Act 3, Scene 5; Lord Capulet's Ultimatum

Prompt E:

In the beginning of the book, Lord Capulet was a gentle and understanding father. However, when Juliet refuses to marry Paris, he becomes enraged and starts to harshly chastise her. Juliet begs her father in vain to not marry Paris, but Lord Capulet has none of it and decides to lay down the law. Although we rarely see any interactions between Juliet and her father, the one time earlier in the book that we did, Lord Capulet told Paris that he would rather let Juliet decide whether she wanted to marry Paris or not, showing a lot more understanding and compassion. Lord Capulet's rage is most likely let out because after all of this time he has spent trying to find Juliet a suitor, she refuses to wed because she claims that she is too young.

"To have her matched. And having now provided
A gentleman of noble parentage,
Of fair demesnes, youthful, and nobly trained,
Stuffed, as they say, with honorable parts,
Proportioned as one’s thought would wish a man—
And then to have a wretched puling fool,
A whining mammet, in her fortune’s tender,
To answer “I’ll not wed,” “I cannot love,”
“I am too young,” “I pray you, pardon me.”—
But, an you will not wed, I’ll pardon you.
Graze where you will, you shall not house with me."

Lord Capulet effectively tells his daughter that Paris is a great man, who's good-looking, educated, young, and full of good qualities. He then threatens her and tells her that if she doesn't wed Paris, he will disown her and abandon her on the streets of Verona.

Act 3 Scene 5- Father or Husband?

Prompt A

In Act 3 Scene 5, Lord Capulet is set on the fact that he wants Juliet to marry Paris. The only problem is, she is already married to Romeo, and loves him, but her father does not know that. Juliet begs Lord Capulet not to forcer her to marry Paris, but her father becomes very angry and threatens to never speak to her again if she does not obey by his demands. This reminds me of girls in mostly Middle Eastern countries such as Afghanistan where their fathers set their marriages, with people that may be 40 years older then them, and they have never met before.

Act 3 Scene 5: Lord Capulet Disowns Juliet

Prompt A
In Act 3 Scene 5, Lord Capulet is enraged when he finds out that Juliet loves Romeo, Tybalt's murderer.  He believes she should be hanged, and will disown her if she does not marry Paris.  This reminds me of how today, extremely conservative parents have chosen to not accept their children's sexuality, and instead disown them because they are not straight.

Act 3 Scene 5 Prompt A: A Bittersweet Departure

        Romeo and Juliet are so reluctant to leave each other that is reminded me of the bittersweet feelings I had when I had to move across the country. Leaving all of my friends and my school and my house was always hard and in the final moments it was always really hard to let go. Similarly to this Romeo and Juliet have to separate and they are having a hard time letting go of each other. It is always hard to not cling on to what you already have instead of accepting what you have to do but in some cases their is no other choice. Overall, I though this tied in well with how I felt when I finally had to leave my house.

Prompt B: Questions to the crew

         Romeo - Why must you be in the clouds so much, thinking about love, and why you think you were cursed for having Montague for a last name?
        Juliet - Why do you seem to follow after Romeo's heart? Why were you so quick to be enticed?
        Mercutio - Why is it that you are always acting cruel? Why are not being supportive of Romeo's decisions he's your cousin?
       Benvolio - Why are you always acting so nice to everyone? It seems everyone in verona is to Cruel or in love, but why are you different?

Act 3 Scene 5 Prompt C

In Act 3 Scene 5 Lady Capulet says:

"We will have vengeance for it, fear thou not.
Then weep no more. I'll send to one in Mantua,
Where that same banished renegade doth live,
Shall give him such an unexpected dose
That he shall soon keep Tybalt company;
And then I hope thou wilt be satisfied."

This quote is especially interesting because it shows how one sided the Capulet-Montague argument was. Tybalt was already accused of being the person who played Mercutio. It is showing that all the Capulets want is revenge on their own situation rather than looking at the situation from both sides. The one-sidedness of this decision shows the stubbornness of the two families and the reason behind their dispute. Neither family is willing to think from both sides.

Act 3 Scene 5: Juliet's Dilemma

Prompt E

Romeo and Juliet

The relationship between Romeo and Juliet is very unstable. Both of their houses do not approve of their marriage/relationship, and are now even greater enemies after the recent deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt. However, Romeo and Juliet still manage to find a way to love each other despite their family's grievances. They each believe that the other is their destiny and are both heavily committed to their relationship. When Juliet swears, "Go, counselor. Thou my bosom henceforth shall be twain. I'll go to Friar to know his remedy. If all else fail, myself have power to die," she is saying that she would rather die than to marry Paris and betray Romeo. She believes that their love can last, and that they can eventually be happily together.