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WHO IS JULIET? |
Juliet Capulet is the daughter of the Capulets, the rival family to the Montagues. She is young, sensitive and resourceful, unafraid to give herself in love whatever the cost. |
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WHAT DOES JULIET DO IN THE PLAY? |
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Juliet '... she doth teach the torches to burn bright! [...] So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, / As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows.' Romeo (I.5.44, 48–9) |
Romeo has come to the ball to see Rosaline but the beauty of Juliet outshines that of every girl there. |
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Juliet 'Thou knowest the mask of night is on my face, / Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek / For that which thou hast heard me speak tonight.'Juliet (II.2.85–7) |
Juliet describes her relief that the night covers her embarrassment in having declared her love. This shows her innocence, her youth and her sense of propriety. |
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Juliet 'Death lies on her like an untimely frost / Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.' Capulet (IV.5.28–9) |
Her father's comment brings out the poignancy of Juliet's early death with this beautiful flower image. |
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Juliet 'Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, / And death's pale flag is not advancèd there.' Romeo (V.3.95–6) |
Romeo looks upon his beautiful wife and almost ironically says he believes she is still alive as her beauty is still fresh and radiant. |