Which lines in this excerpt from act III of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet best show Lord Capulet’s oppressive and authoritarian nature?


A Things have fall'n out, sir, so unluckily,

That we have had no time to move our daughter:


B And so did I: Well, we were born to die.

'Tis very late, she'll not come down to-night:


C : Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender

Of my child's love: I think she will be ruled

In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not.


D And bid her, mark you me, on Wednesday next—

But, soft! what day is this?