juliet

• at the start of the play shakespeare emphasises juliets youth
• juliet has little intrest in love or marriage until she meets romeo
• juliet uses the similie "too like the lightning" to tell romeo she thinks the relationship is being too rushed
• juliet encourages romeos love, even after finding out hes a montague
• juliet is seen as headstrong when she refuses to marry paris
• her faithfulness to romeo makes juliet bold. for example in act 4 scene 1 she threatens to kill herself and lists horrible scenarios she would rather accept than marry paris
• juliets relationship with her parents is destroyed when she refuses to marry paris