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Character Study: Juliet

(1) What sort of person is the character at the beginning of the play? What are they like at the end? What caused the changes? Can you point to a key turning point?
 * At the play’s beginning, she seems merely an obedient, sheltered, naïve child. She then changed into more mature type of women when she met Romeo. The key turning point for Juliet’s evolution is through her feeling of love towards Romeo.**

(2) What was the moral low point, the moral high point for this character?
 * The moral low point of Juliet is when Romeo got banished, since she cried for days. The moral high point is when Juliet fell in love with Romeo. It made her happy and into the emotion of love. It gave her something to think about and hope for each day too.**

(3) To what degree was the character responsible for this tragedy?
 * Romeo, since he caused her to fall in love It caused her life and the change of emotions and attitudes to everyone.**

(4) What should this character have done differently?
 * She should’ve just listened to her parents in the first place, marring Paris. If she had listened to her parents, then both Romeo and Juliet wont be dead. Their ignorance of love cost their life to end early. They died because of their “plan”. The plan was to fake a death before the wedding for Juliet and Romeo would come and pick her up. But instead, Romeo died next to Juliet after he killed Paris. Juliet then committed suicide after she found her husband is lying next to her.**

(5) How would this character dress? What general style of clothing would suit? What colours would best represent the character and why?
 * Juliet dresses in high-class clothes, which means dresses with fancy small things on it, such as her dress in the Capulet’s party. I would put her into a very nice looking and long dress. The reason is that she’s the daughter of the Capulet, and they’re a bit “rich”. The color red would represent her through the story, since she falls in loves and its also how she was able to evolve into a mature lady. The general style that I would give her is**

(6) Select one hand prop (e.g. sword, wine goblet, piece of jewellery) which you would have this character use often, or be associated with, in a production of the play. Explain why this object suits your character. Creative Writing **
 * I would give Juliet a mask to hold, since she’s two sided. First she’s respectful at first, but when Romeo shows up to her life, changes her into more of a daring.

Dearest Juliet,

My love for you doth teaches the torches to burn brightly. The brightness of your cheek would shame those stars, your eyes in heaven would shine through the airy region stream so bright. I love thee more than the hatred between Capulet and Montague. I love thee more than a mother’s love. I love thee like the moon, the stars, the sun, the ocean, and the sky. However, we must not pursue our love, as it would be unwise, and would only result in the destruction of many things. Our families would bubble with hate, creating turmoil and chaos, starting another civil war in this peaceful Verona. All of our family would be punished, and we would most likely be dead. It is also very difficult to hide our love, as we cannot be seen meeting together. This is very challenging to carry out, and at most we may be able to see each other once a week. This would be unhealthy for our relationship, and it would only result in us wanting to meet more, which could be dangerous. The best course of action is for you to marry Paris. He is a lovely gentleman, and with the County. Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye as Paris hath. However, I will love you forever.

Romeo.