character - juliet
- Created by: Sacha Hopkins
- Created on: 03-06-18 09:46
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- juliet
- family
- lord Capulets only surviving child
- there was a low child mortality
- he sees her as a precious commodity
- he is still not close to her
- nurse is her surrogate mother
- is closer to the nurse than her actual mother
- Tybalt's cousin
- distant from lady capulet
- lady C cant even remember her birthday
- common in upper class Italian families
- lord Capulets only surviving child
- only 13 years old, very young
- no one uses her name
- lord Capulet refers to her by many names
- her
- she
- hopeful lady of my earth
- stranger in the world
- my child
- mine
- green sickness
- carrion
- baggage
- paris
- my suit
- she
- your daughter
- nurse
- lamb
- ladybird
- Juliet
- this girl
- jule
- madam
- gentle woman
- lady capulet
- my daughter
- juliet
- her
- Romeo
- she
- holy shrine
- juliet
- the sun
- bright angle
- fair maid
- lady
- mistress
- friar lawrence
- lady
- daughter
- juliet
- fair maid
- your child
- fair corse
- living corse
- lord Capulet refers to her by many names
- marriage
- seen as an object in a business deal (between Paris and Capulet)
- being bartered over like a business deal/ proposal
- shows the lack of status women had
- she is one of the star-crossed lovers from the prologue
- marries Romeo, thought to bring the two feuding families together
- refuses to marry paris
- he shall not make me there a joyful bride
- she is the property of lord Capulet
- all women were owned by men, it was a patriarchy
- a dutiful daughter (at the start)
- madam...what is your will?
- breathtakingly beautiful
- nurse calls her 'prettiest babe'
- Paris is interested in her, even though he hasn't spoke to her
- Romeo sees her and falls for her
- forgetting about Rosaline
- snowy dove trooping with crows
- synonymous with brightness and light
- Elizabethans associated with
- life
- vitility
- positivity
- goodness
- extended light metaphor
- suggests that she will be Romeo's life giver
- suggests Romeo will not be able to cope without her
- as he cant survive without light
- he will die without her/it
- blazon used a lot in the balcony scene
- Romeo refers to her as the sun, light, and her eyes ae the 'brightest stars in heaven'
- Elizabethans associated with
- quick and intelligent, able to adapt
- able to see that Romeo is flirting with her
- under the disguise of holy language
- hides both of their basic longing for a kiss
- joins in using same language and imagery
- shows that her and Romeo's souls are connected
- under the disguise of holy language
- able to see that Romeo is flirting with her
- she is distraught when she finds out Romeo's identity
- exclamation marks indicate Juliet's fear, shock, and disgust
- my grave is like to be my wedding bed
- only love sprung from only hate
- must love a loathed enemy
- quotes
- the orchard walls are high and hard to climb
- death not romeo shall take my maidenhead
- it was the nightingale and not the lark
- window let day in and let light out
- shut me nightly in a charnel house
- with my child my joys are buried
- capulet on juilets death
- o happy dagger
- this is thy sheath. there rust and let me die
- was a virgin
- Romeo tells her to 'cast off' her 'vestal livery'
- vestal livery reminds us that she is pure and innocent
- loves Romeo with all her heart and soul
- love is requited (Romeo loves her back)
- not false love
- she says it is 'infinite'
- sharp reminder that they will be infinitely together, but only in death
- reflects the prejudice of Romeo's family name
- cant understand why a name can divide society and cause disruption to peoples lives
- a rose by any other name would smell as sweet
- Juliet is Romeos opposite in some ways
- she is practical and tries to see things sensibly
- she warns that if Romeo is caught there (inside the orchard walls) he will be killed
- if they see thee, they will murder thee
- she makes the plans to send the nurse to find out the time of the marriage
- what o'clock shall I send thee?
- she warns that if Romeo is caught there (inside the orchard walls) he will be killed
- Romeo is idealistic, impractical and a romantic
- the roles are reversed after they have consummated their marriage
- she is relaxed, gentle and romantic. the epitome of a romantic lover
- he is now the practical one, who is thinking straight
- she is practical and tries to see things sensibly
- she is honest to Romeo but needs his reassurance
- dost thou love me?
- she does pledge her love to him
- she is embarrassed and aware that she has surrendered her love very early
- he has also heard her true thoughts
- reminds us of the theme of time
- regrets the urgency of their love
- it has happened too fast
- if thou thinks I'm too quickly won...
- 'tis almost morning
- regrets the urgency of their love
- talking
- in verse, shows purity and superiority
- she is articulate and confident
- full of energy and anticipation and she is in control and positive
- she matures throughout the play
- gains her own independence
- grows into a strong, fearless, independent women after the argument with lord Capulet about marrying Paris
- starts to separate from her family and old life
- gains her own independence
- she's stuck in a trap, between her family and her love
- my dearest cousin and my dearer lord
- she's being pulled in two opposite directions
- her first loyalty is to Romeo
- she is a loving faithful wife
- she loves both but in different ways
- she loves the Capulets in a dutiful way
- she loves Romeo in a physical and spiritual way
- she becomes a women spiritually through loving Romeo and becomes a woman physically after their consummation
- she wants to have the consummation and she is looking forward to it
- a shock to us for a13 year old to have such intense feelings of passion
- impatient child that hath new robes and may not wear them
- bought the mansion of love but not possessed it
- she wants to have the consummation and she is looking forward to it
- has steely determination
- refuses to marry paris
- we the modern audience marvel at this
- Elizabethan audience would have been appalled
- she was disobeying her father
- her duty was to obey him
- he only has her best interests at heart
- she was disobeying her father
- he shall not make me there a joyful bride
- refuses to marry paris
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