Saturday, April 30, 2016

Who wants to marry Juliet, and what does Lord Capulet say to him?

Paris, a relative of the Prince of Verona, wants to marry Juliet, and Lord Capulet not only gives his permission, but arranges the marriage to take place within three days, which is deemed to be enough time for Juliet and the family to grieve Tybalt's death. When Lady and Lord Capulet give Juliet the news, she does not respond as they hoped. She swears never to marry Paris, saying that she would marry Romeo before she married Paris (this is dramatically ironic, as the audience knows she has already, in fact, married Romeo). Lord Capulet flies into a dreadful rage when she defies him, and tells her that he will disown her unless she obeys his wishes. At this point, the Friar concocts a plot to save Juliet from a marriage to Paris that he cannot grant (Juliet being married to Romeo already, a second marriage would have been invalid and sinful in any case). The failure of this plot leads to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. 

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