Lady Capulet In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Lady Capulet and Lord Capulet are not good parents. First off, after Juliet was born the Capulet’s gave their infant off to their hired “wet nurse”. Her real blood daughter had died at a young age so the nurse could feed and take care of Juliet. Nurse basically took on the role of being her mother and raised her, since the Capulet’s were far too busy to look after their own daughter! Secondly, in act 1 scene 3 we find out that Lady Capulet doesn’t even know how old her own daughter is! Nurse has to tell her that Juliet is only thirteen soon to be fourteen. This tells us that Lady Capulet does not play a big part in her daughter’s life. Lastly, Juliet is always rather nervous when she is around her parents she always makes sure she is on her