![]() ![]() Her burgeoning sexuality and desire for new experiences outside of the insular world of her family’s obsession with respectability and gentility drive her into Romeo’s arms, and lead her to take serious emotional and physical risks in pursuit of a life with him. Juliet is, throughout the play, torn between her perceived duty to her family and her love for Romeo. ![]() She suggests that they get married if Romeo truly loves her, and Romeo accepts this proposal-in spite of (or perhaps because of) the feud between their houses. Even after she learns Romeo’s true identity, she continues pining for him, and when she realizes that he feels the same way, she demands he swear his love to her or leave her alone forever. But when she meets Romeo, whom she does not realize is a member of House Montague, her family’s enemy, she is struck by desire. Juliet is reluctant to start thinking about love, and frequently clashes with her overbearing parents as they try to arrange a socially and monetarily fortuitous match for her. ![]() ![]() At only 13, Juliet finds herself pulled from the cocoon of childhood when her mother, Lady Capulet, informs her that she’s of marriageable age and that the wealthy, handsome count Paris has set his sights on her. She is the female heir to the dynasty of House Capulet, which is in a long-standing feud with House Montague. One of the protagonists of the play, along with Romeo. ![]()
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