Examine Lord Capulets motivation, attitude and behaviour in three key E

Examine Lord Capulets motivation, attitude and behaviour in three keyscenes and suggest how an actor could perform the part so as to conveythese motives and attitudes to an earreach. The play Romeo and Juliet was written in 1589-95 by WilliamShakespeare. The play is a tragedy which means that it is a seriousplay and will not complete happily for some will die.It was set in 16th century Verona in Italy, which was a patriarchalsociety. This meant that men had the power and all women werecompelled under the supremacy of their husbands and fathers. It was alsopart of a hierarchical society, which was a structure of class, withPrince Escalus at the top, then the Lords and Ladies, such as LordMontague and Lord Capulet rich tradesmen and merchants were under thelords, and at the bottom were the servants such as Juliets nurse.The play is about a pair of star-crossed lovers who take their livesbecause of their families feud. The house of Montague and the houseof Capulet have been quarrelli ng for years and years, so Juliet ofCapulet and Romeo of Montague recall into a demise-marked love.In act one scene two the two houses of Capulet and Montague have justhad a fight. Prince Escalus has given Lord Capulet a warning that Ifyou invariably disturb our streets again, your lives will pay the forfeit ofthe peace.So he would now be feeling embarrassed, upset, humiliated and ashamed.To show this to Paris and the audience he would gabble and speakquietly. He would hunch to show that he feels a lack of security. Hewould be humble towards Paris and his face would look blank.Paris wants to follow Juliet and has come to Capulet to ask if he has hisblessing. Capulet comes back to his senses and says,My child is yet a stranger in the world which means that he thinksJuliet is alike young to be married off. Paris says that there areyounger wives than her. Then Capulet replies with And too soon marredare those so early made which means that those girls were too youngto be mothers and their lives were ruined. The audience would nowthink that Capulet is a good father and that he truly loves hisdaughter. He even says that she is the hopeful lady of my earth,Which makes the audience think that he is an even better father fromwhen they first public opinion. Because it was very odd at that time for afather to love his ... ...er, because it was very uncommon at that time for a father tolove his daughter so much.Then in act 1 scene 5 the audience purpose that Capulet was a verygood host telling every one to have a good time and enjoy themselves.They thought he was a very jolly person who loves entertaining peopleand that he had the image of a perfectionist. In Act 3 scene 5 theaudience thought that lord Capulet was a horrible father who loses histemper far to quickly and that he was far to harsh toward Juliet andthe nurse.Romeo and Juliets love for each other was very important in the playbecause that was the reason for all the complications like themarriage be tween Paris that was arranged for Juliet, the banishment ofRomeo because he would not fight Tybalt, the death of Mercutio, thedeath of Tybalt, the whole tragedy theme, the deaths of Romeo andJuliet and finally the bringing together of the Capulets and theMontagues.The bringing together of the Capulets and the Montagues happenedbecause of Romeo and Juliets love and their deaths. Because of theseevents both of the families realised how silly they had been andcalled fellowship between them instead of war.