The story then moves on to Act three scene five, where Lady Capulet goes to tell Juliet of the good news, however Juliet who has just got married to Romeo is not as happy as lord Capulet expects. Who then enters the room thinking that Juliet will be very happy that he found such a well respected rich man, to be her husband. However Juliet is not.
This is where I think that Lord Capulet changes from reflecting on his daughter’s happiness to being possessed into a violent rage. Lord Capulet must be thinking at this time he did this to show her his love, that if he passes away then she will be looked after. And Paris is such a good match, as well as being related to the prince. With this Lord Capulet then moves to insulting Juliet like…
“You green-sickness carrion out, you baggage! You tallow face”
Act three scene five, lines 156 and 157
…which I think would have such a big effect on Juliet, her own farther calling her names like that.
Sam Butterworth
G.C.S.E English
Romeo and Juliet
At this point Juliet telling her farther why she doesn’t want to marry may be a bad idea. Due to the fact she’s married her fathers worst enemy’s son Romeo. This could even make Lord Capulet worse. Lord Capulet then tries to explain his temper with…
“God’s bread, it makes me mad Day, night, work, play, Alone in
company, still my care hath been to have her matched”
Act three scene five, lines 176 to 179
…which tells me that all he’s ever been thinking about is his daughters happiness, and it must seem like to him that Juliet has just chucked it back in his face. Lord Capulet has given his word to Paris that he will marry Juliet, and tries to blackmail her with if she doesn’t marry Paris then he will disown her.
This will have a big effect on Juliet, her farther has never acted like this before with her and also because of what happened with Romeo her life had enough problems. Especially when you’re a 14 year old girl, problems that happen seem ten times worse, Lord Capulet does I think have reason to get angry with Juliet. However not as angry as he did, she’s only 14 and in my opinion he should have respected his daughters wishes, Lord Capulet is indeed a product of his time.
