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How Does Shakespeare Present Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)
From Shakespeare’s classic, Romeo and Juliet, comes the most notable female character in English literature, she is a young girl, who has lived a sheltered and seemingly eventless life before meeting him. At times she can be very passionate but she is also one of the most intelligent characters in the play as well as brave and devoted to what she believes in throughout the play These are the most prominent traits that Shakespeare gives Juliet Capulet.
First, Juliet is a sweet girl with childlike innocence, kindness, and passion. For example, although knowing Romeo for less than a day, she becomes absolutely love-struck by him. Later on the night of the Capulet …show more content…
She is able to quickly and rationally think in a situation. When Romeo, overcome with love, wants to swear his love by the moon she stops him, saying,
“O, swear not by the moon, th’inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.”
This shows her logical thinking over emotional thinking. Another example is when she is confronted with a conversation in which she tries to be truthful. Juliet used double meanings when talking to Lady Capulet. She says
“Indeed, I shall never be satisfied
With Romeo, till I behold him-dead-
Is my poor heart, so for a kinsman vex’d.”
After marrying Romeo, Juliet’s bravery is put to the test by a sudden engagement to Paris. Despite all this, Juliet shows where her true loyalties lie, with her husband and true love, Romeo. She boldly expresses her anger to her parents, “Good father, I beseech you on my knees,/Hear me with patience, but to speak a word.”, she intends to tell her father the truth but to no avail. The Nurse tries to convince her to marry Paris but Juliet explains to the nurse why she will not be
How Does Shakespeare Present Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)
From Shakespeare’s classic, Romeo and Juliet, comes the most notable female character in English literature, she is a young girl, who has lived a sheltered and seemingly eventless life before meeting him. At times she can be very passionate but she is also one of the most intelligent characters in the play as well as brave and devoted to what she believes in throughout the play These are the most prominent traits that Shakespeare gives Juliet Capulet.
First, Juliet is a sweet girl with childlike innocence, kindness, and passion. For example, although knowing Romeo for less than a day, she becomes absolutely love-struck by him. Later on the night of the Capulet …show more content…
She is able to quickly and rationally think in a situation. When Romeo, overcome with love, wants to swear his love by the moon she stops him, saying,
“O, swear not by the moon, th’inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.”
This shows her logical thinking over emotional thinking. Another example is when she is confronted with a conversation in which she tries to be truthful. Juliet used double meanings when talking to Lady Capulet. She says
“Indeed, I shall never be satisfied
With Romeo, till I behold him-dead-
Is my poor heart, so for a kinsman vex’d.”
After marrying Romeo, Juliet’s bravery is put to the test by a sudden engagement to Paris. Despite all this, Juliet shows where her true loyalties lie, with her husband and true love, Romeo. She boldly expresses her anger to her parents, “Good father, I beseech you on my knees,/Hear me with patience, but to speak a word.”, she intends to tell her father the truth but to no avail. The Nurse tries to convince her to marry Paris but Juliet explains to the nurse why she will not be