Character Analysis Paper - Juliet
If you had the choice to kill yourself or to live the rest of your life without your one true love, which would you chose? In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare depicts Juliet as a young, courageous woman facing many tough decisions, including the decision between life and death.
At the young age of thirteen, Juliet faced many hardships which brought out the strength, determination, and courageousness in her. Within a very short time, Juliet falls in love with Romeo and marries him, keeping their relationship a secret from everyone except the nurse and Friar Lawrence. When Romeo is banished from Verona and she is being forced to marry Paris, Juliet is willing to risk everything to be with Romeo. “Be not so long to speak. I long to die if what speak’st speak not of remedy,” (Shakespeare 821). Juliet says to Friar Lawrence, explaining that she would rather die than not be with Romeo. Juliet’s decision to want to kill herself was a very strong one and took much courage for her to make that decision.