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Group D Act Three

__**The Nurse (Reapeted or similar actions)**__ There are two main examples where the nurse disrespects the Capulets or treats them in a way that gives them distress. The first example of this is how on page 688 3:2 the nurse is talking to Juliet and starts leading her to believe that Romeo is dead and lets her believe that for a good amount of time until correcting her. If the nurse treated Juliet with the respect that rich family should have she would have stated calmly that Romeo killed Tybalt not burst in the room screaming and leading Juliet to believe Romeo was killed. Another example where the nurse does not show proper respect to the Capulets is on page 703 3:5 when Father Capulet is talking about how disrespectful her daughter is to her daughter the nurse chimes in saying that god should scold her and then Father Capulet tells her to leave but then she refuses. The nurse repeats these actions throughout the entire play.

-Tim Roehm

In Act III we begin to find out more about Father Capulet's character traits. There isn't much about him in the first 2 acts we read, but now we actually get to see more of how he really is. In Act 3, Capulet hands over Juliet's hand in marriage to Paris (3:4, pg 697) without her consent. This shows that he is a controlling man who doesn't really care about what other people want, just what he wants. When he tells Juliet she is unhappy and doesn't want to marry Paris. This makes Capulet lash out at her and he insults her and scolds her just because she doesn't want to marry the person he wants her to marry (3:5, pg 703) which also goes to show that he wants to be controlling over her and wants his own way. Out of both of these things we can easily conclude that he is a controlling and greedy person. He takes away his daughter's liberty and forces her to marry someone she doesn't love. He also said some rude insults to her, and when the nurse tried to stop him, he also became angry with her. So now we are actually beginning to find out his true character traits, personality, and that he is actually a rude and greedy man. - __**Josh Whitton**__
 * __Father Capulet (Character Traits)__**

__**Nurse (Character Changes)**__ By the end of Act III and Scene 5, we see that the Nurse makes a surprising change and seems to go completely out of character. On pages 702 through 705, the Nurse enters the scene, however, unlike all scenes before she has little to say. The Nurse, trying to help Juliet, simply has no power or authority against Father Capulet and is quickly shut down until he completely leaves. Usually, she is the one speaking the most in the scene, but we discovered through background knowledge and through evidence in the text, that women weren't allowed to speak their mind. This also shows on page 705 where the Nurse gives Juliet advice. She has seemed to actually change her mind, and side with Father Capulat in saying that Juliet should marry Paris. This is completely not expected as she was the one who helped Juliet and Romeo to get married. However, Background knowledge on women's right in Shakespeare's time says that, not only could women not speak their mind, but they had to agree with men. Either way, the Nurse has changed from helping Juliet, to supporting her father instead. - __**Steven Tu**__ __**Father Capulet (Character changes)**__ At the begining of the play he was hesistant to marry Juliet off to Paris. In Act 3, scene 4, he says, "She shall be married to this noble earl." This conversation isn't too long and already he has changed his mind and has promised Paris his daughter's hand in marriage. Therefore, Capulet has changed throughout the play. His opinion at the begining was that Juliet was still too young to marry and that Paris would haave to wait two more summers. Now, after only a couple of days, Capulet says that Paris can marry Juliet and he set the wedding date within a week. There is obviously a big difference between a week and two years. The only explanation is that Capulet went through changes since he first stated that Juliet was too young to marry. It is apparent that he now considers Juliet to be mature enough to handle the responsibility of being married. Before at the begining Capulet said that Paris would have to woo juliet if he wanted to marry her, therefore he was leaving it up to Juliet to decide if she wanted to marry him or not. Now he gives her no choice and he is forcing her to marry him or live on the streets. Back then women did not have as many rights so Capulet got very angry that Juliet refused and he started in sulting her. At the begining he gave her the choice, if Paris successfully wooed her than she would marry him, but now if she doesn't marry Paris, Capulet will disown her and she would live on the streets. Therefore, Capulet has changed since the begining of the play. - **__Agustin Baler__**

During Act III Father Capulet beginsto reveal what kind of guy he really is. You can start to see this on pg.697 when he tells Paris he is allowed to marry Juliet without even asking her. This shows that he is arrogant man who only cares about himself. Then on pg.703when Juliet finds out about the marriage and becomes very unhappy. This makes Capulet furious and he actually tells Juliet that he will put her on the streets if she doesn't do what he says. So in Act III we find out that Father Capulet is a cruel, arrogant, and self absorbed man. -Galen Arbogast
 * __Benvolio (Character Traits)__**
 * So far, we know Benvolio as a peacemaker. For example, in 3:1 page 682, Romeo is trying to prevent the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio. He then asks Benvolio to help him break up the fight. This shows that other people in the story see him as the peacemaker. Then later in 3:1, page 685, after Romeo slays Tybalt for killing Mercutio, Romeo runs away to leave Benvolio to deal with the citizens. When the Prince gets to the scene and asks Benvolio what happened and who was responsible for the fight, he answered by telling the Prince exactly what happened. When Benvolio tells the Prince what happened during the brawl, it shows the reader that Benvolio is honest. Overall in scene 3, we can see that Benvolio is both a peacemaker and honest.**
 * -__Lauren Carman__**
 * __Father Capulet (Character Traits)__**