juliet

• a close relationship with the nurse, but not her mother
• 'If he be married, My grave is likely to be my wedding bed'


  'he' - Romeo

  'married' - if Romeo is married

  'grave' - where you lay dead people

  'wedding bed' - where married couples constitute their marriage

  she will die unmarried if Romeo is married - shows love at first sight

  foreshadows their marriage leading to their death
• 'Romeo, Romeo... no longer a Capulet'


  repetition - Romeo - can't get her head around him (he seems unreal to her) - she can't stop thinking about him

  No longer a Capulet - Juliet is willing to give up everything for Romeo including her family name - normal for girls her age
• 'my only love sprung from my only hate'


  conflict with in - confusing emotions

  'only' - repeated emphasises how she feels Romeo is for her

  'love' / 'hate' - strong emotions - she is governed by her emotions at this point

  'love' - she feels Romeo is the one for her

  'hate' - the feud means she hates Romeo
• 'you kiss by th'book'


  after the sonnet from when they first meet

  Romeo tries to kiss Juliet - Juliet doesn't want to but when he finally does, Juliet doesn't discourage him

  Juliet is seen teasing Romeo - 'by th'book' could mean perfect or average (as if he read about it)
• repeats - 'name', 'Montague', 'Romeo' in her soliloquy


  shows the importance of family to her

  she knows she has fallen in love with her families enemy which will cause problems
• 'thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow'


  'purpose' - meaning

  'marriage' - her purpose is to get married

  'send' - imperative - she is young but she took control of the situation

  'tomorrow' - very soon to get married, they just met
• 'beautiful tyrant, fiened angelical, dove feathered raven, wolfish ravening lamb'


  list of oxymorons

  shows how she doesn't know how too feel towards Romeo as he just killed Tybalt
• 'O happy dagger'


  'happy' - adjective - Juliet is relieved to see the dagger as it means she can be with Romeo in the afterlife

  'dagger' - noun, weapon, she stabs herself