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Juliet (Key Quotes ("She doth teach the torches to burn bright",…

- - - - Romeo takes advantage of her inexperience initially
      - She is not initially independent- her Nurse sleeps in her room with her
      - She arranges a secret marriage that was never going to work
    - - Juliet is still very young- she's only 13
      - Her age makes her impulsive nature shocking to the Elizabethan audiences
      - She is immature therefore
    - - Before meeting Romeo she hasn't thought of marriage- "It is an honour I dream not of"
      - She is only "looking to like" Paris- nothing more serious
      - Juliet is still a child- hence the Nurse being a Maternal figure to her still
  - - - States she would rather kill herself than to marry Paris
      - Does kill herself
      - "Bid me leap...from off the battlements of any tower"
    - - Won't submit and marry Paris
      - Tells Romeo to come to share the wedding night
      - Risks her fears to escape with Romeo
    - - Won't marry Paris because she is married to Romeo, meaning that she risks estrangement from her family
      - Would rather die than be without Romeo
      - Is glad that Romeo killed Tybalt knowing Tybalt "would've kill'd my husband"
  - - - She is a strong character - "foolish tears"
      - She is brave and stands up to her parents
      - She states that Love should be "ripening"
    - - Heads into marriage quickly
      - Commits Suicide and threatens Suicide before that
      - Takes the potion
    - - Beautiful
        
        Both Paris and Romeo fall in love with her appearance- "She doth teach the torches to burn bright"
        
        Romeo uses Metaphors and personification to describe Juliet-"Juliet is the Sun"
        
        Her Father describes her as the "Sweetest flower in the field"
      - Witty
        
        She criticizes Romeos poetic flirting style
        
        "more rich in matter than in words"