In Act 2 Scene 2 Romeo returns to the Capulet household and goes in the garden. Romeo’s reason for returning to the Capulet household is to declare his love for Juliet. Romeo takes a really big risk returning to the Capulet household because if any guards see him he will be killed straight away. The passionate feelings Romeo and Juliet have for each other are very powerful you can see this in 26-27 in which Romeo says “ O speak again, bright angel, for thou art as glorious to this night”. Juliet brings up the subject of love and marriage this is a change in the character of Juliet.
In Act 2 Scene 5 Juliet is waiting for the nurse to return from Romeo. The nurse was sent to Romeo by Juliet to see Romeo and to see what he is saying about their wedding. This shows the powerful and strong relationship between Juliet and Nurse. Juliet is very anxious as she waits for the Nurse to arrive with news from Romeo because she is coming up with touchy thoughts. This is because she cannot wait to hear what Romeo said. The conversation between Juliet and the Nurse tells us that they are very close to each other.
Act 2 Scene 6 takes place in Friar Lawrence’s cell, Romeo and the Friar wait for Juliet to arrive so the Friar can marry them. When Juliet enters Romeo kisses her and she kisses him back. Then the Friar says a few words to prepare the audience for the marriage of the two lovers, and then leads them off to be married.
In Act 3 Scene 2 Juliet is waiting for Romeo to arrive so they can spend there wedding night together. Juliet’s mood has changed as she waits for Romeo. Marriage has changed Juliet a lot, she is acting very independent in her thoughts and actions. Juliet wants night to come early because Romeo is going to come at night.
Juliet’s reaction to the Nurse’s news is unusual because Juliet thinks Romeo is dead, you can see this in lines 37-39 in which the Nurse says “Ah well-a-day! He’s dead; he’s dead; he’s dead! We are undone, we are undone! Alack the day, he’s gone, he’s killed, he’s dead!” Juliet then says “Can heaven be so envious?”. Juliet thinks Romeo is dead but the Nurse is actually talking about Tybalts death. After Juliet finds out that Romeo killed Tybalt she says Bad things about Romeo. But then Juliet realises she is saying all this about her husband, so when the nurse wishes shame on Romeo, Juliet says in line 90 “Blistered be thy tongue for such a wish!”. She reacts like this because no matter what happens Romeo is her husband.
The importance of Romeo to Juliet is so much that if every person she knew was on one side of a scale and Romeo alone on the other Romeo, would out weigh them.
In Act 3 Scene 5 Juliet imagines as Romeo leaves how will be without him, She does not want him to leave. If Romeo does not leave he will be put to death.
The conversation between Juliet and her mother Lady Capulet is unusual because it is not everyday that Lady Capulet talks with Juliet it is different. In this conversation between mother and daughter Juliet says one thing but means another, just as in line 82 Juliet says “ And yet no man like he doth the grieve in my heart” in this line she means no man like Romeo puts so much grief in her heart, but Lady Capulet thinks she is saying no man like Romeo puts so much grief in her heart because he killed Tybalt. In lines 92-94 Juliet says “ Indeed I never shall be satisfied with Romeo till I behold him, dead” she means she will not be satisfied until she holds Romeo in her hands, dead is linked with the next line.
Juliet’s reaction to her mother’s news about marriage to County Paris is very unusual because she says she is not ready, but before she met Romeo she did not care about marriage at all. This is another major change in character of Juliet.
The anger of her parents is very intense, you can see this by the way her parents speak to her and the language her parents use. Firstly her mother says, “ I wish the fool were married to her grave” in this she wishes Juliet was dead. Lord Capulet says ” Mistress minion you. You green sickness carrion, you baggage,” he is saying to Juliet that she is worthless.
The conversation between Juliet and the Nurse is normal because Juliet asks for comfort from the Nurse but the says “ I think it best if you marry the county”, this is when the Nurse leaves Juliet’s side, except for Romeo and the Friar.
Juliet’s situation at the end of the scene is that she is all alone, Romeo is banished, her parents do not want to know her because she refused to marry Paris and the Nurse is with her parents.
In Act 4 Scene 1 Juliet visits the Friar at his cell. Juliet is very scared because she does not know what will happen to her because of her parents want to get her married to the County Paris.
Juliet’s mood is very jumpy, in lines 44-45 Juliet says “Come weep with me, past hope, past care, past help” in these lines she means come and cry with me, because the hope, the care and the help are all in the past.
Friar Lawrence’s advices is to take the remedy that he gives her, go home and apologise to her parents, then say you are ready to do anything they say.
The remedy is a potion that Juliet has to take the night before the Wedding day. The potion will make Juliet look dead and feel dead, when the potion passes into her blood.
In lines 103-106 the Friar says “Shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death, thou shalt continue two and forty hours and then awake as from a pleasant sleep”. The Friar is offering this remedy because Juliet is strong and determined to live with Romeo.
In Act 4 Scene 2 the Capulet household is preparing for Juliet’s marriage to Paris. Juliet convinces Lord Capulet of her obedience to him by kneeling and saying “ Pardon I beseech you. Henceforward I am ever ruled by you”. These scenes and sayings show us many changes in Juliet such as her Understanding, she has become Cleverer and she has become more Independent.
The night before the wedding Juliet has to take the potion. Juliet is giving hints to the Nurse and her Mother, in lines 14-15 Juliet says “ Farewell- God knows when we shall meet again. I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins”. Juliet’s thought and feelings are touchy and as though she is scared of taking the potion. In lines 37-42 Juliet thinks about “the terror of the place”, “ Where, for this many hundreds of years the bones of all my buried ancestors are packed”.
Juliet’s decision turns out to be a very strong and brave. This is because Juliet decides to take the potion. This decision shows how much she cares about her husband and what he is going to do.
In Act 5 Scene 3 Romeo kills Paris in the Capulet Vault. Romeo then take the poison he bought on his way back to Verona from Mantua. At this point Juliet wakes and on seeing Romeo dead she picks up his dagger and stabs herself.
The Watch, the Prince and the Lords of both Families arrive. Both Families realise what has happened.
This is how the two star crossed lovers bought the two feuding families together
