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Juliet Character Essay

Shakespeare's drama “Romeo and Juliet” follows the star crossed lovers Romeo Montague
and Juliet Capulet, destined to fall in love and fated to die
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In the exposition, Act 1 scene 3, Juliet seems to appear innocent and childish
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When
she says “ Madam what is your will”
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This also
signifies Juliet's innocence as she follows orders blindly and and is subservient and
obedient
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This conveys Juliet appears to be controlled but
actually she does what her will is
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Juliet then becomes more confident when she meets Romeo at the
party hosted by her father
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Juliet is now confident enough to flirt with Romeo and this
displays her character development from childish to becoming more mature as she is now
interested in boys
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This suggests that the couple are bonding and have
fallen in love with each other
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Juliet has realised the importance of love and has has transformed
from an innocent child to being deep in love with Romeo
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This Clarifies how deeply in love with
Romeo she is and the lengths to which she would go to be with him
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Juliet appears to be extremely irrational here as she is prepared to dies for a person
she just met
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There is rising action in Act 1 scene 5 as Juliet appears to be controversial and starts making
decisions for herself
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The use of paradox demonstrates Juliet's controversial decision as she has chosen to love
Romeo even though she is supposed to hate his family
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She could easily
choose not to love him but instead she made a contentious decision of loving him
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Juliet is no longer fully controlled by her mother as her mother
would not approve of Juliet loving a sworn enemy of their family
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Juliet is on the
balcony, after the party, speaking to Romeo and she says “ It is too rash, too unadvis'd, too
sudden, too like lightening”
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She wants their relationship to last forever
and has a practical reaction to their love
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In Shakespearean times, men were controlling and
proposed marriage
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Immediately after the climax in Act 3 scene 2, Juliet defends her husband rather than siding
with her family
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Rather than believing what her family tells her about the
situation, Juliet realises that Tybalt would have killed Romeo if Romeo hadn't killed Tybalt
and realises that Romeo is not guilty
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She is
willing forget everything from her childhood for her love and this shows her strength as a
character
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In act 3 scene 5, Juliet defies her
parents wishes to marry Paris and doesn't care to please her family
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This
conveys that Juliet does not think of Romeo as evil and is not influenced by her mother's
thoughts and ideas
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She is no longer influenced by those around her and this is shown through the fact
that she defends her love instead of her family
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She is showing defiance
towards her parents, even though she knows she could face serious consequences for this
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This signifies the huge change in character Juliet has gone through and shows
her strong will as she is not afraid of anyone
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There is falling action in act 4 scene 1 as Juliet shows her independence by going to the
Friar about her problems to avoid marrying Paris
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Juliet does not feel her family can help her in this situation so she
has to take matters into her own hands and go to the Friar, an individual she can trust
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Her relationship with Romeo has meant that she can no longer trust her family
and has to be independent and ask others for help
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“ I have learnt me to repent the
sin”
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This displays that Juliet cannot be manipulated and no one can make her go against
her will
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“Romeo,Romeo,Romeo,
Here's drink – I drink to thee”
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Juliet displays a great act of courage in drinking the potion and this
shows how strong she has become
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“ This is thy sheath, there rust, and
let me die”
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This shows the strength of her character and
her deep love for Romeo
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At the

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Her deep love for Romeo then caused her to transform into a strong
willed character as she defied her parents and refused to marry Paris
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And finally, Romeos death made her a courageous and brave character as
she took her own life because she could not be with Romeo

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