Juliet’s Characterisation in Romeo and Juliet This tragic love story of two star-crossed lovers unfolds when Juliet, one of the two main characters, falls in love with the son of her father’s great enemy, Romeo, the other main character. Juliet realises her parents will not be happy as they want her to marry another. Therefore she goes behind their backs to marry Romeo to show her parents she’s serious about him but the play ends in tragedy. Initially, Shakespeare presents Juliet as an innocent girl of not quite 14 years of age. Juliet is first heard of in Act 1 Scene 2 when we see her father –Lord Capulet- and the county Paris speaking of her. Lord Capulet is keen to protect her since she is his only surviving child. Paris is asking the Lord for her hand in marriage but her father says she is too young: “My child is yet a stranger in the world, She hath not seen the change of fourteen years;” Shakespeare is trying to portray Juliet as not being ready to even court. By saying she is a “stranger” to the world he is commenting perhaps on her lack of experience. When Lord Capulet says “Let two more summers wither in their pride” He is telling Paris to wait for two more years and then he can “woo” her. In Act 1, Scene 3 we meet Juliet for the first time. Juliet is not really considering marriage at the start of the play. We know this because of her reaction to her parents’ proposal that she marry Paris: “It is an honour I dream not of”. When we first meet her, she is in the company of her mother and her nurse, so the audience is reminded that she is a young girl, not yet making decisions for herself. This idea is... ... middle of paper ... ...o and decides that, at this climax of tragedy, to chooses death in order to be with him. Her certainty over her decision is made clear when she says, “Yea noise? Then I’ll be brief, O happy dagger!”. Juliet’s feelings are made clear that she has to be with Romeo because so completely has she embraced his love. Overall Shakespeare has presented a convincing portrait of Juliet, maturing from girlhood to womanhood, in the space of only five days but he still left a lot for the audience to judge. Juliet, in the end, is seen as brave young woman for defying her parents just for her love of Romeo. Her isolation from her friends and family and her overpowering love for Romeo has fuelled her determination, and instead of following orders from people she has made her own decisions and ultimately chose to end her own life.
Juliet's Nurse is first introduced to the play in Act I Scene 3. It is
Juliet apart, there was not a clear individual who stood out, both characters gullible and in a since
guided Romeo to go back to the tomb to die with Juliet. The love at
Juliet act very serious. The reader can tell this by the way the two speak.
Overall his advice could be seen as good intentions, yet his lack of communication and haste, resulted in the tragedy of a pair of star-cross lovers. Romeo and Juliet.
but in Act 3 Scene 2, it is the other way round. It’s Juliet who is
of new skirt as his opinion means a lot to her. He calls her beautiful
this scene as Juliet is not even 14 when she is betrothed to Paris and
The average person doesn’t meet someone, profess their love for them, and ask her hand in marriage all in one night… but Romeo does. In Shakespeare’s calamity of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is the idiot that does all of this. I blame Romeo for the death of these star-crossed lovers, along with the other four characters. If it wasn’t for his impetuous nature, none of this would have happened. Romeo’s relationship with Juliet could be more thought out and more planned. Although the play ended with his death included, without him Juliet and others would have kept their lives.
We first meet Juliet in Act one scene three, where we learn a lot about her character. Juliet is very caring, well mannered and a loving girl. She is always willing to help others. At that time she is only thirteen years old and has never consid...
In Act One of William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, we meet Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt. Right away, we get an idea of who these characters are and what kind of role they will play throughout the story. Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt share many distinctive characteristics and personalities in the story. We learn that Romeo is the romantic and handsome son of the Montagues. In the beginning of the story, he was depressed, but his mood quickly changed as the story went on. We also learn that Mercutio is Romeo’s closest and good friend who tries to make Romeo forget about his first love, Rosaline. He is a great entertainer and he’s very sarcastic too. Instantly, we learn that Tybalt is a Capulet and Juliet’s cousin. He is very hot-headed, aggressive, and violent. He loathes the Montagues very much. Finally, in Act One of William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, we meet three characters, Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt and we directly get an idea of what the characters are like.
Through the flaws in the characterization of his characters, Shakespeare allows their weakness to manipulate and cloud their judgment. This fundamentally leads to the outcome of Romeo and Juliet, with each weakness presenting a conflict that alters the characters fate. Being especially true with the star-crossed lovers, William Shakespeare leads their perfect love into tragedy with these conflicts. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet, Friar Lawrence, and Tybalt all contribute to conflicts that enhance the plot. From destructive flaws in their characterizations, Juliet, Friar Lawrence, and Tybalt are all consequently controlled by their weakness, therefore affecting the outcome of the play.
The audience is first introduced to Juliet in the exposition of the play. Juliet attracts the attention the Count Paris and her father (Lord Capulet) wisely says that Juliet “is yet a stranger in the world” (Act I.2.8) and should be allowed “two more summers” (Act I.2.10) to grow until she is ready for marriage. This implies that Juliet is young and has not yet matured to level where she is eligible to be married. Lord Capulet’s love for his daughter leads him to protect her from the prospective marriage until she is “ripe to be a bride” (Act I.2.11).
In act one scene five Romeo lays eyes Juliet for the first time, he is
him one of her pistols as a "momento" and tells him to do it beautifully, as though she knew