Rest of Act 3

Rest of Act 3

After the consideration and the discussion with Lady Capulet and Paris, Lord Capulet decides to move the wedding ahead, so Juliet and Paris are going to marry in three days. Lord Capulet asks Lady Capulet to inform Juliet the marriage. However, Juliet does not agree with the marriage and refuse to meet Paris. Lord Capulet is pissed by Juliet’s rejection and gives Juliet a ultimatum that she either marries Paris or get ejected out of the family. 


When Lord Capulet slaps Juliet, nurse advises Juliet to marry Paris for her own good. However, Juliet feels betrayed by nurse since the nurse does not support her. From Juliet’s reaction to the nurse, we can see that Juliet is mature and childish because she does not listen even though the nurse is trying to help. But at the meantime, this shows how strong the love between Romeo and Juliet is. 


Character evaluation:

I think the most interesting character in this part should be Lord Capulet. He shows the low status women have during that period of time, and also the broken relationship between him and his daughter. For instance, when Juliet rejects the marriage, Lord Capulet says ‘Hang thee, young baggage.’ The lexical choice ‘baggage’ really sets up the emotion that Lord Capulet is extremely mad since the marriage will affect his own good, and also his carelessness to his daughter’s happiness.

Nurse is still supportive as usual, but this time she is misunderstood by Juliet.


Lady Capulet: she seems powerless in front of Lord Capulet, and only listens to what he says.

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