The dramatic significance of Juliets soliloquies.

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The dramatic significance of Juliet’s soliloquies

       Romeo and Juliet have many soliloquies all throughout the play, addinessence to the tragic and comic dialogues in the scenes. Soliloquy is used to reveal a character’s innermost thoughts to the advice.

       After the Capulet Banquet, Juliet too utters a soliloquy to herself by her window in which she declares her love for Romeo. She comes to know that he is a Montague and is aware of the dangers of her. She wants to be with Romeo so badly, that she wishes he would ‘deny thy father and refuse thy name.’  She utters the famous lines that which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.’ This soliloquy before the balcony scene advances the action of the play as it confirms her feelings of love for Romeo. And it displays her desperation to be with him even after knowing his identity.

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        Another soliloquy is uttered by Juliet at the end of the balcony scene. Here she laments the freedom of speech she doesn’t have in her own house, as Lord Capulet and Lord Montague are bitter enemies. She says that if she had freedom of speech she would chant his name so often that Echo’s voice would become more hoarse than mine with repetition of My Romeo.’ This emphasizes her love for Romeo.

          In Act 2, Scene 5, Juliet utters another soliloquy as she waits for the Nurse to return after meeting ...

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