Romeo and Juliet has consistently been one of William Shakespeare’s most renowned plays. Whenever one calls out the title of the play, it is never surprising that everyone instantaneously thinks of a heart-grapping and iconic love story that contains dark and light, love and hate, life and death. However, the play begins with the well-known title Romeo and Juliet and ends up with “For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo” (Shakespeare, V, iii, 325-326). The inversion among the subjects indicates the switch of the ownership— the key element to determine the protagonist whom usually undergoes more character development than others in the play— in which Shakespeare arranges it in a way such that readers interpret Juliet
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As Juliet is asked about her opinion regarding marrying County Paris by her mother, she replies with clear obedience:” I 'll look to like, if looking liking move: But no more deep will I endart mine eye. Than your consent gives strength to make it fly” (Shakespeare, I, iii, 99-101). Throughout this speech, she appears to be a model and dutiful daughter, whom always follows her parents’ advice, but is she really a copycat as the first impressions suggest? Certainly not. On one hand, Juliet promises that she will try to examine the beauty of Paris and no one else without her mother’s permission. Nevertheless, on the other hand, after she sees Romeo, her mother’s words disappear into the ether. It is undeniable that she does not have any opinion at first which she is dominated her nurse’s suggestions wholeheartedly without any revision such that the connection between Juliet and Romeo is built upon the nurse. Unfortunately, the nurse is just an uneducated servant whose only advantage is that she has a close relationship with Juliet. After a few unpleasant experiences and nurse’s betray, Juliet is standing on her own, so that she begins to think and her eyes shift to Friar Lawrence who is the most intelligent character in the play. Although she knows how clever Friar is, she still ponders on Friar’s plan and all the possible consequences:” What if this mixture do not work at all? Shall I be …show more content…
In particular, she is becoming more deceptive than honest. When facing marriage, the young Juliet, as a dutiful daughter tends to express her own opinion aloud boldly,” It is an honor that I dream not of.”(Shakespeare, I, iii, 69). While sophisticated Juliet is not reluctant to lie to her father by saying” I met the youthful lord at Laurence’s cell, and gave him what beconed love I might” (Shakespeare, IV, ii, 25-26) in order to reach the effect of showing that she is willing to do what he commands, she has repented for being stubborn, and will marry Paris, such that she can accomplish her mission. More importantly, after Tybalt’s death, she successfully allows her mother to believe that she is weeping for Tybalt, that she” never shall be satisfied with Romeo till I behold him—dead”( Shakespeare, III, v, 98) In other words, she not only despises Romeo but also is eager to put him to death. Is it the truth? No, the truth is that she will never be satisfied until she sees her gracious husband. Unlike before which every single word Juliet speaks is from the bottom of her heart; it is easy to identify her happiness, sadness and aloneness, now she lies with strong intention. It is not a change that she undergoes deliberately, but the predicament forces this character development. In order to carry on with the plans, the only thing she can do is to lie constantly to hide her
As Juliet is asked about her opinion regarding marrying County Paris by her mother, she replies with clear obedience:” I 'll look to like, if looking liking move: But no more deep will I endart mine eye. Than your consent gives strength to make it fly” (Shakespeare, I, iii, 99-101). Throughout this speech, she appears to be a model and dutiful daughter, whom always follows her parents’ advice, but is she really a copycat as the first impressions suggest? Certainly not. On one hand, Juliet promises that she will try to examine the beauty of Paris and no one else without her mother’s permission. Nevertheless, on the other hand, after she sees Romeo, her mother’s words disappear into the ether. It is undeniable that she does not have any opinion at first which she is dominated her nurse’s suggestions wholeheartedly without any revision such that the connection between Juliet and Romeo is built upon the nurse. Unfortunately, the nurse is just an uneducated servant whose only advantage is that she has a close relationship with Juliet. After a few unpleasant experiences and nurse’s betray, Juliet is standing on her own, so that she begins to think and her eyes shift to Friar Lawrence who is the most intelligent character in the play. Although she knows how clever Friar is, she still ponders on Friar’s plan and all the possible consequences:” What if this mixture do not work at all? Shall I be …show more content…
In particular, she is becoming more deceptive than honest. When facing marriage, the young Juliet, as a dutiful daughter tends to express her own opinion aloud boldly,” It is an honor that I dream not of.”(Shakespeare, I, iii, 69). While sophisticated Juliet is not reluctant to lie to her father by saying” I met the youthful lord at Laurence’s cell, and gave him what beconed love I might” (Shakespeare, IV, ii, 25-26) in order to reach the effect of showing that she is willing to do what he commands, she has repented for being stubborn, and will marry Paris, such that she can accomplish her mission. More importantly, after Tybalt’s death, she successfully allows her mother to believe that she is weeping for Tybalt, that she” never shall be satisfied with Romeo till I behold him—dead”( Shakespeare, III, v, 98) In other words, she not only despises Romeo but also is eager to put him to death. Is it the truth? No, the truth is that she will never be satisfied until she sees her gracious husband. Unlike before which every single word Juliet speaks is from the bottom of her heart; it is easy to identify her happiness, sadness and aloneness, now she lies with strong intention. It is not a change that she undergoes deliberately, but the predicament forces this character development. In order to carry on with the plans, the only thing she can do is to lie constantly to hide her