Our first impression of lord Capulet are that he likes to fight he says “Give me my long sword” this shows he has a violent streak he also think that Montague is spiting hi this indicates that he is a proud man and he doesn’t like to be spited.
In act I Scene 2 the audiences sees a different side of Lord Capulet he says that him and Lord Montague are both old enough to know how to keep the peace, and that they are old enough to know better. In this scene Paris asks for Juliet’s hand in marriage and Lord Capulet says that he feels Juliet is too young to get married, but he says “woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart” this shows he doesn’t want to force her to marry Paris but that Paris show flirt with her and make her fall in love with him.
In act I scene 5 a the Capulet feast, Tybalt sees Romeo and wants to fight him to get him out of the party but Lord Capulet says that he must not do that. He says this because if there is a fight in his home the blame will be put on him, he says that “Verona brags of him To be a virtuous and well-governed youth.” This means that people of Verona speak highly of Romeo and as he has done nothing wrong he should be left alone. But Tybalt doesn’t like this and he tries to question his authority so Lord Capulet insults him when he says “Goodman boy” this means he says Tybalt is not yet a gentleman but still a boy. This shows the audience that when someone questions Lord Capulet’s authority he get angry and insults people this helps the audience prepare for what happens in Act III Scene 5 its and omen of what’s to come.
Lord Capulet wants Juliet to marry Paris because she is his only daughter and he thinks because Tybalt has died Juliet is upset that marrying Paris may cheer her up, but he also realises that Juliet may refuse and he says “I think she will be ruled” which means he will force her to marry Paris this is a contradiction to what he said in Act I Scene 2.
In Act III Scene 5, Juliet feels crushed as she is being forced to marry a man she doesn’t love and her dad is saying that if she doesn’t marry him that her father will disown her. Lord Capulet feels like his daughter is deliberately disobeying him and she is disrespecting by refusing to marry Paris, He feels disappointed in Juliet and he feel that she should do whatever her tells her to. At this point in the play I think that the audience is most likely to sympathise with Juliet as the insults her father is throwing at her are very uncalled for. It is also possible to see where Lord Capulet is coming from and see why he behaves the way he does, He has lost Tybalt and he now feels like he is losing Juliet as she is disobeying him.
I think that the audience should expect this reaction as you can tell what Lord Capulet is like for previous indicators in the play, I think some of the insults are shocking but he reaction could be expected, I think the historical setting of the play has something to do with the way Lord Capulet is portrayed, in the time which the play is set fathers rule their daughters so hi reaction in thet time is normal but because we don’t understand or come from that time he reation is shocking.
