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ACT 3 SCENE 5 Lady Capulet thinks Juliet is crying because she misses his cousin Tybalt. She reckons Juliet wants to dig him out of his grave. | Evermore weeping for your cousin’s death? What, wilt thou wash him from his grave with tears? And if thou couldst, thou couldst not make him alive. | Lady Capulet is misunderstanding that Juliet isn’t crying about Tybalt’s death, but crying over Romeo. Lady Capulet insists for Juliet to stop crying because its not going to bring him back to life. She wants Juliet to put herself together. | Lady Capulet’s a very cold and perhaps a bit over protective mother. | Some grief shows much of love, but much grief shows still some want of wit. | She’s trying to make a point by saying if you cry a little it shows that you love and care for the person but when you cry a lot it’s silly. | Lady Capulet is being very cold once again, she repeats that crying isn’t going to help. | So shall you feel the loss but not the friend which you weep for. | Juliet and her mother has a very distant relationship. Juliet cannot trust her as she has to lie about her sadness. | A bit further on in the conversation, Juliet’s mother notices that she’s crying more about Romeo being still alive after killing her cousin Tybalt, not over Tybalt’s death. | Well, girl, thou weepst not so much for his death as that villain lives which slaughtered him. | | Juliet and Lady Capulet agrees that Juliet is never going to be happy without seeing Romeo. Juliet’s trying to confirm to her mother she wants Romeo dead and revenged. | Indeed I never shall be satisfied with Romeo, till I behold him-dead- Is my poor heart so far a kinsman vexed. | Juliet plays on her words to sound as if she wants Romeo dead, but in reality her heart is the one that’s ‘dead’. | Juliet and Lady Capulet aren’t very close. Juliet calls her ‘madam’ and ‘ladyship. The way Juliet speaks

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