The Huffington Post defines monster parents as “overly protective parents who interfere in every aspect of their children’s lives.” In most modern families, parents have little to do with how their children meet their future partner. The choice is ultimately up to the child and parents just hope for the best, but some parents are different. In Shakespeare's time, parents routinely arranged for their children to marry at a young age, usually for reasons of money and power. Although arranging marriages seems like a wonderful way to control the future, it only causes problems for Juliet's father, Lord Capulet, who could be considered a monster parent. In his quest to do what is best for his family, Lord Capulet causes most of the deaths and drama in the play. Lord Capulet is primarily responsible for this tragedy because he is fickle and fails to fully protect his family. The tragic part of the play begins when Lord Capulet cannot make up his mind about Juliet's marriage to Paris. Throughout the first scene, Lord Capulet stays true to his instincts and says that Juliet is too young....