In Act 3 Scene 5, The Lord Capulet approaches his daughter, Juliet, with the marriage proposal to Paris tin third person, through his wife. he expects her to be as thrilled and excited about it as they are in Lines 143-146:
Doth she not give us thanks? Is she not proud? Doth she not count her blessed, Unworthy as she is, that we have wrought
So worthy a gentleman to be her bride?
He is surprised, angry and shocked that Juliet does not appear to cooperate. he does not seek to understand why she does not. Instead, he excitedly lashes out at his daughter in very disrespectful, insulting and threatening terms in Lines 161-4:
Hang the, young baggage! disobedient wretch! I tell the what- get thee to church on Thursday Or never look me on the face. Speak not, reply not, do not answer me!
He may have reacted like that for various reasons:
- Of the old schools that believes that women are to be seen and not heard.
- His wife seems to indulge his every whim and is not used to strong opinionated women like his daughter
- Is just not a deep thinking, reflective individual.
All in all, his daughter is portrayed as the more self controlled, well balanced, adult individual in this scene. Perhaps Shakespeare does that to increase the pathos of the coming tragic climax.
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