William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a play that presents one of its characters as a strong individual, having her own defining personality. Juliet is the teenage daughter of Lord Capulet and is the heir of one of the wealthiest families in town. In this play Juliet presented as romantic, a dreamer and yet also intelligent.
Juliet is a very smart character who is always questioning and analyzing her situations. During the balcony scene, Juliet begins to wonder
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet.
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called” (ii /ii / 43)
She concludes that your name does not define who you are, nor should restrict who you can be with is a very insightful remark for a thirteen …show more content…
Romeo: Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?
Juliet: Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in pray’r.
Romeo: O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do,
They pray—grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.
Juliet: Saints do not move, though grant for prayers’ sake.
Romeo: Then move not while my prayer’s effect I take.
Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purg’d.
Kissing her.
Romeo went up to Juliet and touched her hand and used a religious metaphor that Juliet is a saint and Romeo is a pilgrim who wants to get rid of his sins, he tries to convince her to kiss him because, the only way to get rid of his sins is for her to take them away, Juliet agrees to stay still as Romeo kisses her, in the terms of their conversation, she takes his sin from him. Although Juliet has this connection with Romeo she later finds herself in a dilemma in which she feels as if her family name is keeping them from having a relationship. During the famous balcony scene when Romeo stays behind after the Capulet party and hides in their gardens only to hear Juliet come out onto her balcony and unknowingly professing her love for him by thinking out loud to …show more content…
Juliet feels sad that her name is standing between her and Romeo being together when she says
“Tis but thy name that is my enemy; thou art thyself, though not a Montague” (ii / ii / 38-39)
She wants something where family names wouldn't matter and she could love Romeo and be with him and that it would not be a secret. Juliet is a very intellectual girl and is often dreaming of finding something else, love and adventure. Even though their love would be frowned upon Juliet will stop at nothing to be with Romeo in hopes that in the end they will be together so asks Friar Laurence after learning she must marry Paris
“Tell me not, friar, that thou hear’st of this, unless thou tell me how I may prevent it.”
(iv/ i/ 50-51)
Juliet is asking the friar for a solution to get out of her marriage to Paris because Juliet is already married to Romeo and will do anything to stay loyal to him. Juliet is a very loyal character who only wishes for the best.
In this play Juliet is proven to be loyal, intelligent and yet also very romantic. She is a character who is very wise, who holds a romantic edge to her personality, who will always stay loyal to the ones she loves and who only ever wishes for the
Juliet is a very smart character who is always questioning and analyzing her situations. During the balcony scene, Juliet begins to wonder
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet.
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called” (ii /ii / 43)
She concludes that your name does not define who you are, nor should restrict who you can be with is a very insightful remark for a thirteen …show more content…
Romeo: Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?
Juliet: Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in pray’r.
Romeo: O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do,
They pray—grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.
Juliet: Saints do not move, though grant for prayers’ sake.
Romeo: Then move not while my prayer’s effect I take.
Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purg’d.
Kissing her.
Romeo went up to Juliet and touched her hand and used a religious metaphor that Juliet is a saint and Romeo is a pilgrim who wants to get rid of his sins, he tries to convince her to kiss him because, the only way to get rid of his sins is for her to take them away, Juliet agrees to stay still as Romeo kisses her, in the terms of their conversation, she takes his sin from him. Although Juliet has this connection with Romeo she later finds herself in a dilemma in which she feels as if her family name is keeping them from having a relationship. During the famous balcony scene when Romeo stays behind after the Capulet party and hides in their gardens only to hear Juliet come out onto her balcony and unknowingly professing her love for him by thinking out loud to …show more content…
Juliet feels sad that her name is standing between her and Romeo being together when she says
“Tis but thy name that is my enemy; thou art thyself, though not a Montague” (ii / ii / 38-39)
She wants something where family names wouldn't matter and she could love Romeo and be with him and that it would not be a secret. Juliet is a very intellectual girl and is often dreaming of finding something else, love and adventure. Even though their love would be frowned upon Juliet will stop at nothing to be with Romeo in hopes that in the end they will be together so asks Friar Laurence after learning she must marry Paris
“Tell me not, friar, that thou hear’st of this, unless thou tell me how I may prevent it.”
(iv/ i/ 50-51)
Juliet is asking the friar for a solution to get out of her marriage to Paris because Juliet is already married to Romeo and will do anything to stay loyal to him. Juliet is a very loyal character who only wishes for the best.
In this play Juliet is proven to be loyal, intelligent and yet also very romantic. She is a character who is very wise, who holds a romantic edge to her personality, who will always stay loyal to the ones she loves and who only ever wishes for the