lord C

• 'But woo her gentle Paris, get her heart'

  • woo- imperative verb, he is suggesting Paris should try to win over his daughter before they marry- suggests this is not merely a hand over of produce
  • gentle- adjective, praises Paris as a high-status gentleman, alluding to the young mans old-money family
  • AO3- in the 16th century children were often regarded as property, here while LC is arranging a marriage he is being progressive in the way that he considers Juliets emotions
• 'Speak not. Reply not. Do not answer me./ My fingers itch'

  • Full stops, 4 in one and a half lines brutally expresses his dictorial state of mind
  • metaphor- he is expressing an urge to physically assult his daughter and is struggling to repress these urges
  • not- adverb, harsh repetition of negative imperatives resembles a linguistic assult
  • Ao3- for a child to disobey their father would have been shamefull on the family, LC is asserting dominance and reminding the audience that the women are not in charge
• 'O brother Montague, give me thy hand'

  • brother- pronoun, loves and respects him as family, the 2 households are now bonded by the grief of their 2 dead children and the divide between them has been closed
  • hand- noun, a symbol of human connection
  • give- imperative verb, the fighting is over and he is asking his once enemy for a visible show of unity