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He's her father. Not only could he, as he threatens, throw her out of the house to "beg, starve and die in the streets", but he could also beat her to death and nobody would take him to task for it. There was no Child Welfare back then. As far as he is concerned, and as far as the law is concerned, as his child, she is his property: "An you are mine, I'll give you to my friend".

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"O fortune, fortune! All men call thee fickle! If thou art fickle, what dost thou with him that is renown'd for faith? Be fickle, fortune, for then, I hope, thou wilt not keep him long, but send him back." Act III Scene v

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That she is truly in love with Romeo and that she would rather risk her life to be with him instead of fighting for her freedom

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