Exploring The Role Of Capulet In Reomeo And Juliet

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Exploring the Role of Capulet Coursework The prologue can be interpreted so that it gives a brief insight into the character of Lord Capulet. For example the seventh line “Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.” This shows that Capulet is in all a reasonable man that, unfortunately after the death of three young people, is able to bury his feud with the Montagues. The word Bury is especially relevant because it gives the image that the feud will never raise to the surface again. At the beginning of Act 1 Scene 1 Lord Capulet arrives to find one of his family, Tybalt, fighting with Benvolio, a Montague. As soon as he arrives he calls “What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!” This shows his anger and short temper at the sight of a Montague. The word “ho” here represents his hurry to battle and the “!” shows his anger and the fact that he is shouting. As well as being shown as angry and short-tempered he is also shown to be less respected than he might think. After he calls for his sword his wife responds by saying, sarcastically, “A crutch, a crutch! Why call you for a sword?” representing that she is teasing him of his age, even a women in the patriarchal society she is set in. This would be extremely embarrassing for the leader of a family in that society, and would in most occasions not be tolerated. The “!” shows her confidence in saying this which would have been rare for a women. In Act 1 Scene 2, on the contrary to Scene 1, Capulet is calm and thinks of peace. This is shown by his comment “… ‘tis not hard, I think for men so old as we to keep the peace.”. “…_we_ to keep the peace” shows this because he says we. This refers to him and Montague as if they are equal or friendly, and this is important because makes Capulet appear as if he regrets his violence. Another important aspect of Capulet’s behaviour within this scene is the suddenness with which he changes mood. It is possible this is because of The Princes words in the last scene, “Once more, on pain of death, all men depart.” The fact that the Prince is saying this makes it important to Capulet because he is very conscious about his appearance in public.

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