How Juliet develops and changes in the brief time of the play

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Fatma Khalil 11H

How Juliet develops and changes in the brief time of the play

        In Romeo and Juliet, the two main characters are Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. Both teenagers matured and changed during the play, but Juliet’s changes, stood out the most. Juliet transformed very quickly from the start of the play to the end.  There are many events in the book that support that idea, most of which involve her mother and some of which involve her Nurse. Many events towards the ending of the play suggest that she is very obstinate, which is quite different from the beginning of the play when Juliet would never think of marriage or defying her parents and family.

In Juliet’s first scene, she is talking to her mother and the Nurse. Her mother brought up the topic of marriage and Lord Paris. This is when we first see a young girl who has just begun to grow up. She replies with the fact that she has not considered marriage yet. Some girls of her age would have become wives by now, so it was usual that she had not considered her marriage. She is very obedient to her mother, as she does not object to her thoughts of their marriage (Juliet’s with Paris). When her mother asks her if she could love Paris, she replies,

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“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”. By saying this, she means that she will try to love him, but she will not look deeper than her mother wishes. This shows how much respect she has for her mother and you could never think that a child like that could ever go against her parents’ wishes.

Later on, when Juliet is at the ball, she meets Romeo and falls in love at first sight. Juliet is very provocative, not what ...

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