Romeo and Juliet is a classic example of a tragedy. In this play, two lovers are being kept apart because of a feud between their fathers, LC and LM. In this play, LC goes from a loving caring father to possessive and controlling eventually changing to sad and solemn after the death of his daughter. LC is an example of becoming the victim of his behaviour. In Act 1 Scene 2 LC is discussing the potential marriage to J and P with P. P asks to marry J and LC responds with 'my child is yet a stranger in the world'. His saying this suggests that LC believes that J is too young and inexperienced to deal with the problems of the earth let alone marry someone. This tells me that LC is protective of J. Later on, he says 'my will to her consent is but …show more content…
T is expressing his desire to kill R because he has gatecrashed the party. T says 'Tis he, that villain Romeo'. LC responds by calling T his 'gentle coz'. Initially, LC tries to calm T down he continues by complimenting R saying 'he bears like a portly gentleman.' His complimenting R tells me that he is fair and impartial. Even though R has gatecrashed his party he remains gracious. Even after LC tells him to calm down, T persists. T says 'I'll not endure him'. T's disobedience has irritated LC as he responds less calmly. He says 'He shall be endured'. In this phrase, he uses an imperative which tells us that he is no longer requesting for T to calm down he is demanding. He continues to berate T by telling him to 'go to'. I think that 'go to' translates f off. His use of explicit language shows that T has infuriated LC. He insults him by calling him a 'princox'. A 'princox' can mean an upstart or an overconfident boy. LC believes that T is overconfident as he has dared to disobey LC, the head of the household. He also uses the technique of repetition by saying 'go to' multiple times throughout his rage. This tells me he is at a loss for words. All these points above tell me that LC is a very short-tempered