Juliet's Act of Independence

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In a world corrupted by violence, where following tradition means honoring hate, love gets lost. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is an innocent, easily manipulated child at the beginning of the play, but her quick maturation into a strong-willed woman in love contributes to the theme real love is an unstoppable, all-powerful force that can reshape individuals as well as the society they inhabit. At first, Juliet is a dependent character who religiously obeys her parents; however, once she meets her true love, she becomes self-aware and strong-willed and in due coarse, risks everything for true love. Ultimately, this concludes in her inevitable death.

In the beginning of the play, Juliet has an innocent perception towards true love and respects the traditions that decide her future as a wife through her reverent responses. At first, as she responds to her mother, she politely seeks to understand “what [her mother’s] will” is. Juliet’s polite façade genuinely displays her well-mannered nature. Subsequently, Juliet refers to the thought of marriage as “an honor the [she] dreams not of.” J...

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