Juliet

Question 1

Overview

Answer 1

• young and innocent girl
• audience first meets her at her fathers party, she meets Romeo and falls for him
• smitten with Romeo, devastated when she finds out he’s a montague
• Decides to speak to Romeo more, he reveals he loves her, he promises his love and they arrange their marriage
• devastated when Romeo is banished for killing Tybalt
• forgives him despite her confusion because she loves him
• Juliet’s father tells her she’s marrying Paris during Tybalt mourning and Romeo’s banishment
• refuses, takes drastic action to secure her future with Romeo, fakes her death
• wakes up to Romeo being dead, kills herself so they can be in heaven together

Question 2

Passionate

Answer 2

How: passionate when first meeting Romeo. Kisses him when they first meet and declares her love for him later on in the famous balcony scene
Evidence: ‘I gave thee mine before thou didst request it’
Analysis: Romeo requests Juliet to declare her love for him and she simply replies she had done so, shows how loving and passionate she is, given her love and heart to Romeo.

Question 3

Headstrong

Answer 3

How: she refuses to marry Paris. Shocks her father and causes her father to threaten to disown her if she doesn’t obey him
Evidence: ‘he shall not make me there a joyful bride’
Analysis: she refuses her parents and declares she won’t marry Paris. Use of exclamation mark heightens Juliet’s emotions as she is showing her refusal

Question 4

Decisive:

Answer 4

How: when she fakes her own death so that she can be with Romeo. She listens to friar Lawrence’s plan and decides to fulfil it.
Evidence: ‘love give me strength, and strength shall help afford.’
Analysis: This shows how calm Juliet is when she makes the decision to fake her own death, not knowing of her future. Juliet delares that Romeo’s love gives her strengh and this fuels her decisions and therefore her decisive nature