What are your thoughts about Lord Capulet's behavior toward Juliet in Romeo and Juliet? What are your thoughts about Lord Capulet's behavior toward...

ask996 is correct in
remembering the times the play was set in. Any woman of that time would not really have been
able to marry for love. As a daughter you were an asset for your family to be carefully married
off to someone who could give the family wealth and/or connections. This is the context - it is
sometimes hard for us to remember that in our day and age where in the Western world at least we
are able to marry for love. The family was the most important unit at that time - individualism
was not something that would be respected. We have another example of this in the feud between
the Montagues and Capulets. All members of this family are drawn into the feud, whether they
like it or not. This sense of community was far more important than any individual hope or
aspiration.