Romeo & Juliet Questions; 2

Explain the changes which have occurred to Juliet throughout the text. Make sure you think about changes to her personality also. Include the things which caused these changes.
Statement; Over the course of the play Juliet’s personality is changed by key events.
Key Events That Changed Her Personality;
– She falls in love (‘O Romeo, oh Romeo where art thou Romeo. Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love. And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.’ – Juliet Capulet)
– She starts a relationship with Romeo (in secret) (‘Three words, dear Romeo, and good night indeed. And follow thee my lord throughout the world. Three words, dear Romeo, and then it’s good night for real. If your intentions as a lover are truly honorable and you want to marry me, send me word tomorrow.’ – Juliet Capulet)
– She gets married (‘But come, young waverer, come, go with me. In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households’ rancor to pure love.’ – Friar Lawrence)
– Tybalt dies (‘That banishment is worse than the murder of ten thousand Tybalts. Tybalt’s death would be bad enough if that was all. Maybe pain likes to have company and can’t come without bringing more pain.’ – Juliet Capulet)
– Romeo dies (‘What’s here? a cup, closed in my true love’s hand? Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end: O churl! Drunk all, and left no friendly drop to help me after? I will kiss thy lips; Haply some poison yet doth hang on them, To make die with a restorative.’ – Juliet to Romeo’s corpse after she wakes)
– She is promised to Paris (‘Let it be on Thursday. On Thursday, tell her, she’ll be married to this noble earl. Will you be ready?’ – Capulet to Paris about Juliet)
– Capulet abuses her for disobeying him (‘How, how, how, how? Chopped logic! What is this? “Proud,” and “I thank you,” and “I thank you not,” And yet “Not proud”? Mistress minion you/ Thank me no thankings, nor proud me no prouds, but fettle your fine joints ‘gainst Thursday next. To go with Paris to Saint Peter’s Church. Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither. Out, you green sickness, carrion! Out, you baggage! You tallow face!’ – Capulet)
– She fakes her death (‘Romeo, I come! this do I drink to thee.’ – Juliet just before she drinks)
– Romeo gets banished (‘From now on, you are banished from Verona. You should be able to endure this because the world is broad and wide.’ – Friar Lawrence to Romeo)

These changes take her from being a carefree girl to a serious//mature woman.
Add quotes to show that she is a young girl (quotes her first line),