Lord Capulet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

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Lord Capulet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

The play of Romeo and Juliet is set in a rich suburb in the city of Verona in Italy. Romeo and Juliet is a play about love and passion between two young people. It is also about the fate of the two "star-crossed lovers," who eventually take their own lives because of misunderstandings. You could say that Romeo and Juliet had just too much bad luck and the play leaves you thinking "if only…" If only the messenger had delivered the letter, if only Juliet had woken up sooner … there are so many unfortunate chances in the play.

In this play there is a pointless feud because there is no mention what it is about, the only mention of a reason in the play is the prologue when it says ‘‘

Two households both alike in dignity…….From ancient grudge break to new mutiny'' .There is a feeling at the start of the play when the Prince arrives and wants the violence to stop

The first we see of Lord Capulet is when he is trying to get involved in a fight between Sampson, Gregory Benvolio and Tybalt .his first word show he is hot-headed because he says''…… give me my long sword, ho!'' this shows he is not thinking about his not thinking about his age he is just thinking of fighting and trying to save face in front of the citizens if Verona. He does this not to just save face but also because of the feud this is shown by when he says

‘'My sword I say! Old Montague is come…flourishes his blade in spite of me.

This first sighting of Lord Capulet is not favourable because he is just showing his hotheadedness instead of leaving everything to the young people because of his age.

The next time we see Lord Capulet in the play is when he is talking to Paris about Paris wanting to marry Juliet here we see a calmer Lord Capulet showing his fatherly protective side because he says to Paris ‘‘she hath not seen the change of fourteen years …… let two more summers wither in their pride' this shows us he is now acting older and wiser as he should have acted from the start.

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