Romeo And Juliet Character Traits

Juliet is the only child of Capulet and Lady Capulet. She looks up to her mother, who is about 28 but her mother doesn’t act like a mother should, her Nurse is a more nurturing, respectable figure to Juliet. Because of her young mother and the norms during the Shakespearean Era, she acts older than she actually is. She has a mature personality and is a romantic, though her brain hasn’t caught up with her heart. She is very beautiful and loves Romeo more than she loves her family. Because of that she makes a lot of decisions that are guided by her heart, not her brain, which didn’t get her to a very good place.
Before this scene, Paris asks Capulet for Juliet to be his wife, and Capulet promises her within three days. In the beginning of this

scene (before line 65), Romeo and Juliet talk about their love for each other, before he leaves for good. He was banished for killing Tybalt and was anxious to leave before daylight, so they say their goodbyes as the Nurse and Lady Capulet barge in. During our scene, Lady Capulet is eager to tell Juliet the news of her marriage. Juliet is completely against marrying him, and tells her mother about her plan to marry Romeo, and Capulet comes in. She tells him her opinion and he explodes with rage, threatening to throw her into the streets if she doesn’t marry Paris. At the end of this scene (after line 207) the Nurse advises Juliet to forget about Romeo, telling her he is practically dead, and that Paris is better for her.

Juliet and Capulet are the most emotional characters in this scene. Capulet has assured Paris Juliet’s hand in marriage and Juliet wants to remain faithful to Romeo. Juliet tells him her opinion of the arrangement, and he becomes enraged.
He had worked hard to assure Paris that she would marry him, only for her to not want to marry him. He feels under appreciated and is angry that instead of her thanking him, she rejects his efforts. He then threatens to throw her out of the home because of her disobedience.
Juliet on the other hand tries her hardest not to enrage him. She explains to him that she is thankful that he went through all that trouble, but isn’t satisfied. Instead of her being angry that he went behind her back to give her away without her consent, she tries to calm him. She feels scared, not only of her father, but of how she is expected to marry Paris. She doesn’t want to cheat on Romeo, so she begs her father to reconsider.
But her father doesn’t.

He thinks this is the best option for not only Juliet, but for him. He’ll be a father-in-law to a royal descendant, so they both have motives the other one doesn’t suspect.
Juliet says to herself “God pardon him! I do, with all my heart; and yet no man like he doth grieve my heart.” in a depressed voice. When I act this, I’ll look out the window to look for him. He had left shortly before so she might see him, and she looks for him to signify that this isn’t the end for her and Romeo.
After Lady Capulet tells Juliet the news of her father’s action, she begins to stress. She says “Now by Saint Peter’s church and Peter too, he shall not make me there a joyful bride” by raising her voice as she ends the sentence, and emphasize the “not”. So instead of “he shall not make me there a joyful bride”, which sounds monotonous, she says “ he shall not make me there a joyful bride”. Adding the emphasis on the ‘not’ makes the sentence more dramatic and demanding.
When Juliet says “Not proud I have; but thankful, that you have” she says it in a calming, soothing manner. Like I said before, she tries to calm her father and prevent angering him anymore. When acting this, I’ll put my hand on Alayah’s (Capulet) arm to show her compassion for her

father.
And after Capulet rejects her and becomes furious, she starts backing away, she eventually falls to the ground, and that’s when she’ll say “I beseech you on my knees, hear me with patience but to speak a word”. At that point, Juliet will be on her knees looking up at her father. Her father will insult her and she’ll begin to cry on the floor.