Juliet as Brave and in Love or Irresponsible and Rebellious in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare In Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the character of Juliet Capulet is just thirteen years old. She is at an age where she stands on the border of maturity and immaturity and this sometimes shows in her actions. It could be argued that her behaviour in the play is either brave because she is desperately in love with Romeo, or that it is irresponsible and she is just being a rebellious teenager. At the beginning of the play when we first see Juliet in Act I Scene III, we meet the Nurse and her mother. We get an immediate impression of how the Nurse has bought up Juliet since she was a young baby and she is closer to her than her own mother, this is shown by the Nurse’s stories of Juliet from when she was a baby, “And she was weaned-I shall never forget it”. Juliet seems to be an ordinary and obedient child who lives a normal sheltered aristocratic life in 17th century Italy. Juliet is asked in the very first scene we meet her if she would like to marry Paris. Her response is possibly one of the first stages in the evolution of her character in the play, “I’ll look to like, if looking liking move.” Juliet agrees to meet Paris and see what she thinks, but she has already decided that she won’t go out of her way to fall in love with him, this could be interpreted as a polite and respectful way to her parents of saying no. Juliet’s first meeting with Romeo is a large step for her towards adulthood, there is an immediate physical attraction between the two and Romeo calls Juliet’s hand a “holy shrine”. The couple kiss for the first time after just fourteen lines of speech to each other. Juliet continues her transformation during this scene, by which the end she has decided for herself what she wants – to be with Romeo. She later confesses this to the Nurse, “That I love a loathed enemy.
Conversely, Juliet's mother is stiff and cold towards, and uses Juliet as a tool to make the family name look good. As we learn in towards the beginning of the story Juliet is the last child of the Capulet line, and as a result her mother also puts pressure on Juliet for having a two year engagement with the Prince. Nurse obviously seems to be closer to Juliet, than her biological mother. Hence, this is yet another character foil present in Shakespeare’s play involves Juliet’s nurse and Lady Capulet (Juliet’s mother.)
Juliet's Nurse is first introduced to the play in Act I Scene 3. It is
This shows that the Nurse is following orders from Juliet, because she thinks it will make Juliet happy. Although she does, she does not seem to be bothered about the damage she could cause in the future. This is one reason why the Nurse could be to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Another point in the play where the Nurse contributes to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is when the proposal of Paris comes along. At this stage in the play, Romeo has been banished.
Juliet act very serious. The reader can tell this by the way the two speak.
The Way Juliet Feels in Act 3 Scene 2 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet In Act 3 Scene 2, Juliet experiences many different & strong emotions. This essay is to explain the reasons why she experiences these feelings. I am a sassy. From excitement & joy to anger & resentment, from complete. despair, she finds hope & towards the end she is strongly thinking.
Rosaline but as soon as he sets eyes on Juliet falls in love with her,
At the end of the party Romeo hides in Juliet’s orchard and overhears her talking
When Romeo meets Juliet for the first time in Act 1, scene 5 at the
Nurse betrayed the trust of both Juliet and her parents. Firstly, as an authority figure in the family, Nurse should not have arranged the meetings regarding their marriage between Romeo and Juliet. By doing this, she is also allowing Romeo to see her as a friend, rather then one of Juliet’s guardians. In act 2, scene 4, Romeo says “And stay, good Nurse. Behind the abbey wall within this hour my man sh...
Juliet’s weakness to be controlled by love leads her to make unadvised and irresponsible decisions that contribute to her choice of ending her life. Characterized as a young and rash teenager, with no interest in love and marriage at first, Juliet wants to be independent. However, after she first lays eyes on Romeo, Juliet’s perception of love is quick to change. Their strong love easily manipulates and clouds her judgment. Even if she is cautious and realizes their love is too fast, the rush of feelings from having a first love overcomes her. Her soft-spoken words symbolically foreshadow the journey of Romeo and Juliet’s love. “Well, do not swear. Although I joy in thee, / I have no joy of this contract tonight. / It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;…/ This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath, / May prove to be a beauteous flower when next we meet” (2.2. 117-123). The blooming flower is indicative of their growing love, especially Juliet. Being her first experience of true love, her actions become more rash the deeper she falls in, even ...
The Nurse possesses many qualities. For example, she is very hearty towards Juliet, kind, protective, compassionate and a loving lady. In some parts of the play The Nurse can be long-winded, insensitive, arrogant, insecure and stupid at times but she loves Juliet very much, partially as she imagines that Juliet is a substitute for her own daughter Susan. She has a bawdy sense of humor, which brings out the naturalness of sex and childbearing. This is seen when she tells Juliet to look for love, - “Go girl, seek happy nights to happy days';. This displays a realistic attitude to love. Such bawdy realism is, like the ribaldry of Mercutio and company, a contrast with the tender, romantic and passionate feelings of Romeo and Juliet. The Nurse is a practical but rather stupid woman at times. She loves Juliet like her own child. Throughout the play The Nurse is very talkative. She will usually do what she believes is right or what Juliet wants, like secretly meeting with Romeo and arranging the wedding of Romeo and Juliet.
The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the nurse is Juliet’s lower-class nurse. She is a loquacious, insolent trusting but yet dishonest character in the play. The only character that Juliet trusts and usually is seen cracking dirty jokes
From “the fatal loins” (Prologue.5) of Lord and Lady Capulet, protagonist Juliet is born in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. Early on in the play Juliet is portrayed as a very dutiful daughter to her family. After her encounter with Romeo however, she begins a rapid transformation from a naive young girl into a woman. By the end of the play Juliet’s transformation evolves her from a dutiful daughter, into a faithful wife that is willing to desert her family in the name of love.
in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. 2nd ed. Ed. J. A. Bryant, Jr. New York: Penguin Putnam, 1998. 160-170.
so she want her to be happy. Juliet might have given up on the Idea