Romeo and Juliet

Discuss how Lord Capulet’s reaction to Juliet’s death is hypocritical.

Act 4

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Capulet starts lamenting the loss of his daughter. When she refused to marry Paris, he called her a strumpet and threatened to disown her. Now, after she is dead, he calls her the sweetest flower.

Death lies on her like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.