With regard to Lord Capulet in Act 3 scene 5, Shakespeare has portrayed the relationship in a different light to other scenes, Lord Capulet is so adamant on his daughter marrying Count Paris, that when he receives the news on her not wanting to marry, he gets very frustrated and threatens to hit Juliet, he says “speak not, reply not, do not answer me! My fingers itch…we have a curse in having her”, this also shows his drastic change in attitudes, referring to Juliet as a curse rather than a blessing. This is not typical throughout the play as during act 1 scene 2, Lord Capulet and Count Paris are discussing wedding arrangements, and Lord Capulet’s view on this is drastically different, he refers to Juliet as being to young, and he says “And too soon marred are those so early made…But woo her gentle Paris, get her heart”, he is explaining to Paris how she is a very important person and she will be inheriting his fortune, so he doesn’t want her to marry just yet, but he gives Paris the permission to woo Juliet, portraying Capulet as a caring and considerate father. We can see from this that Lord Capulet is not quite ready to give up his only daughter for marriage. He wants to give her more time to adjust to the idea of married life.
Further more in Act 3 Scene 5, the scene even portrays differences in the relationship between Juliet and Lord Capulet in itself, as during the opening of the scene, Capulet enters, he seems to be truly concerned as to why Juliet is sad, he thinks it is due to the death of Juliet’s cousin Tybalt, he says “How now-a conduit girl? What still in tears?...Thy tempest-tossed body” referring to her sorrow as a ship being flooded with water. Then further on, she explains that she doesn’t wish to marry, and this makes Lord Capulet extremely angry, and daughters disobeying their fathers in those days were unheard of, so you can see how the way the relationship is portrayed changes quite often.
We can also see from earlier on in the play that Juliet has quite a close relationship with her nurse, which can be seen to drive a wedge between Juliet and her mother. Although Lady Capulet does not seem to mind that she does not have closeness with Juliet. We can see this during act 1 scene 3 where the nurse and Lady Capulet are talking about how old Juliet is, and the nurse begins telling a story about Juliet when she was younger. The nurse is so adamant that she is right she goes on to say “I’ll lay fourteen on my teeth…how long is it now to Lammas-tide?”, Lady Capulet begins to get irritated and tells the nurse to “hold thy peace”, it shows a distance between Juliet and her mother, which is typical as it is portrayed in most scenes which both Lady Capulet and Juliet are in, including act 3 scene 5.
In Conclusion, we can see that Shakespeare portrays Lord Capulet’s relationship with Juliet in the play differently throughout, as in some parts he is shown as the caring, loving father not wanting to let his daughter get married to young, not wanting to give his daughter up just yet, although the relationship drastically changes in act 3 scene 5 as Shakespeare has portrayed him as an irrational impatient man, willing to hit his own daughter when she refuses this arranged marriage to Count Paris.
With regard to the relationship between Lady Capulet and Juliet throughout the play, it is maintained the whole time. Portraying Lady Capulet as a very pre-occupied mother. She is shown to be lacking the motherly support which Juliet needs yet she receives it from the nurse and not her own mother.
