“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 you expect from a girl like her. She is immediately more aware of herself and her feelings, especially for Romeo. She is not shy at all even when Romeo wants to kiss her. She becomes more adult-like when she starts talking about the pilgrim and the hands touching. They kiss a few times which shows her change of feelings towards the opposite sex. Later on, when Romeo follows her to her balcony where she confesses her love for Romeo herself. Overhearing her, Romeo shows himself and also confesses his love for her. Taken over by her first feelings of love and lust, she defies her parents just by talking to him in that manner. Juliet has changed from being an obedient child to a disobedient one, however she does become more mature. Her love for Romeo becomes so strong. She becomes the dominant one in the relationship and is also very contradictive of herself. When marriage is brought up between them she says so herself that she will not marry him and she is unable to, however she does suggest it so he proposes to her at the balcony. They arrange to get married the next morning. It all is thought of very sudden.
There are not many signs here of Juliet’s changes however there is a big change in her personality and maturity in Juliet which starts to develop and grow on her. When Juliet finds out about Romeo killing Tybalt she is very upset, even more upset when she hears of Romeo’s banishment.
Juliet had become disobedient as she arranged to get married with Romeo without telling her parents and she is very anxious when the nurse goes to ask Romeo when they are getting married. Not only is she disobedient to them secretly but she is also disobedient to both parents in front of them when they say that she is to marry Paris. In the beginning of the play she said she would try to love Paris if her mother wished. After her mother gave her the news now, she replied defiantly: “He shall not make me a joyful bride” and says she will not marry him (as she is married to Romeo). Her parents are furious with her and do not understand her because Lord Paris is a rich man, and that is all that matters to them. Capulet does not care about what Juliet wants and says that they both are to be wed the next day. She has taken a big step as she has started to make her own decisions about her married life and her life in general.
Juliet has become very mature in a way and slightly immature (depending on how she is seen in situations). She goes to see Friar Lawrence who offers her a potion for faking her death for a day as a plan for her and Romeo to elope. This story is a tragedy therefore we know what happens and that Juliet kills herself when she sees Romeo dead after drinking a potion. This ‘suicidal’ step, which she took, was very big, as she had only just been telling her mother a while ago that she and not even considered marriage and after that she married Romeo and had to face the consequences. She took a big step of faking death and then stabbing herself after seeing Romeo dead by her side.
I think that Juliet matured from being an immature girl to a dedicated strong willed wife, killing herself for her husband. She went through many problems and decision making times where she made the decision which was right for her. She turned into a disobedient child and had the Nurse by her side until the point when she was told to marry Paris by everyone. She was left on hr own to make decisions and ended up committing suicide. This could have been stopped by Friar Lawrence however it was not. The drastic changes Juliet went through in such a short amount of time shows how powerful love is.
