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Lady Capulet: character portrait from Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)

A character in Romeo and Juliet

Lady Capulet

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare1597

Juliet's mother and Capulet's wife, who urges the marriage to Paris and is emotionally distant from her daughter.

Also known as: wife to Capulet, Juliet's mother

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Meet Lady Capulet

Lady Capulet is the wife of Capulet and the mother of Juliet, living within a household shaped by Verona’s conflict. Emotionally distant from her daughter, she supports a marriage between Juliet and Paris and urges Juliet to accept the match.

On the page

An elegant, still-youthful noblewoman with a composed, formal bearing, dressed in a rich Renaissance gown, jeweled headdress, and fine ornaments befitting the lady of the Capulet house.

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