The male characters in Romeo and Juliet are angered often; whether they’re angry about a death, or when things don’t go their way. Lord Capulet is a prime archetype of this temperamental male character. He tends to be very demanding, and when he didn’t get what he wanted, he became extremely angry, furious even. For example, “Wife, we scarce thought us blest that God had lent us but this only child, but now I see this one is one too much,” (3.5.164-166). This shows that it is a dramatic reaction to her refusal to marry; the simplest thing of Juliet not wanting to get married yet made him overreact and disown his own daughter. He says to Lady Capulet that they thought they were blessed to have only one child, but now he sees that they have one
