Juliet

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 Image Provided by: http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=84690&rendTypeId=4  Info of Juliet Juliet is the young daughter of a respected and very wealthy family in Verona, headed by Lord and Lady Capulet. She was their first child. She apparently had younger siblings at some point, but by the time of the play, she was their only surviving child. Juliet is the sole heir to the Capulets. As a child, she was cared for by her Nurse, who is now her confidante. As the story occurs, Juliet is approaching her fourteenth birthday (her sixteenth in Arthur Brooke's poem). She was born on "//Lammas Eve at night,//" so Juliet's birthday is August 1st (1.3.19). Her birthday is "//a fortnight hence//", putting the action of the play in mid-July (1.3.17). Shakespeare's Juliet was very young; her father states that she "//hath not seen the change of fourteen years//" (1.2.9). In many cultures and time periods, women did and do marry and bear children at such a young age. But in Shakespeare's England, most women were at least 21 before they did so. //Romeo and Juliet// is a play about Italian families. The average English playgoer in Shakespeare's audience had never met an Italian person, and it was commonly thought that they were quite exotic, the Italian male passionate and emotional, and the Italian female precocious and quite ready to become a mother by thirteen. Lady Capulet had given birth to Juliet by the time she had reached Juliet's age: "//By my count, I was your mother much upon these years that you are now a maid//" (1.3.74-75). The play celebrates youth while pointing out its impulsiveness, passion, and idealism, qualities which contribute to the tragedy. The adolescent infatuation of the lovers become elevated to the status of sacred love.  Juliet in the play

In Juliet's first scene, she demonstrates her obedience and lack of experience in the world.lf as inexperienced and in many ways dependent on her parents and nurse. She has not given marriage a second thought but she does want to do what her mother asks. It is high time that Juliet go the route Lady Capulet went in her youth, and be married to a rich and powerful gentleman. The Count Paris is a bit of a bystander in the play, unwittingly mixed up in the drama between the families. He and Juliet have probably never even met as the play unfolds. His interest in her is primarily based on her social standing and her family's vast wealth, rather than her youthful beauty. He politely and nobly asks Capulet for her hand, and apparently would like for her to begin bearing his children as soon as physically possible: "//Younger than she are happy mothers made//" (1.2.12). Juliet, on the other hand, has no interest in becoming a wife and the mother of Paris's children: "//(Marriage) is an honour that I dream not of//" (1.3.68). Even her father considers her too young to settle down. This may be a reflection on his feelings about his own wife, who might have been happier waiting a few years before marrying him. He tells Paris to let Juliet grow up for a few more years before planning marriage (1.2.10-11). Of course, Juliet's mind on the matter changes within a few minutes of meeting Romeo. His very presence seems to propel her toward maturity, and her decisions are made quickly but thoughtfully from that point forward. In Juliet's first scene, she demonstrates her obedience and lack of experience in the world, outlining herself as inexperienced and in many ways dependent on her parents and nurse. She has not given marriage a second thought but she does want to do what her mother asks. It is high time that Juliet go the route Lady Capulet went in her youth, and be married to a rich and powerful gentleman. The Count Paris is a bit of a bystander in the play, unwittingly mixed up in the drama between the families. He and Juliet have probably never even met as the play unfolds. His interest in her is primarily based on her social standing and her family's vast wealth, rather than her youthful beauty. He politely and nobly asks Capulet for her hand, and apparently would like for her to begin bearing his children as soon as physically possible: "//Younger than she are happy mothers made//" (1.2.12). Juliet, on the other hand, has no interest in becoming a wife and the mother of Paris's children: "//(Marriage) is an honour that I dream not of//" (1.3.68). Even her father considers her too young to settle down. This may be a reflection on his feelings about his own wife, who might have been happier waiting a few years before marrying him. He tells Paris to let Juliet grow up for a few more years before planning marriage (1.2.10-11). Of course, Juliet's mind on the matter changes within a few minutes of meeting Romeo. His very presence seems to propel her toward maturity, and her decisions are made quickly but thoughtfully from that point forward.

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