Juliet’s mother. Like her husband, Capulet, Lady Capulet is obsessed with appearances and with advancing Juliet’s social station. She is ignorant of her daughter’s true feelings most of the time, and, even when confronted with them, attempts to steamroll Juliet’s emotions and urge her daughter to put on a brave face, accept fate, and comply with her family’s plans for her.
Lady Capulet Quotes in Romeo and Juliet
The Romeo and Juliet quotes below are all either spoken by Lady Capulet or refer to Lady Capulet. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 3, Scene 5
Quotes
Is there no pity sitting in the clouds
That sees into the bottom of my grief?
O sweet my mother, cast me not away!
Delay this marriage for a month, a week,
Or if you do not, make the bridal bed
In that dim monument where Tybalt lies.
Related Characters:
Juliet (speaker), Lady Capulet, Tybalt
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Lady Capulet Character Timeline in Romeo and Juliet
The timeline below shows where the character Lady Capulet appears in Romeo and Juliet. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Act 1, Scene 1
Capulet and Lady Capulet enter. Capulet calls for his sword, but Lady Capulet chides him for trying to join...
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Act 1, Scene 3
At the Capulet house, Lady Capulet asks Juliet’s nurse to call for Juliet. Juliet enters and asks her mother what she...
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...if she lives long enough to see Juliet married, she will die a happy woman. Lady Capulet says that marriage is actually what she’s planning on talking to Juliet about, and asks...
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Lady Capulet tells Juliet that Paris is coming to the feast tonight—Juliet will get to meet the...
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Act 3, Scene 1
...out Tybalt’s body on the ground. The prince enters with Montague, Capulet, and their wives. Lady Capulet screams and swoons over her dead kinsman, and the prince demands a detailed account of...
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Lady Capulet accuses Benvolio of lying to protect the Montagues. Prince Escalus asks if Romeo is responsible...
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Act 3, Scene 4
...no time to “move” Juliet to happy thoughts of marrying Paris. Paris assures Capulet and Lady Capulet that he understands. Lady Capulet promises Paris that, in the morning, she’ll talk to Juliet...
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Act 3, Scene 5
...“more light” breaks, his and Juliet’s troubles grow “dark[er.]” The nurse enters and announces that Lady Capulet is on her way to Juliet’s room. Juliet states that as the window “let[s] day...
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Lady Capulet calls out to Juliet and asks how she’s doing. Juliet says she’s feeling poorly. Lady...
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Lady Capulet tells Juliet that it’s time to talk of nicer things—she has some good news for...
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...says, her parents might as well build the bridal bed inside of the Capulet crypt. Lady Capulet , furious as her husband, tells Juliet to do whatever she wants—her parents are “done”...
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Act 4, Scene 2
...Capulet is busy hastily sending his servingmen on errands in preparation for Juliet’s wedding while Lady Capulet stands by. He sends one out to go around town inviting the guests and another...
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...with her to her room and help her pick out adornments for the following day. Lady Capulet reminds her that the wedding is not for two days, but Capulet says there’s no...
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Act 4, Scene 3
...to leave her be for the evening so that she might privately atone and prepare. Lady Capulet enters and asks if Juliet needs any help getting ready, but Juliet says everything is...
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Act 4, Scene 4
Very early the next morning, the Capulet manor is bustling as Capulet, Lady Capulet , Juliet’s nurse, and several servingmen rush about the house preparing food, lighting fires, and...
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Act 4, Scene 5
...further—but then sees that Juliet is, apparently, dead. The nurse calls out for help, and Lady Capulet hurries into the bedroom. Seeing that her daughter is dead, she laments the loss of...
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...on her wedding day. Death, now, is his son-in-law. Paris is shattered, and joins Capulet, Lady Capulet , and the nurse in loudly and dramatically lamenting Juliet’s horrible death. Friar Laurence tries...
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Act 5, Scene 3
...enters with his attendants, annoyed that he’s been risen from bed so early. Capulet and Lady Capulet , too, arrive on the scene, desperate to know what’s going on—in the streets, they’ve...
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