Exploring the Role of Corsican Capulet The prologue can be interpreted to provide a brief overview of Lord Capulet's character. For example the seventh line "With their death they bury the conflict of their parents". This shows that Capulet is an overall reasonable man who, unfortunately, after the death of three young men, manages to bury his feud with the Montagues. The word Bury is particularly relevant because it gives the image that the feud will never surface again. At the beginning of Act 1, scene 1, Lord Capulet arrives to find one of his family, Tybalt, fighting with Benvolio, a Montague. As soon as he arrives he calls out “What noise is this? Give me my long sword, oh!" This shows his anger and short temper at the sight of a Montague. The word "ho" here represents his rush to fight and the "!" shows his anger and the fact that he is shouting. In addition to being shown to be angry and short-tempered, he is also shown to be less respected than he might think. After asking for his sword, his wife responds by saying, sarcastically, “A crutch, a crutch! representing that she is teasing him about his age, even though she is a woman in the patriarchal society it is set in. This would be extremely embarrassing for the head of a family in that society and would not be tolerated on most occasions. THE "!" she shows her confidence in saying this, which is rare for a woman. In Act 1 Scene 2, unlike Scene 1, Capulet is calm and thinks of peace. This is demonstrated by his comment "...it's not difficult, I think for old men like us to keep the peace.". “…_we_ to keep the peace” proves it because it says us. This refers to him and Montague as if they were equal or friendly, and this is important because it makes Capulet seem as if he regrets his violence. Another important aspect of Capulet's behavior within this scene is how quickly he changes mood. It is possible that this is due to the Prince's words in the last scene: "Once again, on pain of death, all men go." The fact that the prince says this makes it important to Capulet because he is very careful about his public appearance.