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.
At first Juliet is quite shocked, as her love for Romeo is destined and without him she believes
Juliet's Nurse is first introduced to the play in Act I Scene 3. It is
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.)
about committing suicide in the first place. It goes from one extreme emotion to another. This scene explores her thoughts & feelings about Romeo & what he really is like that. This scene is one of the most dramatic & exciting scenes in the play Romeo & Juliet. At the beginning of the scene, she felt excitement.
The Nurse disregards Juliet’s feelings for Romeo and takes the easy option, telling her to marry Paris, “I think you are happy in this second match, for it excels your first”. Juliet despises the Nurse for saying this.
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...
Juliet act very serious. The reader can tell this by the way the two speak.
in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. 2nd ed. Ed. J. A. Bryant, Jr. New York: Penguin Putnam, 1998. 160-170.
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
At the end of the party Romeo hides in Juliet’s orchard and overhears her talking
The audience’s first impression of Juliet however, is through her interaction with her mother (Lady Capulet) and the Nurse. From the Nurse’s remarks, the audience learns that Juliet is thirteen and “Come Lammas-eve at night shall [Juliet turn] fourteen” (Act I.3.18-9). As Juliet enters the presence of her mother and the Nurse, Shakespeare portrays Juliet as a very faithful daughter. When summoned by the Nurse, Juliet comes promptly then responds politely to her mother “Madam, I am here, what is your will?” (Act I.3.7). When Juliet refers to her mother as ‘madam” (Act I.3.7), the audience also gets the impression of Juliet being compliant to her elder’s wishes. This can be observed when her mothe...
Rosaline but as soon as he sets eyes on Juliet falls in love with her,
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...
so she want her to be happy. Juliet might have given up on the Idea