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How do the Capulets react to Juliets death?

In William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet," the Capulets react to Juliet's death with great sorrow and grief.

The tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet deeply affect both families, including the Capulets. Juliet's father, Capulet, expresses his overwhelming sadness and devastation upon finding her lifeless body:

Capulet: O my love! my child! my joy!

Father, weep! mother, wring your hands!

What, death so soon? Ah, Juliet, why art thou yet so fair?

Shall I believe that unsubstantial death is amorous,

And that the lean abhorred monster keeps

Thee here in dark to be his paramour? (Act V, Scene III)

Capulet, filled with anguish, questions why she still appears so beautiful even in death. He struggles to comprehend how death could embrace his daughter and keep her as his lover.

Later, Capulet agrees to the reconciliation with the Montagues. He vows to build a gold statue of Juliet in Friar Laurence's cell (where she laid seemingly dead) as a constant memorial of her. This serves as a token of reconciliation, showing even in tragedy a willingness to heal the rift between the two families.

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