William Shakespeare 's play Romeo and Juliet, set in Verona, Italy, features the eponymous protagonists Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet.

Capulet plans to use his only daughter, Juliet, in order to advance their family’s social capital by marrying her off to Paris. When she refuses, he threatens to disown her, ignoring her feelings and desires for his own purposes.

Capulet is the patriarch of the Capulet family, and an active participant in the feud between the Capulets and Montagues. For example, he draws his sword against Montague in the play’s opening scene.

Capulet. The patriarch of the Capulet family, father of Juliet, husband of Lady Capulet, and enemy, for unexplained reasons, of Montague. He truly loves his daughter, though he is not well acquainted with Juliet’s thoughts or feelings, and seems to think that what is best for her is a “good” match with Paris.

Benvolio discovers that it stems from unrequited infatuation for a girl named Rosaline, one of Capulet's nieces. Persuaded by Benvolio and Mercutio, Romeo attends the ball at the Capulet house in hopes of meeting Rosaline. However, Romeo instead meets and falls in love with Juliet.

Capulet is the head of an old family of Verona. He has only one child left, Juliet, and he does everything in his power to do his best for her.

Juliet Capulet is one of the main characters in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. When we first see Juliet Cupulet we meet an Elizabethan teenager, almost fourteen years old, from a wealthy family.

Jul 31, 2015 · Act 1, scene 3 Lady Capulet informs Juliet of Paris’s marriage proposal and praises him extravagantly. Juliet says that she has not even dreamed of marrying, but that she will consider Paris as a possible husband if her parents wish her to.

Annotated list of all appearances and all mentions of the character Capulet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Lord Capulet (a.k.a. Capulet) is Juliet's daddy. At first, he seems like a pretty good dad. When Paris comes sniffing around for thirteen-year-old Juliet's hand in marriage, Capulet puts him off, citing Juliet's young age and even suggesting that he'd like his daughter to marry for "love" (1.2).