increasing their social status as well as by increasing their daughter’s wealth.
What does Lady Capulet give Juliet?
In that scene, Lady Capulet, who is Juliet’s mother, comes to give her some news. After some comical back and forth between Lady Capulet and Juliet’s nurse, Lady Capulet is able to tell Juliet what she has come for. The news she brings is about marriage. She has come to tell Juliet that Paris wants to marry her.
What does Lady Capulet tell Juliet to do at the ball?
In act 1, scene 3, Lady Capulet broaches with Juliet the question of marriage. Juliet says that she will “look to like” Paris. So, Juliet is going to the festivities with the object of assessing Paris; it offers her a chance to get to know him, given that her parents want her to marry him.
How does Lord Capulet react to Juliet’s refusal?
While at first Lord Capulet says he will not approve Juliet’s marriage to Paris without her consenting to it, when she refuses to marry Paris, Capulet becomes furious with her. He resorts to name-calling, cursing, and a threat of disowning Juliet as he yells in rage against her disobedience.
How does Capulet react to Juliet’s response?
Lady Capulet delivers the news, but Juliet is not thrilled as her father expected her to be. Capulet’s reaction is extraordinary. He yells at her, he curses her, he calls her names, and he vows to disown her. And his language is such that we believe him, and so does Juliet.
When Lady Capulet asks Juliet how she feels about being married What is Juliet’s answer and what does it reveal about her character?
Lady Capulet asks Juliet how she feels about being married. What is Juliet’s answer (line 67); what does it reveal about her character? Juliet had no interest in being married and it showed that she considered being married an honor. “It is an honour I dreamed not of.”
How does Juliet think and feel when Lady Capulet speaks to her at the party about Paris?
Lady Capulet asks Juliet what she thinks about getting married. She excitedly continues that Juliet must begin to think about marriage because the “valiant Paris” has expressed an interest in her (1.3. 76). Juliet dutifully replies that she will look upon Paris at the feast to see if she might love him.
What is Lady Capulet reaction to Juliet’s threats?
Her wedding bed will be her grave. What is Capulet’s reaction to Juliet’s threats? He threatens to disown her if she does not marry Paris. She advises her to forget about Romeo for he isn’t here and to go ahead and marry Paris.
What does Lord Capulet threaten to do to Juliet?
Capulet enters the chamber. When he learns of Juliet’s determination to defy him, he becomes enraged and threatens to disown Juliet if she refuses to obey him.
What ultimatum does Capulet issue to Juliet?
Lady Capulet tells Lord Capulet, and he breaks into Juliet’s room with an ultimatum: she will marry Paris, or he will disown her – throw her into the street to die.
What is Capulet’s reaction to Juliet’s threats?
What is Capulet’s reaction to Juliet’s threats? He threatens to disown her if she does not marry Paris. What is the Nurse’s advice to Juliet? She advises her to forget about Romeo for he isn’t here and to go ahead and marry Paris.
What does Lady Capulet tell Juliet in Romeo and Juliet?
Lady Capulet tells Juliet that Paris wants to marry her, and urges her to look him over and see that he is the husband for her. A servant comes to call everyone to the feast.
What does Lady Capulet say to the nurse?
Lady Capulet is thinking that Juliet is old enough to get married, but rather than just announcing that, she opens the discussion by saying to the Nurse, “Thou know’st my daughter’s of a pretty age” (1.3.10). Juliet is pretty, but that’s not what Lady Capulet means.
What happens in Act 1 Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet?
Summary: Act 1, scene 3. In Capulet’s house, just before the feast is to begin, Lady Capulet calls to the Nurse, needing help to find her daughter. Juliet enters, and Lady Capulet dismisses the Nurse so that she might speak with her daughter alone. She immediately changes her mind, however, and asks the Nurse to remain and add her counsel.
Who was the nurse who suckled Juliet as a baby?
Indeed, it was the Nurse, and not Lady Capulet, who suckled Juliet as a baby (1.3.70). Juliet herself is revealed in this scene as a rather naïve young girl who is obedient to her mother and the Nurse.