Respect your elders

As Romeo and Juliet progresses, the audience is positioned to see that in the Capulet household respect for the family elders is paramount.

In Romeo and Juliet, the audience is positioned to see that in the Capulet household respect for the family elders is paramount. This is shown in Act One Scene 5, when Lord Capulet holds a party Tybalt finds out that Romeo has sneaked in and Tybalt gets very angry and Lord Capulet comes along and tells him that he needs to tolerate him and that he is boss of this house and that Tybalt has to do as he says. This is shown in the text, act one, scene 5 line 76-78 "He shall be endured.
What, goodman boy! I say, he shall. Go to.
Am I the master here, or you? Go to." This here shows that Tybalt needs respect for his elders in the Capulet house. Juliet also displays this respect for her elders because she is always doing what her mother and father wants her to do and this is displayed when Lady Capulet comes and tells Juliet that she has to marry Paris, and as she does not want to marry Paris she tell's her mum she would rather marry a Montague, their enemy. This displeases her father and Lord Capulet gets angry at Juliet and tells her she is baggage and threatens to disown her. Act 3, scene 5, line 151-156 "And yet “not proud”? Mistress minion you,
Thank me no thankings, nor proud me no prouds,
But fettle your fine joints 'gainst Thursday next
To go with Paris to Saint Peter’s Church,
Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither.
Out, you green sickness, carrion! Out, you baggage!"

Respect for the elders in the Capulet household is paramount as it is displayed throughout the play.