Romeo and Juliet
Lady Capulet
Juliet's mother
A cool, status-minded matriarch who sees Juliet's marriage as a matter of rank and has little closeness with her daughter.
Lady Capulet married young and expects her daughter to do the same. She is formal and image-conscious, and she speaks of Paris the way one would describe a fine possession, praising his beauty and rank. She asks Juliet about marriage in a stiff manner and seems unaware of her real feelings.
She is fiercely devoted to her own family's honor. Tybalt is her nephew, and when he dies, she demands Montague blood from the Prince. She is also the one who tells Juliet the news of the Thursday wedding to Paris, and she leaves her husband to deal with Juliet's refusal.
“Tell me, daughter Juliet, how stands your disposition to be married?”
In the story
Contains spoilers.
Lady Capulet introduces Paris's suit to Juliet and calls the Nurse to fetch her. After Tybalt's death, she wants vengeance and wants Romeo brought to justice. Later she carries the news of the Paris marriage to Juliet, chides her for weeping, and leaves her to her father's fury.
When Juliet is found apparently dead, Lady Capulet breaks down, crying that she will die with her child. She stands in the tomb at the end beside her husband and sees Juliet's real death. She is a mother who knew her daughter too little and learns it too late.
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