Juliet character analysis
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- Juliet
- Context (A04)
- Lord Capulet makes her marry young ( at 13 )
- "Younger than she are happy mothers made" Paris 1.2
- Lord Capulet had all right ot do this because juliet was literally his "property".
- Marriages were used to gain wealth or settle debts; transnational marriages.
- This was common in the Elizabethan Era.
- Children were precious ( Lord Capulet's reluctance at the start)
- Lord Capulet had all right ot do this because juliet was literally his "property".
- "Younger than she are happy mothers made" Paris 1.2
- Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight
- "For I ne' er saw true beauty till this night." Romeo 1.5
- The Elizabethan era did believe in love at first sight but it wasn't considered a sound basis for marriage
- "For I ne' er saw true beauty till this night." Romeo 1.5
- Romeo and Juliet commit suicide
- "A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life,"
- Suicide was a sin
- According to an Elizabethan audience the two lovers would be heading to hell.
- Suicide was a sin
- "A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life,"
- Juliet was closer to the nurse
- "Thou wast the prettiest babe that e' er I nursed." Nurse 1.3
- Rich noble families would often higher wet nurses to take care of their children.
- "Thou wast the prettiest babe that e' er I nursed." Nurse 1.3
- Lord Capulet makes her marry young ( at 13 )
- (AO2)
- Language
- Early language
- "But no more deep will I end art mine eye/Than your consent gives strength to make it fly." Juliet 1.3
- Reflects innocence, submission and lack of commitment.
- "But no more deep will I end art mine eye/Than your consent gives strength to make it fly." Juliet 1.3
- Middle Language
- Contrasts with early language
- Early language
- "But no more deep will I end art mine eye/Than your consent gives strength to make it fly." Juliet 1.3
- Reflects innocence, submission and lack of commitment.
- "But no more deep will I end art mine eye/Than your consent gives strength to make it fly." Juliet 1.3
- Early language
- Celestial Imagery
- "And when I shall die,/Take him and cut him out in little stars," Juliet 3.2
- Reflects the change in her maturity
- "And when I shall die,/Take him and cut him out in little stars," Juliet 3.2
- Similies
- "Dove-feathered raven" Juliet 3.2
- Echoes Romeo's description of Juliet
- "So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows" Romeo 1.5
- Echoes Romeo's description of Juliet
- "Dove-feathered raven" Juliet 3.2
- Oxymorons
- "Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!" Juliet 3.2
- Shows Juliet's confusion on how to react and whose side to take after Romeo kill Tyablt.
- Juliet is confronted with the question ... blood or love?
- Shows Juliet's confusion on how to react and whose side to take after Romeo kill Tyablt.
- "Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!" Juliet 3.2
- Contrasts with early language
- Final scenes language
- Alliteration
- "I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins" Juliet 4.3
- Powerful Imagery
- "And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth," Juliet 4.3
- Conveys Juliet's trepidation before consuming the Friar's potion
- "I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins" Juliet 4.3
- Conveys Juliet's trepidation before consuming the Friar's potion
- "And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth," Juliet 4.3
- Alliteration
- Early language
- Form and Structure
- Setting
- Her bedroom
- Significant for her soliloquy
- Juliet's balcony
- Romantic setting for the lovers.
- Her bedroom
- Prologue
- "death -marked love" Prologue
- Foreshadows the death of the two lovers
- No matter what the livers do ... they are doomed for an unhappily ever after.
- Dramatic Irony because we as an audience know that death is inevitable
- Foreshadows the death of the two lovers
- "death -marked love" Prologue
- Time
- Speed of the play
- Rate at which Juliet is forced to grow
- Confirms her role as a tragic heroine.
- Climax
- Act 3 scene 1 is the climax.
- No comedy after this point onward from the comic characters
- Nurse and Mercutio make no puns or jokes
- Romeo's raged actions put Juliet in a desperate situation.
- Juliet is confronted with the question ... blood or love?
- She chooses suicide over biagamy - courage :)
- No comedy after this point onward from the comic characters
- Act 3 scene 1 is the climax.
- Stage Directions
- Characters leaving
- All the characters in 3.5 leave Juliet on stage alone
- Shows that Juliet has to now make a decision on her own - maturity.
- Rate at which Juliet is forced to grow
- Confirms her role as a tragic heroine.
- Rate at which Juliet is forced to grow
- Shows that Juliet has to now make a decision on her own - maturity.
- All the characters in 3.5 leave Juliet on stage alone
- Characters leaving
- Setting
- Language
- Themes
- Possible Questions
- Context (A04)
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