Strength In Romeo And Juliet By William Shakespeare

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Throughout Act II, Scene II in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare shows how both characters have strength in many ways. Juliet and Romeo both confess their love to each other and decide they want to get married. The scene ends with Romeo saying he will plan a date and report back to Juliet. Romeo takes charge of the marriage. However, by the approach that Shakespeare took to present both characters he wants Juliet to have more strength as a character; she is realistic about what she is doing with her life by marrying Romeo and is aware of how it might come back to hurt them. Shakespeare wanted to reveal to the audience that Juliet was more realistic in the sense of her choices to love and then want to marry Romeo. In the scene