romeo and juliet

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Duygu Cikcik                                                               Shakespeare Coursework Essay 

 “How does Shakespeare dramatise Capulet’s relationship with his daughter Juliet, of the play’s story”

In this essay, I am going to examine how Shakespeare dramatises Capulet’s relationship with his daughter Juliet in Act one Scene two.

This play is about two families and marriage. The play starts with a street fight between two families; the Capulet’s and the Montague’s.

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During the play at beginning Capulet and Juliet have a close relationship. Later on Juliet’s father wants her to marry Paris even though she is young. Juliet does not disagree with this but also does not accept it.  “I’ll look to like, if looking move. But no more deep will I endart mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it fly.”

Therefore Capulet organises a ball so Juliet could meet Paris. But everything goes wrong and Juliet does not have any contact with Paris at all. Instead she sees Romeo who is a Montague and falls in ...

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