31 Facts About Lord Capulet

Lord Capulet is based on the actual Scaliger family which ruled Verona, possibly on Bartolomeo I Escalus is the voice of authority in Verona.

Lord Capulet appears only three times within the text and only to administer justice following major events in the feud between the Capulet and Montague families.

Lord Capulet is described as handsome, somewhat self-absorbed, and very wealthy.

Lord Capulet demurs, citing his daughter's young age as a reason and telling him to wait until she is more mature.

Lord Capulet's parents threaten to disown her if she will not agree to the marriage.

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Lord Capulet professes his love to Juliet, saying he will nightly weep for her.

The invitation to the Lord Capulet's party reveals that he has a brother named Valentine.

Notably, the Lord Capulet family is often portrayed as the more aggressive family, as much of the conflict is caused by them.

Lord Capulet is the patriarch of the Capulet family, the father of Juliet, and uncle of Tybalt.

Lord Capulet is sometimes commanding but convivial, as at the ball: when Tybalt tries to duel with Romeo, Capulet tries to calm him and then threatens to throw him out of the family if he does not control his temper; he does the same to his daughter later in the play.

Lord Capulet says his consent to the marriage depends upon what she wants and tells Count Paris that if he wants to marry Juliet he should wait a while then ask her.

Later when Juliet is grieving over Romeo's departure, Lord Capulet thinks her sorrow is due to Tybalt's death, and in a misguided attempt to cheer her up, he wants to surprise her by arranging a marriage between her and Count Paris.

Lord Capulet's actions indicate that his daughter's wants were irrelevant all the way up to the point when he sees her unconscious on her bed and later, when she is truly dead during the play's final scene.

Lord Capulet's wife is the matriarch of the house of Lord Capulet and Juliet's mother.

Lord Capulet plays a larger role than Montague's wife, appearing in several scenes.

Lord Capulet is present at Capulet's feast in act one, scene five and is the first to recognize Romeo.

Lord Capulet appears to be a loyal servant, always quick to obey the nurse.

Lord Capulet appears again in act four, scene five in a brief comic relief scene with a number of musicians.

Lord Capulet's servants are referenced again in act four, scene one; Lord Capulet orders them to begin preparations for another party: the wedding of Juliet and Paris.

Servant to Lord Capulet is sent to deliver party invitations to a number of nobles and friends to Lord Capulet.

Lord Capulet appears as an elderly man sitting with Capulet in the feast.

Lord Capulet has the same social status as Lord Capulet, with whom he is in feud, and is extremely wealthy.

Lord Capulet appears again at the end of the play to mourn Romeo, having already lost his wife to grief.

Lord Capulet appears twice within the play: in act one, scene one she first restrains Montague from entering the quarrel himself, and later speaks with Benvolio about the same quarrel.

Lord Capulet is very protective of her son Romeo and is very happy when Benvolio tells her that Romeo was not involved in the brawl that happened between the Capulets and Montagues.

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Lord Capulet kills himself at Juliet's grave, moments before she awakes; she kills herself in turn shortly thereafter.

Lord Capulet then comes back in Act V Scene 1 telling Romeo about Juliet's supposedly dead.

Lord Capulet appears in Act 1, Scene 1, where he and another servant are provoked into a fight with Gregory and Sampson when the latter bites his thumb at them.

Lord Capulet urges Juliet not to be rash, and to join a society of nuns, but he hears a noise from outside and then flees from the tomb.

Lord Capulet is notable only in that he is the only ghost character confirmed by Shakespeare to be present.

Lord Capulet is a ghost character with no speaking parts, and his only possible appearance is at the Capulet feast among the guests.