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Why does shakespeare only put the Capulet family in the spotlight?
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∙ 11y ago
Good question. Here are some possible answers.
1. Romeo is virtually independent of his parents. They don't know where he is half the time. Juliet, on the other hand, is a prisoner in her own house, only allowed to leave to go to church. Because Juliet is always at home, we see her family more.
2. More girls were forced into arranged marriages than guys. (It did happen the other way--see Shakespeare's play All's Well that Ends Well) The forced arranged marriage is an important plot point as it forces Juliet to the desperate recourse of faking her own death. It makes sense that we should see the family dynamics behind the forced marriage.
3. Likewise, the faked death has to bring on reactions in the people who find it, which has to be the Capulet family.
4. The killing of Tybalt increases the rift between the families. That wouldn't have happened if he had been a Montague. He had to be a Capulet (or quasi-Capulet) for the Capulets to get exercised about his death. Again, we focus on the Capulets.
5. It's a long enough play as it is. We only have time to look in depth at one of the two families.
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