Later on in the play we can see Lord Capulet changes his decision and he gives Paris his consent in marrying Juliet. From Lord Capulet’s point of view he believes his doing good because after Juliet’s cousin Tybalt dies all Juliet has been doing is drowning in sorrow. Lord Capulet believes if she marries there will be happiness in her life. In Act 3 scene 4 line 13-14 lord Capulet says:”…… I think she will be rules in all respects by me……” Capulet tells Paris that Juliet will agree with whatever her father decides for her he believes she will be obey him. His relationship with Paris builds and he starts to think very highly of Paris that he calls him “sir” and “son”.
You would think lord Capulet himself would go give the news of marriage to Juliet but instead he asks his wife lady Capulet to inform Juliet. In Act 3 scene 5 lady Capulet she says: ‘Hath sorted out a sudden day of joy’. When Juliet hears what her father has decided about her marrying Paris she refuses and her father’s reaction to this is shocked He says: ‘soft take me with you, take me with you wife’. As time passes by Capulet’s anger builds up he says Juliet his ungrateful and unworthy of Paris in Act 3 scene 5 he says: ‘Unworthy she is….” He then threatens her violence “or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither”. Then he calls her names ‘green sickness, carrion and baggage’. It becomes even worse later on as he threatens to disown her he says: “…. I’ll give you to my friends and you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets for my soul I’ll ne’er acknowledge thee’. He thinks her behaviour is unreasonable and ungrateful after all the effort he has put in for the marriage of her and Paris. In act 3 scene 3 lines 176-178 he says:” God’s breath it makes me mad! Day, night, work, play, alone in company, still my care hath me have matched”. He expresses his feelings by wishing that god never gifted him a daughter and threatens to disown her. In this act you can see that Juliet is suppose to obey her father and if she refuses to there will be serious consequences from this we can see that a woman does not have any rights. Lord Capulet has all the power to do what he wants and he is prepared to lose his only daughter if she doesn’t obey him. It just goes to show that the love Lord Capulet had for Juliet is conditional it’s like saying you do as I say and I’ll love you. The relationship between Juliet and her father is badly damaged it is beyond repair.
Juliet’s mother supports her father and wishes Juliet dead. In act 3 scene 5 she says: “I would fool thee were married to her grave”. Lady Capulet is scared to go against her husband and she powerless, she has no say at all in anything therefore she agrees with lord Capulet’s choice of husband for their daughter Juliet.
She believes Juliet is not doing right by disobeying her own father.
A modern reader would expect the mother Lady Capulet to be on Juliet’s side after all she is the mother therefore she should understand why her daughter is refusing to marry.
When Juliet agrees to marrying Paris its like all the love from her father is back again which definitely proves the conditional love from the father. He says:’ my heart is wondrous light, since the wayward girl is so reclaimed’. You can see from this how happy Lord Capulet is.
Lord Capulet and Juliet loved each other dearly that Lord Capulet thought by getting her married of to Paris it would bring happiness back into her life here we can see he was only thinking of her. When Juliet refused she has a reason has she was already wed to Romeo but us a father was unaware of this he became very angry when she refused to marry Paris after all the effort and he became so angry that he threatened to disown her. In the end when Juliet commits suicide Lord Capulet comes to know the truth and regrets all.
Capulet probably wants Juliet to wail before marrying because she’s his only surviving child. Once she’s married she becomes her husband’s property and therefore Capulet wants to keep her for as long as possible
Yes Capulet initially feels bewildered, then he feels hurt, betrayed and angry. He probably cannot understand Juliet’s behaviour but he sees it as a challenge to his authority.
It does appear that Capulet’s love for Juliet is conditional but Capulet had little part in Juliet’s upbringing the nurse brought her up. Just how well does Capulet know Juliet he says:’ i think she will be ruled in all respects by me... Capulet was expecting her to automatically obey him. In those days it was a patriarchal society. Capulet was wealthy, powerful and used to being obeyed by everyone.
Yes ultimately Juliet’s relationship with her husband was stronger than the relationship with her father.
