This line is spoken by Lady Capulet (Juliet's mother) in
Act III, Scene 5. She says it about her daughter. What she is saying (and this is
really a terrible thing to say) is that she wishes her daughter were
dead.
She says this because she is mad at Juliet. She is
mad because of the fact that Juliet does not want to marry Paris when that seems like
such a wonderful match to her parents.
By saying this, Lady
Capulet is sort of foreshadowing what will actually happen to her daughter -- she will
soon be dead, just as her mother is wishing for in this passage.
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