Examine Lord Capulets motivation, attitude and behaviour in three key
scenes and suggest how an actor could perform the part so as to convey
these motives and attitudes to an audience.
The play “Romeo and Juliet” was written in 1589-95 by William
Shakespeare. The play is a tragedy which means that it is a serious
play and will not end happily for some will die.
It was set in 16th century Verona in Italy, which was a patriarchal
society. This meant that men had the power and all women were
compelled under the control of their husbands and fathers. It was also
part of a hierarchical society, which was a structure of class, with
Prince Escalus at the top, then the Lords and Ladies, such as Lord
Montague and Lord Capulet; rich tradesmen and merchants were under the
lords, and at the bottom were the servants such as Juliet’s nurse.
The play is about “a pair of star-crossed lovers” who take their lives
because of their families’ feud. The house of Montague and the house
of Capulet have been quarrelling for years and years, so Juliet of
Capulet and Romeo of Montague fall into a “death-marked love.”
In act one scene two the two houses of Capulet and Montague have just
had a fight. Prince Escalus has given Lord Capulet a warning that “If
you ever disturb our streets again, your lives will pay the forfeit of
the peace.”
So he would now be feeling embarrassed, upset, humiliated and ashamed.
To show this to Paris and the audience he would mumble and speak
quietly. He would hunch to show that he feels a lack of security. He
would be humble towards Paris and his face would look blank.
Paris wants to wed Juliet and has come to Capulet to ask if he has his
blessing. Capulet comes back to his senses and says,
“My child is yet a stranger in the world” which means that he thinks
Juliet is too young to be married off. Paris says that there are
younger wives than her. Then Capulet replies with “And too soon marred
are those so early made” which means that those girls were too young
to be mothers and their lives were ruined. The audience would now
think that Capulet is a good father and that he truly loves his
daughter. He even says that “she is the hopeful lady of my earth,”
Which makes the audience think that he is an even better father from
when they first thought. Because it was very odd at that time for a
father to love his ...
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...er, because it was very unusual at that time for a father to
love his daughter so much.
Then in act 1 scene 5 the audience thought that Capulet was a very
good host telling every one to have a good time and enjoy themselves.
They thought he was a very jolly person who loves entertaining people
and that he had the image of a perfectionist. In Act 3 scene 5 the
audience thought that lord Capulet was a horrible father who loses his
temper far to quickly and that he was far to harsh toward Juliet and
the nurse.
Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other was very important in the play
because that was the reason for all the complications like the
marriage between Paris that was arranged for Juliet, the banishment of
Romeo because he would not fight Tybalt, the death of Mercutio, the
death of Tybalt, the whole tragedy theme, the deaths of Romeo and
Juliet and finally the bringing together of the Capulets and the
Montague’s.
The bringing together of the Capulets and the Montague’s happened
because of Romeo and Juliet’s love and their deaths. Because of these
events both of the families realised how silly they had been and
called friendship between them instead of war.
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When there is a fight in the market place, Capulet rushes to fight for his honor, “my sword I say, old Montague is come...” Capulet denies Paris’ request to marry Juliet “ and too soon marred are those so early made,” acting for his own good because he wants Juliet to produce many offspring to carry on the Capulets bloodline, since she is his only surviving child. When at the ball Capulet demands Tybalt to let Romeo be,” content thee, gentle coz, let him alone,” but this just fuels Tybalts anger towards Romeo, which eventually ends up in Tybalt causing his own death. Capulet believes he is giving his child the best when he announces her engagement to Paris” she shall be married to this noble earl,” and believes Paris will make a good husband for Juliet. When Juliet refuses Capulet thinks it best to threaten her, “I will drag thee,” but this just makes Juliet turn to more drastic measures.
In this scene, Juliet tries to calm Capulet’s rage. Juliet tries to reason with Capulet, but Capulet does not let her. Capulet interrupts Juliet and threatens to disown her if she would not marry Paris
equal (Act II, Scene 6, Line 4) which is a very intelligent thing to say.
that, in the belief of the time, would damn his soul. In fact, in one soliloquy in Act III,
Although Capulet wanted the best for Juliet, he didn't give a thought on how she felt and had forced her to marry Paris which had caused problems that led to her tragic end. She didn't want to marry someone who she did not love and wanted to escape this marriage. Her method of escape was death. Capulet's controlling actions appeared as early as Act I Scene 2, when he was arranging Juliet's marriage to Paris without her consent. Paris wondered if Juliet would like him and Capulet responded with, "Of my child's love: I think she will be ruled. In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not." (IV, 3, ln. 13-14). stating that he doesn't just think Juliet will like him but that he knows she will like him. When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, he shouted, "To go with Paris to Saint Peter's Church, Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither." (V, 3, ln. 154-155). making her agree to go to the church. Although she did agree to go, her thought of, "I'll to the friar, to know his remedy; If all else fail, myself have power to die." (V, 3, ln. 241-242). showed that she did not plan on marrying Paris and that she would die first. Juliet's arrangement to Paris had brought her death because it had resulted in the potion plan which had caused Romeo and Juliet to die. If Capulet had never forced Juliet to marry Paris, she would have been living happily with Romeo.
who invites them to the Capulet party. Romeo agrees to go because he knows that
In the Capulet house, Lady Capulet states that Paris has shown interest in Juliet. Juliet promise that she will give Paris a chance but she will not go out of her way for him.
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