Lord Capulet

• Lord Capulet


  • Product of his time
  • Displays characteristics of a typical patriarch
• Elizabethan audience's view of Lord Capulet

  May view him as a good father as he tries to protect Juliet by arranging a marriage for her
• Modern audience's view of Lord Capulet

  May view his possessive and abusive behaviour with a sense of injustice due to increased gender equality
• Family honour


  Extremely important to individuals during the Elizabethan era, portrayed through the Montague versus Capulet feud
• Treatment of women


  Men were expected to follow the rules of patriarchy to prevent women from threatening the rigid social order in society
• Lord Capulet

  • Patriarchal - views Juliet as property
  • Conflicted - fluctuates between being a good and bad father
  • Abusive - becomes increasingly abusive towards Juliet as she disobeys him
• Lord Capulet and Juliet

  Volatile bond, correlation between Juliet's disobedience and Lord Capulet's rising manipulation
• Lord Capulet and Lord Montague

  Chaotic bond due to the family feud, but become understanding and peaceful at the end of the play
• Lord Capulet: '"O brother Montague, give me thy hand."'
• Lord Capulet: '"My child is yet a stranger in the world."'
• Lord Capulet: '"Disobedient wretch!"'
• Lord Capulet: '"Hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, for by my soul I'll ne'er acknowledge thee"'
• Lord Capulet: '"Flower as she was, deflowered by him."'