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• In act 1 scene 3 , the audience is first introduced to Juliet. In the scene she remains quiet while listening to what her mother and the nurse have to say, which could suggest she's a passive young woman.
• Firstly, we get the impression that Juliet has a strange relationship with her mother but one which is typical of the Renaissance period
• The use of the possessive pronoun "my" could emphasise 14h century Victorian values, with Lady Capulet seeing Juliet as more of a possession and a tool for the Capulet family as a whole than her daughter.
• However, this js juxtaposed by her asking of Juliet's whereabouts as this may suggest they have a distant relationship, with Lady Capulet relying on the nurse, who raised Juliet, as a vessel to speak to her daughter through.
• Secondly, we are given a description of Juliet's character through the nurse's use of imagery:
• The use of the nouns "lamb" and "ladybird" project the nurse's affection towards Juliet, however lamb may also connote her passive ingenuous nature while foreshadowing her eventual death through the religious imagery of sacrifice.
• Finally, the audience is presented with the resisting attitude of Juliet in her reluctance to marry Parris.
• "Nurse, where is my daughter? Bring her forth to me."
• "What, lamb! What, ladybird!"
• "I'll look to like, if looking liking move"