"My only love sprung from my only
hate!" once said Juliet from the play Romeo and Juliet by William
Shakespeare, after she found out that her love was a Montague. The Capulet’s'
only hate. The Capulets' and Montagues' carried this grudge of hatred for a
very long time. Romeo and Juliet loving each other was forbidden, but love
isn't something one can control. Juliet changes from not being that interested
to this Montague by the name of Romeo, to committing suicide for
him.
In the beginning of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet
isn't very interested into getting married at such a young age. At the age of
13, Juliet is still pure and innocent. When Lady Capulet
mentions marriage to Juliet, she says: “It is an honor I dream not
of.” (Act 1 Scene 3 L71). When her mother tells her she wants her to marry
Paris, Juliet takes what her mother wants to consideration and says she'll make
herself love him if she had to. This is a further indication of how Juliet
is a dutiful, dependent girl, because she does what her mother says. She
respects her mother, even though she isn't even a real mother to her, and the
nurse is more of one. In the beginning, Juliet has a good relationship with her
parents. This relationship changes once she is married to Romeo because that
was when she started to disobey what her parents wanted, and started doing what
she wanted with her love life.
In the middle of Romeo and Juliet, there is some change in Juliet. She meets Romeo at the Capulet Mansion for a party. The next day, they get married. The only people who know about their marriage were Friar Lawrence and the nurse. That same day, Romeo kills Tybalt and is banished from Verona. After all this happens, her dad starts yelling at her because she will not marry Paris. This shows a change because Juliet changes from a girl who was once shy and innocent, to a girl who matured and starting making her own choices. Choices such as marrying Romeo. Juliet also changes in the middle because she disregards what her dad says and when her dad ordered her that she would be wed to Paris on the upcoming Thursday, she said she wouldn't, and that she didn't want to. Juliet changed because she stood up to her parents.
In the end
of the play, Juliet is disregarding of what her parents say. Her dad is yelling
at her for not wanting to marry Paris. Then, the next day, she goes to her dad
and tells him that she has done wrong to argue against him and that she is
sorry. Juliet says this, but by no means, actually means it. Following the
argument, she and the nurse talk, and the nurse advises Juliet to marry Paris.
After this, Juliet feels hurt inside because now she can only trust the friar
and Romeo. This is a moment of change at heart. Juliet thought of the nurse as
her own mother. The nurse agreeing with her parents doesn't help because now,
Juliet feels like she has no women she can turn to. Also, in the end, Juliet
takes a sleeping potion. Once Romeo sees Juliet "dead" and not
answering her, he commits suicide. When Juliet wakes up and sees he's dead, she
also kills herself. Juliet changes in many ways throughout Romeo and Juliet.
She fell in love and found someone she realized she couldn't live
without.
From the beginning to the
end of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet
goes from obeying her parents to completely disregarding them. Outside of this
play, it is possible for one's personalities to change. Juliet changes in a
variety of ways. She changed into a fearless, spoken, young lady. All of these
things she once was, changed once Juliet fell in love with Romeo. Loving
someone isn't something one can control, and Juliet didn't bother to try to
control it. She didn't go with her head, instead her heart. This meaning even
though marrying Paris was the right thing to do in everyone's minds, she knew
in her heart that she belonged to and loved Romeo, a Capulet or not. That is
how Juliet changes throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet.
