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Romeo and Juliet
Anusha Shabudin April 22, 2011 Survey lit-8th

The book “the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” is about 2 star crossed lovers who can’t get together because of their families on going feud. The main characters in this play are Romeo, Juliet, the nurse, and Friar Lawrence. Juliet is a 13 year old girl who is being forced to marry Paris an eligible bachelor, who is rich and very successful. Juliet then starts loving Romeo and gets married to him. One of the main characters, Juliet went through a lot of change in “the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.” At the beginning Juliet is a very naïve girl, then turns to be confident, and then at the end becomes strong. At the beginning Juliet is very Naïve because Juliet is very young and doesn’t know that much about the world. At that time Juliet is being forces to marry Paris, and she didn’t know anything about the world. Juliet is called upon by her mother “Nurse, where’s my daughter? Call her forth to me.”(35) Juliet has a nurse to take care of her and show her the right ways in life. Juliet needs to be told about what to do. Juliet is also naïve because Paris asked her father “what do you say to my suit.”(27) Lord Capulet answered “my child is still a stranger in the world” lord Capulet meant that Juliet doesn’t know about the people. Around the middle of the story Juliet turns to be confident. I can say that Juliet is very confident, she’s confident that Romeo will never leave her and will always stay by her side. Juliet told Romeo “Romeo… remem’bering how I love thy company.”(81) Juliet got attached and felt confident that Romeo’s there for her. Also Juliet trusted Romeo a lot, and she got married to him. When the friar asked Juliet if she is happy she said “if you are as happy as I am and have more skill to proclaim it, and sweeten the air by singing of our happiness.”(112)
Later on in the play Juliet turns

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