Essay On Lady Capulet's Beliefs In Romeo And Juliet

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In the famous love story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, love guides Juliet to discovering her own beliefs. The arranged marriage with Paris affects Juliet’s action because she begins confined to her family standards, which leads her to have the will to break the rules, and then rebel against what she is taught. The Capulet’s have a tendency to confine each other for reaching their full potential, by putting them down and changing their beliefs. In the brawl between Capulet, Benvolio, and Tybalt, Lady Capulet tells Capulet that he doesn’t need a sword to fight, but rather, “A crutch, a crutch!” Demonstrating that the Capulet’s hold each other back, destroying each other’s confidence and what they believe they can do. So when Juliet was having a conversation with Lady Capulet and …show more content…
Although she is only an adolescent, Juliet feels new emotions for Romeo that weren’t forced on by her parents. She uses her own reason to conclude that her beliefs matter just as much any anyone else. When Juliet, “takes Romeo’s dagger, stabs herself, and dies,” she is sending a message that she has her own feelings and beliefs (5.3.176). The Capulet’s finally receive Juliet’s message after it was too late, for their own beliefs cause harm to Juliet, rather than help her. Capulet and Montague, come to a mutual agreement to have, “poor sacrifices of their enmity” (5.3.315).
The Capulet’s hold Juliet back to the extent of her taking her own life. All of their initial teachings causes her to rebel against them when they least expect it. Shakespeare uses the concept of opposites, good and bad, to demonstrate that everything effect another. People only grow and develop by learning from the bad, or what they did wrong. There is no good things in life, without the bad things, so people need to accept that bad things occur, and embrace the