Juliet’s maturity level is like a wild rollercoaster! Lawana Blackwell once said “Age is no guarantee of maturity.”, but over time her maturity started to become stable at a young age. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Juliet Capulet age 13 is one of the main characters. In William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the protagonist Juliet Capulet exhibits changes in maturity that ultimately affect the outcome of the play.
Juliet starts off depending on her family and ends up willing to leave them for a boy she believes to love. Her maturity level changes throughout the story. In the Capulet house (ActⅠ, Scene 3), after excessive talking from the nurse finally Lady Capulet talks to Juliet about marriage because she is becoming of age, but Juliet says “It is a honor that I dream not of.” At the age of 13 it is usually common for girls to think of marriage. On the other hand, Juliet has a characteristic to disobey her mother because she still wants to be a child. Meanwhile, In the scene of the Capulet party (ActⅠ, …show more content…
Discussion of Juliet’s changes in behavior. In the Capulet’s orchard (Act Ⅱ, Scene 2) Romeo was walking around and came across Juliet above a window saying “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?...” After they both confess their love for each other, Juliet gets called in by the nurse but Romeo doesn’t want her to go, before her final goodbye she proposed saying “Three words, dear Romeo, and good night indeed. If that thy bent of love be honorable, Thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow…” Earlier next morning Romeo went to Friar Laurence to arrange the wedding, at first Friar disapproved the wedding but he thought if Romeo and Juliet get married the fighting between the Montagues and Capulets would end. Marriage is a big step in life, but only a mature person would make that decision. She is determined to marry
Juliet starts off depending on her family and ends up willing to leave them for a boy she believes to love. Her maturity level changes throughout the story. In the Capulet house (ActⅠ, Scene 3), after excessive talking from the nurse finally Lady Capulet talks to Juliet about marriage because she is becoming of age, but Juliet says “It is a honor that I dream not of.” At the age of 13 it is usually common for girls to think of marriage. On the other hand, Juliet has a characteristic to disobey her mother because she still wants to be a child. Meanwhile, In the scene of the Capulet party (ActⅠ, …show more content…
Discussion of Juliet’s changes in behavior. In the Capulet’s orchard (Act Ⅱ, Scene 2) Romeo was walking around and came across Juliet above a window saying “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?...” After they both confess their love for each other, Juliet gets called in by the nurse but Romeo doesn’t want her to go, before her final goodbye she proposed saying “Three words, dear Romeo, and good night indeed. If that thy bent of love be honorable, Thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow…” Earlier next morning Romeo went to Friar Laurence to arrange the wedding, at first Friar disapproved the wedding but he thought if Romeo and Juliet get married the fighting between the Montagues and Capulets would end. Marriage is a big step in life, but only a mature person would make that decision. She is determined to marry