That’s why Juliet, knowing the obsession her father had with image and that she was disobeying, hid her relations with Romeo. Lord Capulet saw Juliet as a pawn in his game for their success, however when she didn’t play accordingly to his rules, he lost it. After Juliet declined the offer of marriage with Paris, Capulet went in rage. “Unworthy as she is, that we have wrought so worthy, a gentleman to be her bride?” (3.5.144-145) “Out, you green sickness, carrion! Our, you baggage! You tallow face!” (3.5.156-158) Note, earlier in the play, when Juliet was an obedient daughter and followed traditions, he showed consideration of her thoughts and cared about her future. He said, “My child is yet a stranger in the world.” (1.2.8) “And too soon marred are those so early made… An she agreed within her scope of choice, lies my consent and fair according voice.” (1.2.13,18-19) After her apology, Lord Capulet was pleased and changed the wedding date once again. For that, Juliet was forced to drink the elixir early, creating a scene. After Juliet's “death”, sorrow is Capulet's dominant reaction. Yet his sadness seemed to be stained with the thought that he will die without heirs and that the wedding is spoiled. It’s only when he sees Juliet in the tomb bleeding and dead does his sorrow over her loss and over his role in the feud seem complete. “O brother Montague, give me thy hand.” (5.3.13) “As …show more content…
Marriage, death, defiance, and drama; yet the primary reason for his behavior was his daughter. He didn’t want to rush Juliet into marriage because he honestly cared for her. “Let two more summers wither in their pride ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.” (1.2.9-11) After Tybalt’s death, Capulet wanted to move the date of the wedding because he thought it would cheer up Juliet. That’s why he jumped to tell Paris, “Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender of my child’s love.” (3.4.12-13) Later when Juliet rejected the marriage, Lord Capulet became angry because he wanted to leave a good legacy for his daughter, improving the family name, but she was ruining his plan. With Paris’s family, the Capulet would become richer and more popular. He only wanted his daughter to be secure and happy, but when she died nothing mattered anymore. “Alack, my child is dead, and with my child my joys are buried.”(4.5.64-65) Lord Capulet then made peace with his rivals for his