“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo”. Juliet is the most interesting character in Romeo and Juliet because of the developments her character undertakes in the story. She is first introduced to us as quiet and shy, however she becomes rebellious to her parents after she meets Romeo. She has been reimagined by Luhrmann as a character who challenges gender stereotypes, with her being shown as tougher and more masculine. We can see an example of this in the final scene of the film, where Romeo’s suicide is peaceful, drinking poison, while Juliet takes the more dramatic, violent and aggressive approach to her suicide. In Act 1, Scene 5, Juliet first meets Romeo. In this scene, we can notice that Juliet’s lines are always in verse and not prose. This poetic technique signifies that she belongs to the upperclass, unlike the Nurse, who talks in prose, with full sentences and without a poetic-format. We can see an example of this in the sonnet that Romeo and Juliet use to flirt with each other, “And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.” The sonnet also signifies romantic love flourishing between the two. This shows that Juliet is an upperclass person …show more content…
These scenes, paired with Luhrmann’s addition of emotive music, presented the notion of romantic love, which was contrary to the ‘love’ that usually occurs in that time