The Transformation Of Juliet In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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I think that Juliet was the character that changed the most because after romeo is banished, Juliet's tears are believed to be because of her cousin Tybalt's death. Capulet decides that Juliet needs to marry Paris. When she refuses her father lord Capulet, he becomes irritate with her and threatens that he will disown her and throw her out of the house if she does not obey him. Juliet is represented as quiet and obedient. However she possesses an inner strength that enables her to have maturity beyond her years.

When she meets and falls Inlove with romeo, she is prepared to defy her parents and secretly marry Romeo. In Act lll, Scene 5, Lord Capulet gets irritate with Juliet and screams at her Threatning her that if she will not marry paris

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