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Modern Audience

Lord Capulet's speech to Juliet

Families look for same values in partners

-western culture

-middle eastern

Star-crossed lovers can upset the family.... true love

Invited Reading

Context

-Capulet shown as compassionate man

- looking for safe future...

-Short temper

-brawls made him impatient with the younger generation

- top of the hierarchy

-controls the women in the house -

Lord C is having a heated argument with Juliet, confronting her resistance

- literary devices and the deeper meaning of Shakespeare’s words in LC speech

Quotes

Themes

fate

- “A whining mammet, in her fortune's tender,…” (like a whining puppet, she looks at this good fortune) -

Metaphor

“Of fair demesnes, youthful and nobly lign’d,

= "Of fair (land around mansion) looks, young and well educated” - Imagery -

family

fear

Purpose

love

Characters Mentioned

- LC makes this speech because he feels rushed to get his only child wed as soon as possible...

-LC becomes increasingly frustrated with the unknown. (R+J)

Lord Capulet

-Shows anger

-Prepared to throw out

-Determined to have her married

Juliet

-Smart; wants the extra time

-Does not want to betray

-Looks to Nurse for help; and Mother for empathy

Lady Capulet

-will not speak differently

-married at this age

-Its tradition

-But urges Lord C to calm down

Nurse

-empathic toward Juliet’s situation

-Offers Juliet advice

-Feels motherly-love

-Will do anything

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