Romeo And Juliet Changes

In shakespeare's story Romeo and Juliet you can clearly see the shift in personality both characters but in my opinion shakespeare makes it very noticeable in the young preteen Juliet. In this story Juliet is 13, during the course of about a week we can see how much she changes due to certain events that occur throughout the story.

In the beginning of the story when we are introduced to the charter she is very shy, obedient and submissive. In a particular scene we read about how shes shows the characteristics stated above. (2.3190-195) In this scene Romeo and Juliet are having a discussion about them getting married some time very soon. Romeo is all for the idea of them getting married but Juliet is have seconds thoughts about this. She …show more content…
“And yet no farther than a woman's bird, let us hope for his hand.” - Juliet. In this quote she is wanting the approval of her father, showing that she is submissive and obedient. Another instance of her being innocent, shy, obedient ext, is in (1.5.7) This scene Juliet is being called by the nurse to go see Lady Capulet. When Juliet approaches her mother she states “Madan, I am here. What is your will?” By this quote you can tell that she is very obedient to her mother and willing to do what she is asked of her. These scenes are the very few times we see Juliet showing the submissive and obedient traits.

Now transitioning into more of the middle of the story this is where things begin to spice up... Romeo and Juliet are now married. And after a series of arguments between Mercutio, Tybalt and Romeo, Tybalt is killed when Romeo challenges him to a duel. After Tybalt is killed, Benvolio tries to get Romeo to flee the scene and Romeo just gets away just before all the citizens of Verona miraculously show up at the end of the scene. The prince arrives and is very displeased with what he see’s. One of the princes rules is that anyone …show more content…
They are able to make wise decisions independently, these decisions can go either way. As juliet becomes further in love with ROmeo and more people get involved, she starts to make decisions to benefit the both of them. One of the decisions Juliet makes is to fake her own death. By doing this it will cut all ties with her parents plans for her to marry Pairs. In this scene Juliet is telling her mother what she wants and what is right for her. Compared to the beginning of the story where she was being very obedient and shy. “Well, thou hast comforted me marvelous Much. Go in and tell my lady I am gone, having displeased my father to Lawrence cell to make confession and to be absolved.” (.3.5.243-246) By this quote we can tell that she is standing up for herself and making independent decisions so she can meet with her husband. Compared to how Juliet responded to her parents regarding the arranged marriage between herself and pairs this is a huge difference in behavior. She is actively speaking out about her feeling and is more inclined to do what is in her best interest. Moving further, she is now set on her decisions to fake her own death. In this scene we see Juliet commit to drinking the potion to stage her own death. “Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Cheers drink, I drink to thee.” In this quote we can easily see that she is now maturest she has been in this story. After a series of events, the pair of star