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31 lip 2015 · Act 1, scene 3 Lady Capulet informs Juliet of Paris’s marriage proposal and praises him extravagantly. Juliet says that she has not even dreamed of marrying, but that she will consider Paris as a possible husband if her parents wish her to.
Lady Capulet. Find thou the means, and I'll find such a man. But now I'll tell thee joyful tidings, girl. 2210; Juliet. And joy comes well in such a needy time: What are they, I beseech your ladyship? Lady Capulet. Well, well, thou hast a careful father, child; One who, to put thee from thy heaviness, Hath sorted out a sudden day of joy, 2215
ACT III. SCENE I. A public place. Enter MERCUTIO, BENVOLIO, Page and Servants. Ben. I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire: The day is hot, the Capulets abroad, And, if we meet, we shall not escape a brawl: For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.
Live here in heaven and may look on her, But Romeo may not. More validity, More honorable state, more courtship lives. In carrion-flies than Romeo. They may seize. On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand. And steal immortal blessing from her lips, Who even in pure and vestal modesty.
Than thou went’st forth in lamentation. Go before, nurse; commend me to thy lady, And bid her hasten all the house to bed, Which heavy sorrow makes them apt unto. Romeo is coming.
In the case of Lady Capulet and the Nurse, their interactions with Juliet emphasize their varying degrees of maternal instincts. Lady Capulet cares for Juliet but she grows angry and dismissive when Juliet strays from her vision of what a dutiful daughter should be.
Lady Capulet enters and assumes Juliet’s visible grief is a result of Tybalt’s death. But she comes bearing good news: Capulet has arranged for Juliet to marry Paris, and soon. Juliet refuses, and continues to do so even when her father enters and threatens to throw her out if she doesn’t.
