Romeo And Juliet Mature Essay

So tedious is this day, As is the night before some festival, To an impatient child that hath new robes, And may not wear them. ( 3.2 30-33). Here, Juliet is longing to have her wedding night, showing how she has matured greatly in the past days, however, this can also be looked at as her not maturing and her acting irresponsibly for having a wedding night at such a young age, thus not having matured at all. In the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare ends the play with one wondering if Juliet's character growth were mature or acts of foolishness.
Juliet starts to grow up by becoming independent and begins to choose her fate rather than her parents choosing it for her. When Juliet meets Romeo, she starts to think that maybe his love for her isn't as pure

She says, “It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightning." ( 2.2 125-126). Juliet has evolved because she realized how Romeo's desire to get married is too rushed and too quick. Juliet noticed she got into a relationship to quickly with him and knows that it could lead to trouble quickly between the two families. In addition ( Furthermore), once Juliet starts to have a deeper relationship with Romeo, she becomes more self-sustaining and stops listening to what her parents want her to do. Juliet decides that she can choose the man she wants and not the person her parents want for her. When Juliet goes to speak with Friar Laurance, she accidentally meets Paris and he starts to talk to her about her beauty. They say to each other “[Juliet]The tears have got small victory by that, for it was bad enough before their spite. [Paris] Thou wrong’st it more than tears with that report. [Juliet] That is no slander, sir, which is a truth, And what I say, I speak it to my face. [Paris] Thy face is mine, and thou hast slandered it'' (4.1 31-36). Even though Paris is trying to woo her, Juliet expresses her distaste for Paris by sticking up for herself. Juliet declares