does juliet act like a mature young adult with a mind of her own, or does she act like a 13 year old who acts impulsively at her first love?
2007-12-01 09:23:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
She is at times incredibly mature and even wiser than her mother and Nurse, who suggest that she should go to the ball and see is she can "love" Paris. She replies, "I'll look to like, if looking liking move." In other words she is skeptical if merely liking someone's looks is enough to move them to love. She is also brave enough to take the potion feigning death, even though it is a frightening thing. Yet she makes huge mistakes- doesn't confide in anyone except Friar Laurence, kills herself when she sees Romeo is dead. Of the two, I think she is a much stronger character than Romeo, yet they both act incredibly impulsive. They knew each other for minutes, literally, when they decide to marry. I think Shakespeare wants the audience to accept their love as true and deep, but how could it have been?
Romeo and Juliet are in the "sack" only after they are married, though only the Nurse and Friar know of their marriage.
2007-12-01 09:34:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just look closely at the script!
Romeo and Juliet both can't keep their pants on.
Romeo is so smitten with Rosalind at the beginning of the play that he almost can't breathe, but then he sees Juliet once and never mentions Rosalind again.
Juliet has known this boy for about a day and she's already in the sack with him--in her parents' home, where he had to sneak in.
Then they're married in secret, and they don't every plan to tell anyone.
Then she risks her life on a cockamamie scheme to avoid marrying someone else (like she couldn't just say "sorry Pop, already married, guess I should've told you sooner), and when she revives to find Romeo dead, she stabs herself.
Impulsive, reckless, infatuated, and unable to respond effectively to real-life situations. Sounds 13 to me.
2007-12-01 09:31:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
renaissance teens were considered adults and they behaved much more grown up than todays teens. but she is only 13 and she does act impulsively
2007-12-01 09:30:02 · answer #3 · answered by Theatre Doc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋