Lord Capulet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Lord Capulet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Lord Capulet is a character in the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William

Shakespeare which we have been reading together in class. This piece

is a study on this character. The story is of a young boy and girl who

find love in each other but due to a sequence of events their lives

are prematurely ended.

Lord Capulet is the head of the Capulets and is well respected by the

rest of his house. He is also Lady Capulets wife and Juliet's father.

He is important in this story, as he is able to make decisions, which

will affect the lives of many other people, not only in his own house

but also in his bitter rivals house, The Montague's. Throughout the

whole play there are scenes that revolve solely around him and Juliet,

this makes him one of the most powerful people in the play and one of

the main characters.

The first time we see Capulet is in the brawl at the market, it is

between the Capulets and Montagues. He immediately asks for his sword,

"give me my long sword, ho!" as he sees Montague but his wife

restrains him. You can tell by both his actions and his first words

that he is not in a good mood and is spoiling for a fight also he acts

like a middle aged man of around 40 years. We find out later in the

play that he has a temper and his mood varies quickly from happy to

anger or visa-versa.

We next see Capulet in scene two where he is talking to Count Paris,

an eligible young man who wishes to marry Juliet. He tells Paris that

Juliet is too young, she's still only thirteen and he should wait

until she is two years older, then he can marry her, "My child is yet

a stranger in the world; she hath not seen the change of fourteen

years". If not he should 'woo' Juliet and if she is happy, they shall

talk again.