in act iii, scenes iii and iv of romeo and juliet, how does capulet complicate the central conflict?\nby…

in act iii, scenes iii and iv of romeo and juliet, how does capulet complicate the central conflict?\nby banishing romeo for killing juliet’s cousin tybalt\nby forcing paris to marry juliet against his will\nby deciding to hasten juliet’s marriage to paris\nby refusing to recognize romeo and juliet’s marriage

in act iii, scenes iii and iv of romeo and juliet, how does capulet complicate the central conflict?\nby banishing romeo for killing juliet’s cousin tybalt\nby forcing paris to marry juliet against his will\nby deciding to hasten juliet’s marriage to paris\nby refusing to recognize romeo and juliet’s marriage

Answer

Answer:

C. by deciding to hasten Juliet’s marriage to Paris

Brief Explanations:

In Act III of "Romeo and Juliet", after Tybalt's death and Romeo's banishment, Juliet is grieving. Capulet decides to speed up Juliet's marriage to Paris to try to make her happy or to restore the family's honor, which complicates the central conflict (the love between Romeo and Juliet against the feud between their families) because Juliet is already married to Romeo and this forces her into a difficult situation, escalating the tension and conflict. The other options are incorrect: A - the Prince banishes Romeo, not Capulet; B - Capulet is forcing Juliet, not Paris, to marry; D - Capulet's main action that complicates the conflict here is hastening the marriage, not just refusing to recognize Romeo and Juliet's marriage (and his refusal to recognize is not the primary way he complicates the conflict in these scenes compared to hastening the Paris marriage).