Sympathy For Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Sympathy For Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

A pair of star crossed lover found love in the most unusual of places.

There were both members of two feuding families Romeo the Montague and

Juliet the Capulet. These two people should have been worst enemies

but instead they were lovers. This play was written by William

Shakespeare in around the 16th century. It is a tragedy as both of the

main characters die by their own hand at the end of it. Juliet lives

with her parents Old Capulet and Lady Capulet, although she is closest

to her nurse because she raised her from birth. In the time of

Shakespeare's a girl would not get to chose who she wished to marry

instead her parents would decide for her even if she did not like the

man.

In Act 3 Scene 2 Juliet is waiting for Romeo to arrive so they can

consummate the marriage to make it legal, she is getting very

impatient and she is also very anxious:-"Gallop apace you fiery footed

stead" and also she says "Come, civil knight" but there is a case of

Dramatic Irony because the audience knows that Romeo killed Tybalt but

Juliet does not yet possess this piece of information, and she also

does not realise that Romeo has been banished for this crime. In line

43 Juliet is told, that someone is dead, (at this news I think she

would be feeling sad but also angry) by her nurse but there is a case

of crossed wires as she believe that Romeo is dead until about line 61

when the nurse said:-O Tybalt, Tybalt… That ever I should live to see

thee dead! In this scene we feel sorry for Juliet because she is

effectively stuck in between a rock and a hard place. If she takes her

husbands side she will be betraying her family and if she takes the

side of her family then she will be betraying her husband. Juliet is

also confused as she begins to use oxymorons :-'O serpent heart, hid