Psychology Today declares “...Females generally mature faster in certain cognitive and emotional areas than males during childhood and adolescence.” In Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, it becomes clear that Juliet appears more mature than Romeo. Shakespeare proves that Juliet demonstrates a heightened level of maturity by capturing her reactions to outlandish events, displaying her awareness of sexual realities, and exhibiting her ability to tackle tragic news. Juliet displays a higher level of maturity when she recognizes that Romeo, while proclaiming his interminable love, has not thought of the meaning behind his words and brings the conversation to a halt. Shakespeare shows how Juliet, although fond of Romeo, experiences …show more content…
Shakespeare expresses her mature conclusion about the events occurring when she says, “ O what a beast was I to chide at him. / Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband? (Rom. III. 2. 95-97.)” The author conveys Juliet’s thoughts of how her impolite comments were not good and could potentially make her a bad wife for not vocalizing positive statements about her husband. Juliet continues to show awareness for her responsibilities as a wife and support her …show more content…
These two different approaches on how to handle the event of Romeo’s banishment showcase the maturity in Juliet and immaturity in Romeo. Shakespeare displays Juliet’s maturity by having her tackle tragic news wisely when she says, “ Therefore, out of thy long experienced time, / Give me some present counsel, or behold. (Rom. IIII. 1. 60-61.)” Juliet aches for wisdom in this situation, whereas Romeo acts immaturely. Shakespeare articulates Romeo’s dramatic words when he says, “ Tell me, that I may sack / The hateful mansion. [He draws his dagger] (Rom. III. 3. 107-108.)” Romeo sees death as a way out of his difficult situation and even prepares for action by drawing his dagger. Faced with the same news of banishment, Juliet reacts and handles the situation more maturely and
Juliet is no longer herself without him. ‘O, break, my heart! Poor Bankrupt, break at once’. Juliet’s heart has lost everything worth living for ‘Vile earth, to earth resign, and motion here’, she believes her life should end due to the fact she believes she is worthless, and should be surrendered to the grave. The theme of love is expressed through the passage, shown between the Nurse and Juliet. The nurse desires Juliet’s happiness; she helped Juliet with the secret marriage with Romeo and tries to convince the Capulets to not arrange a marriage with Count Paris. After the event of Tybalt’s death, she believes it is best for Juliet to forget about banished Romeo. Juliet ‘chides’ Romeo over his contradictory peace and violence. Juliet questions ‘Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?’ as she reflects on how she spoke poorly about him. Shakespeare conveys love throughout Romeo and Juliet as a brutal, powerful emotion which captures individuals and at times turns them against their wold and
Juliet refuses to marry Paris, saying, “Now, by Saint Peter's Church and Peter too, / He shall not make me there a joyful bride!” (3.5, 121-122). This quote shows that Juliet is disobedient and unreasonable, It is shown because as soon as talk of marrying Paris come up, Juliet breaks down crying and starts raising her voice. A little while after the last scene, the Nurse tries to give Juliet some advice, Juliet’s response is, “Ancient damnation! O most wicked fiend! / ... I'll to the Friar to know his remedy. / If all else fail, myself have power to die.” (3.5, 248, 254-255). This scene also shows that Juliet is disobedient and unreasonable because, Juliet blatantly goes behind her parents back to make a plan that goes against their wishes. Her actions show that Juliet changes for the worse near the end of the story.
Unlike Romeo’s adolescents Juliet once again breaks free from that stereotype right before she is going to drink the potion that makes her look dead. She is worried about if she “wake[s] before the time that Romeo comes to redeem [her]” (4.3,35-end). By this she means that she fears that Romeo will not be there by the time she wakes up and she will be stuck in the tomb with all the dead bodies which will inturn make her go crazy. Juliet though she is not as bad as Romeo still makes some adolescent choices that really affect he life like marrying Romeo and also killing herself.
Teens may seem to make the most stupid, irrational, and rash decisions they possibly could for the seemingly relatively easy lives they live, but being an adolescent isn’t easy. The teen characters from Romeo and Juliet all make some pretty stupid decisions, but they are, in fact, teenagers; their brains are not actually yet fully developed. They don’t have the same capacity to make decisions with the distant future in mind as those of us who do have more developed brains. Therefor, they shouldn’t be held to the same standards as adults, as their brains are just more likely to lean towards risk taking and impulsive behavior - it isn’t their fault. Though adults can help guide adolescents through decisions, teens need to be able to try things and learn by themselves. The adults in this tragedy definitely were not a good example of how to take care of teens, and probably are at fault for the terrible decisions many of the teen characters made, just as much so as the teens themselves.
A character goes through many changes that depend on the kind of events they experience. The play “Romeo and Juliet” written by William Shakespeare, uses different tones and language that shows the readers that Juliet, a Protagonist, changes over time, proving the idea that she is a dynamic character. At the beginning of the play, we are introduced to a young, innocent and inexperienced girl, Juliet the daughter of Lord Capulet . She has not yet seen the real world and is raised by the person she trusts most, her nurse. Juliet begins as a naive child who has thought little about love and marriage, but she grows up quickly upon falling in love with Romeo, the son of her family’s great enemy. Due to the fact that Juliet is a girl in an aristocratic family, she has none of the freedom Romeo has to rome around the city, climb over walls in the middle of the night, or get into swordfights. As we begin to learn more about the character of Juliet, we learn that Juliet is not the girl she used to be anymore. She is more courageous and willing to break the rules. She goes against her and her family beliefs. In the beginning of the play she obeys her parents. But as the play descends Juliet is disregarding of what her parents say. She is no longer the innocent girl she use to be. Shakespeare use of language helps the reader to see the change in a character that makes them a dynamic character.
In the end of the book the first instance was when Juliet herad about the marriage and threatens to kill herself unless it doesn’t happen. “Tell me not, friar, that thou hear’st of this, Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it: If, in thy wisdom, thou canst give no help, Do thou but call my resolution wise, And with this knife I’ll help it presently” ( ). The quote above has a very troubling meaning. It means, Friar tell me this isn’t true, tell me you can prevent it, or I will solve my problem right here with this knife and it will all be over. This quote is about the closest spot before action is taken to the words of the troubled couple. The second spot where a self- destructive relationship is illustrated when Juliet has taken the piousness berry and dropped to the ground and Romeo attempts to take out the poison. “For fear of that, I still will stay with thee, And never from this palace of dim night Depart again. Here, here will I remain With worms that are thy chamber maids. Oh, here Will I set up my everlasting rest, And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last. Arms, take your last embrace. And, lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death. Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavory guide. Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on The dashing rocks thy seasick, weary bark. Here’s to my love!” ( ). This quote is large but very meaningful. It means, Here I will remain with you and your remains, oh I am going to be here forever and all bad luck will be gone arms, lips and eyes look and feel for the last time for I will be her forever. At this point in the end of the novel action or harm to oneself has finally taken place, Romeo kill himself for
Although the lovers are both fairly impudent throughout the play, Romeo, the male lead, is even more so. Through out the play of Romeo and Juliet, the Montague heir has ceased maturity over the course of the Shakespearean tragedy. First of all, it was “Rosaline” (II.iii.67). whom Romeo “didst love so dear” (II.iii.67). at the beginning of the play as he “groaned . . . woes for Rosaline” (II.ii.74-78) however, he easily fell out of lover with her and in love with the “fair daughter of the rich Capulet” (II.iii.58) like he was changing his mind on a meal he’d order. Also, he fell out of love with Rosaline because she did not “doth grace for grace and love for love allow.” (II.iii. 85-88) which basically meant that Romeo didn’t love Rosaline because she didn’t love him back, which is very childish in hindsight. Another way that Romeo is immature is that he doesn’t have a sense of reality fore, he’s always either extremely depressed, like when Rosaline wanted to remain chaised for life or extremely elated like when he met Juliet, while having no real middle ground for his emotions. These are all reasons why Romeo is immature: he’s always heads over heels in love for trivial reasons and he has no to little sense of reality.
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...
Character Development Essay The play "Romeo and Juliet", by William Shakespeare, is a dramatic love story. The characters in this play have static and dynamic conflicts. Internal conflict is a conflict where the person has trouble making a decision. External conflict is when another person, society, or situation gets in the way of the character.
Juliet is shown to be immature in a opening scene where her father tells the bride-seeking Paris his daughter is not old and grown-up enough to marry. "My child is yet a stranger in the world, she hath not seen the charge of fourteen years. . ." (Lines 8-9, Scene 2, Act 1). It is also shown during the balcony scene when she agrees to marry Romeo after knowing him only a day and she is not even sure herself that Romeo wants to marry her. "If that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow. . . And all my fortunes at thy foot I'll lay, and follow thee my lord throughout the world" (Lines 142-143, 146-147, Scene 2, Act 2). After he marriage she is told by her nurse she is to marry Paris. In a blind fury she runs to Friar Lawrence with a knife to her body, thinking that her only option was to dye or hear a plan presented by Friar Lawrence to get her out of a second marriage. "If in thy wisdom thou canst give no help, do thou but call my resolution wise, and with this knife I'll help it presently. . .'Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knife shall play umpire. . ." (Lines 53-55, 63-64, Scene 1, Act 4).
All throughout the play Juliet is maturing, but this scene is the focal point. Shakespeare seems to tie this focal point to her first sexual experience and marriage. She now feels like more of a woman after experiencing these two parts of life. Her defiance of her parents shows more independence than maturity, however, it is hard to blame the misfortuned Juliet for reaction in the manner she did. Also, the somewhat tragic ending of Juliet's confidence of the Nurse shows she is willing to be own her own, so that she can have what she wants. What she wants though was probably not the best decision, because when all the foreshadowing was finally enacted she and the person she loved the most lied dead.
In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet respond with different maturity levels to major events. It has been said that boys do not mature as quickly as girls, and Romeo and Juliet prove that statement to be true. Three major events of the play to demonstrate this are: the balcony scene, the scenes after Romeo killed Tybalt, and the scenes where Romeo and Juliet drink their potion. Throughout the play, Romeo responds to major events more immaturely than Juliet.
Do Romeo and Juliet mature during the play? Most people would probably say that they did not mature and some people agree that they have matured. In the Romeo and Juliet play there are parts that people would disagree with them maturing but there are parts where they have matured. They have matured in how they act but not as much as there character.
Juliet’s personality varied greatly; based on her either foolish or brave choices. Since Juliet was forbidden to marry a Montague, she begins to make hasty decisions. These decisions lead to the inevitable death of the star-crossed lover Romeo and his sweetheart. Juliet’s maturity begins to unveil with her own sovereign actions, which were provoked by her love with Romeo. Juliet’s resolution to take Friar Lawrence’s potion, is affected by her newly discovered independence.
Juliet also undergoes a change in character, far removing herself from the naïve fourteen year old of Act One, she becomes increasingly strong and practical (Spencer 67). At the beginning of the play Juliet talks of marriage as ‘an honour that I dream not of’ (1.3.67) but by Act Two Scene Two it is Juliet who brings about the subject of marriage, encouraging Romeo to arrange their wedding. Romeo may have insisted on declaring their love for each other but Juliet takes it a step further ‘thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow’ (2.2.144).