By the end of Act 3 Juliet's situation is very complicated. Discuss.

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By the end of Act 3 Juliet's situation is very complicated. Discuss.

By the end of Act 3 Juliet's situation is very complicated because she is very distraught over the problems in her life that include her family and her lover; Romeo.

Juliet's problems began when she met Romeo at her father's masked ball and fell in love with him. He wooed her and they exchanged vows of love 'we wooed and made exchange of vow'. At this time Romeo and Juliet were ignorant that the feud between their families would not allow them to be together. She didn't know that he was a Montague until the nurse tells her 'the only son of your great enemy'. And he had no idea of her being a Capulet 'is she a Capulet?' and thus Romeo acknowledged that this love story will end in tragedy 'o dear account, my life is my foe's debt'. When they discover this, they are still deeply in love and Juliet believes that there is nothing in a name 'what's in a name?... other word would smell as sweet so Romeo would, were he not called Romeo' as it's what's underneath that counts.
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Juliet insists on getting married to Romeo. She's not being prissy, for her it's the only option. If Shakespeare hadn't put in a marriage between Romeo and Juliet, the audience would have been disgusted. As Romeo and Juliet are not allowed to get married because of the feud they get married with out the consent of their parents which is highly frowned upon by society. As they have married and nobody other than the friar knows has caused further difficulties for themselves.

In fight Mercutio ad Tybalt are killed and Romeo is banished from Verona because the ...

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