Emotions In Romeo And Juliet

In the play Romeo and Juliet, there are many different instances which portray how complex Juliet's feelings are. Leading up to act 3 scene 5, they have both already married one another, Romeo has killed Tybalt (Juliet’s cousin) and thus has been banished from Verona for this crime by Prince Escalus. With Romeo gone and with her parents willing her to marry Paris, Juliet feels powerless, and as though she cannot speak freely to her parents.

In the following essay I will portray the raw emotions of Juliet during this scene whereby she passionately rejects her families demand to marry County Paris.

At the start of the scene, it is shown that Juliet is crying because of Romeo’s departure. Lady Capulet enters and mistakes her tears

This is shown in the word ‘yourself.’ Lady Capulet is essentially washing her hands of Juliet and she has chosen her duty as a wife over her role of being a protective mother, as she is so afraid of Lord Capulet hurting her physically that she had rather let her thirteen-year-old daughter suffer the consequences of her disobedient actions. In the Bazz Luhrmann film of Romeo and Juliet it depicts the violence, aggression, and fear towards Lady Capulet from Lord Capulet. He says his ‘fingers itch’ meaning he wants to hurt someone, and it is shown in the movie that lord Capulet uses forceful, physical aggression to push his wife. It is also depicted whenever the Capulets are shown together, Lady Capulet is shown cowering behind Lord Capulet. Additionally, it is shown that she follows after him verbally, and if he does not talk to Juliet, neither should she. As this would only get her into trouble. The demonstration of this dysfunctional family life could possibly be the reason as to why Juliet is such a rebellious child. This is a contradiction of the

O he is a lovely gentleman!” Here, the Nurse advises her to marry Paris, and also says that he is a ‘lovely gentleman,’ despite how much she knows Juliet loves Romeo. The use of the exclamation mark shows us how much she wants to convince Juliet to take her advice. Juliet considered the nurse as her one confidant and the one person she could always rely on, but when the nurse gives her true opinion this is when Juliet feels most heartbroken and truly alone. It is unexpected that the Nurse has this view for Juliet, and it shows to us the dramatic clash of different perspectives between the Nurse and Juliet. Once Juliet has heard what the Nurse has to say, she is incredibly surprised, and we see her mood change once again. She is reluctant to stay with her, seeing as her once loyal and comforting nurse has betrayed her. She again starts to feel angry. We see that she no longer wants to be with her, when she just leaves it by saying “Amen.” we see how she decides to leave the nurse, and does not care at all what she says, which shows us her true love for Romeo. Once the nurse leaves the room, we see Juliet’s complete anger at her – she insults her - “ancient damnation! O most wicked fiend!” The repeated use of exclamation marks also establishes her anger. Juliet also calls her ‘most wicked fiend’ this shows that in Juliets’ eyes the nurse is now seen as a devil and even though the nurse has always been there for