Juliet’s attitude to her relationship with Romeo undergoes changes, and as her relationship with Romeo deepens she starts to take more risks. In the novel Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, Juliet is portrayed as wise and very mature for her age at the beginning of the story, which contrasts the brash way she behaves later on. For example, in the famous “balcony scene” where Romeo visits Juliet late at night, she says, “I have no joy of this contract tonight / It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden”(2.2 124-125). Judging by the negative language she is using, such as “unadvised” and “rash”, it is not difficult to comprehend that she is not a fan of the encounter(125). This also portrays her maturity, because if she didn't think things through, …show more content…
To illustrate, in Act II when Juliet is getting married to Romeo, she affectionately says “My true love is grown to such excess / I can not sum up sum of half my wealth”(2.6 34-35). In this scene, it is obvious that her relationship with Romeo has become a lot more profound, as seen when she says, she “cannot sum up sum of half my wealth”(35). By this, she means that she values her love for Romeo a lot more than all of her wealth. Money played such a big role in society, which is evident with the fact that Juliet’s parents used Paris’ wealth as a reason why Juliet to marry him in act III. Hence a statement like this comparing the love from a sworn enemy of her family to money quite accurately depicts how much Juliet loves Romeo. This is a big leap from when she described her meeting with Romeo as “too rash”(2.2 124). Additionally, in Act III, as Juliet is sitting in her room thinking out loud, she says,” Romeo / Leap to these arms / untalked of and unseen”(3.2 6-7). The way she says this almost certainly implies that she is ready to take more risks, such as when she says “untalked of and unseen”(7). These adjectives hint that she doesn’t want anyone to know that he’s with her, which is a big leap from her normal obedient and open behavior. Additionally, as a teenage girl in 16th century Verona, she
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.
4. Juliet’s attitude changes because she knows that Romeo heard her expressing her love for him and she gets worried that things are moving too fast for her.
Juliet’s character is a collection of innocence, youth and naïveness. Her portrayal, however, did not fit well with the stereotypical view of how an Elizabethan women should have been. Women back then had to obey their fathers and husbands. They weren’t granted free will and so Juliet initial portrayal is girl who is an obeying daughter but when she discovers love she becomes a disobedient daughter to be faithful to her husband (Romeo).
Who would be willing to die for their loved ones? Romeo and Juliet would and did. Romeo and Juliet’s love and death brought two families together who could not even remember the origin of their hate. When the parents saw what their children's love for each other, they realized that their fighting had only led to suffering and insoluble conflict. Romeo and Juliet loved each other to an extent that they killed themselves rather than live apart. They did it with no hiatus. Juliet says before she kills herself, “O happy dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die.”( 5, 3, 182-183) demonstrating how she would rather die than not be with him.
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.
To begin, Juliet challenges her family expectations in favour of living a life where she can express her love to Romeo, who is her family’s enemy, freely. For example, as Romeo and Juliet speak with each other on the balcony, she states “Deny thy father and refuse thy name; or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (II, ii, 100-102). Juliet understands society will not allow her to be with Romeo, a Montague, because he is the family’s (Capulet’s) enemy. But due to her intense love toward Romeo, she is ready to give up her family ...
The significance of Juliet’s change in character is to show her accelerated transformation from a young girl into a mature woman. In the beginning of the play Juliet is unable to make her own decisions. However after her meeting with Romeo, Juliet becomes more assertive and defends her love for Romeo. In conclusion, individuals cannot be forced to love; love is nurtured and nourished but also is always put to test.
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).
In order to maintain a healthy relationship there is many main components such as: commination, trust and mutual respect. In the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare there are many examples of: lack of commination, lack of mutual respect and absence of trust. Although, the adult figures in Juliet’s life try to guide her through life, they instead become negative role models and are the biggest contributors to her death.
This is displayed throughout the play and is expressed directly in the following quotes, “...Or if thou thinkst I am too quickly won, I’ll frown, and be perverse, and say thee nay,…” (2.1.95-96). Another flaw with Juliet is that she jumps into the relationship with Romeo being super trusting and not even 100% sure to the point of having no say. “...Although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract tonight…” (2.1.117) explains that she isn’t sure about her love for Romeo but is still trusting in him. “I come, anon. -- But if thou meanst not well I do beseech thee --” (2.1.150-151) explains that she trusts him but hope he means well and shows that she isn’t 100% in her relationship with Romeo and just lets Romeo take care of her without knowing what will
Do you ever feel like you're misunderstood? Like no one ever takes your side? Do your perspectives and opinions change as you get older? Throughout the novel of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, as Romeo and Juliet’s relationship grows, presents multiple motifs in their relationship that help develop the theme and show how great of a difference age can make in relationships, choices, and life in general. As Shakespeare lays out his novel of Romeo and Juliet, many motifs are displayed including the most prominent ones of knowledge & ignorance and youth & adulthood. These motifs are used to develop the theme that there are always two perspectives and two sides to everything which often are because of age differences.
What makes a piece of literature relevant or irrelevant to a society? There have been many debates on the relevance about particular pieces of literature, especially old literature, in the modern day. Their relevance can be judged by how they address issues happening in society when they were written compared to those same issues today. It can also be judged on whether the themes present can apply to the modern day. And even if a story portrays issues that are either resolved or irrelevant today it can still have value on how it portrays human nature The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a relevant work for a person in modern times due to its themes on suicide, human recklessness, and violence and revenge.
“Is she a Capulet? O dear account! my life is my foe’s debt” (1.5.117-118). There are many factors that put pressure on Romeo’s and Juliet’s relationship throughout Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The young couple is effected in many ways by every instance that creates stress which Romeo’s and Juliet’s relationship is being forced to carry. The biggest factors that impact them are, their families ongoing feud, the broken relationships they both have in their families, and all the instances of miscommunication. Through the story of the couple who meet one another at a dance, sneak around at night to see one another, and fight for eachother, they face challenges many challenges, that add stress to their relationship.
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).
Juliet is an innocent, pretty and naïve thirteen year old girl who is the daughter of Capulet and lady Capulet. She falls in love with Romeo however due to her strict upbringing she doesn’t have the freedom that Romeo does. However she trusts him a lot with her life because she really loves him. Juliet is close with her Nurse, who has been alongside her since she was born.