Capulet

• "She hath not seen the change of fourteen years: let two more summers wither in their pride ere we may think her ripe to be a bride"- Act 1 scene 2


  -shakespeare wants audience to be horrified that they are wanting her married so young- saying capulet represents this wealthy noble society as a whole- patriarchal society

  -"ripe" objectifies her as a commodity which he can trade for wealth and family- selling his daughters sexual attraction to Paris at the same time hes telling him to wait

  -presented as more reasonable parent howvever he sets up the ball just for paris
• "Fettle your fine joints"

  "I will drag thee on a hurdle thither"

  "Out you green sickness carrion! Out you baggage! You tallow face!"

  Act 3 scene 5


  -Capulet sees his daughter entirely as bred for reproduction

  -"fine joints"-pottery- wants her to mould to his and Paris's desires-fricative alliteration

  -"drag thee on a hurdle"- punishment for traitors

  -"carrion"- dead meat- capulet gets nothing in exchange until she is married

  -"baggage"- worth is only measured in what she can bring in marriage- she is a burden

  -Shakespeare uses these metaphors to illustrate women's role in the patriarchal society and marriage
• "Brother Montague give me they hand. This is my daughters jointure, for no more can i demand "- Act 5 scene 3


  -still thinking about his daughter in financial terms

  -he's offering peace as the payment he would of had to pay Romeo to be Juliet's husband

  -stuck in patriarchal mindset

  -reconciliation is still framed around money

  -Shakespeare's message is that although society in Verona got better society elsewhere and individuals are still stuck in the patriarchal mindset