In addition to the above answers I want to add that the whole Capulet family is very dysfunctional. The Nurse has raised Juliet from day one to the point of being breast-fed by the Nurse. Lady Capulet tries to talk to Juliet in Act One, Scene Three about how she feels about getting married and when she dismisses the Nurse, Juliet looks to her for guidance and not her mother and the Nurse is then asked to stay.
In Act Three, Scene Five, Lord Capulet says, "Wife, we scarce thought us blest that God had lent us but this only child; But now I see this one is one too much, And we have a curse in having her." What kind of father calls his daughter, a curse, a good-for nothing person, and an anemic piece of dead flesh? Lady Capulet goes along with whatever Lord Capulet says and does what she is told. Back in this time all women married early and were expected to be at their husband's beck and call with no questioins asked. Women were to feel privileged to have an arranged marriage in a noble family, love didn't really enter the picture.
Source: The Language and Literature Book by McDougal Littell
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