Romeo And Juliet - Juliet

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WHO IS JULIET?

Back 1

Juliet Capulet is the daughter of the Capulets, the rival family to the Montagues. She is young, sensitive and resourceful, unafraid to give herself in love whatever the cost.

Front 2

WHAT DOES JULIET DO IN THE PLAY?

Back 2

• She meets and falls in love with Romeo at the ball (I.5).
• She proclaims her love for Romeo from her balcony (II.2).
• She marries Romeo (II.6).
• She spends a first and last night with Romeo (III.5).
• She takes the drug the Friar has supplied (IV.3).
• She wakes in the tomb and kills herself (V.3).
  

Front 3

Juliet

'... she doth teach the torches to burn bright! [...] So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, / As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows.'

Romeo (I.5.44, 48–9)

Back 3

Romeo has come to the ball to see Rosaline but the beauty of Juliet outshines that of every girl there.

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Juliet

'Thou knowest the mask of night is on my face, / Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek / For that which thou hast heard me speak tonight.'Juliet (II.2.85–7)

Back 4

Juliet describes her relief that the night covers her embarrassment in having declared her love. This shows her innocence, her youth and her sense of propriety.

Front 5

Juliet

'Death lies on her like an untimely frost / Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.'

Capulet (IV.5.28–9)

Back 5

Her father's comment brings out the poignancy of Juliet's early death with this beautiful flower image.

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Juliet

'Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, / And death's pale flag is not advancèd there.'

Romeo (V.3.95–6)

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Romeo looks upon his beautiful wife and almost ironically says he believes she is still alive as her beauty is still fresh and radiant.