Princess Juliet Short Story

My Juliet was born on the 31st of July, here in Verona, 14 years ago. She was well known here as her warm heart and generous spirit lead her to be kind and gentle to everyone. I remember walking with her through the town square one morning where we came across a small boy sitting next to the pathway. He was thin, dirty and appeared to have no home. When I could have quite easily just walked past him, my Juliet could not. She walked right up to him and took his hand, asking him what his name was and if he had a family and as much as I tried to hurry her along, she refused to move. By then people were beginning to stare and at the time I was convinced they were judging Juliet and I for even noticing the boy. I now realise I was wrong. They were not staring or judging, they were struck with admiration. They were admiring the young girl who was taking time out of her day to befriend someone

As she was a mother-figure and confidante to Juliet, immense trust and guidance was expected of her. She however, destroyed this bond by referring to Juliet?s only love as a ?dishclout? and advising her that she ?thinks it best you married the county?, for he ?excels your first?. This then, results in Juliet alienating herself from her adviser-?thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain?- and in due course killing herself.

Juliet’s tragic pursuit to continue her passion-filled young love challenges the rigid, prevailing values of Verona’s adult world. While the tragic ending does not offer the defiance of

Juliet’s love and loyalty towards Romeo, and her developing character do not only play an important role in motivating her in speaking the lines that she does, but also in motivating her actions. Despite all the current events that have occurred; events that have affected her state of mind, Juliet decides to remain true and faithful to Romeo.

Juliet changes a vast amount during the play. In this essay I am going to explore the following points:

The nurse has a love for Juliet as if she was her own and you can tell this by the way she knows things her mother does not. For example her age.

Juliet is not unlike the typical young women constantly struggling to find happiness and acceptance from those who are closest to her. Young Juliet must confront the harsh reality that exists between her and those who profess to be her friends and family, which is they failed to support her, love her, and lift her up with she needed it most. In the timeless book, “Romeo & Juliet” William Shakespeare writes a moving story about the betrayal, disappointment, love, and eventual death of Romeo and Juliet. No reader can truly appreciate and understand the level of Juliet’s struggles without first understanding the roles the Lord Capulet, Friar Lawrence and Romeo, their betrayal and their role in her faithful decision.

Inevitably, passionate love is woven through “Romeo and Juliet”, declared by speech and insinuated by the couple infatuation with each other. Without a doubt, several scenes were a strong representation of this obsession. Many scenes into the play, the young, lovelorn Romeo is seen in a dismal and in a disconnected state due to his unrequited love for Rosaline. But as his hopeless eyes falls upon Juliet at the Capulet’s ball, Romeo is resurrected from his depression in awe by the mesmerising beauty of Juliet; this was expressed through Romeo’s soliloquy. A little while into the aftermath of the party, Romeo, powered by the newly found momentous love, risks his life climbing the high orchard walls into the deadly grounds of his enemies, the Capulets. Although Juliet fears for Romeo’s life, Romeo fearlessly

Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet, one of the main protagonists, Juliet, is forced to deal with a great amount of conflict, whether it is external conflict or internal. Juliet has conflict with many people excluding herself, such as with her father and mother, with the Nurse… Equally, she is conflicted on the inside on many occasions.

Or raped.” Heart racing I jog to catch up, grab hold of Juliet’s shoulders and force her to face me. She is breathtaking standing underneath the street lights. Wild. Angry. Untamed. Vulnerable. It’s heartbreaking. Ok, so I screwed up. “I’m sorry,” I whisper in my ear. I’ll never be able to say it enough. I pull back, battling to not kiss her parted lips. Instead, I shove my hands in my pockets and exhale the night air. “All I know about us, all I can say for sure… is that beautiful things never last, Juliet. I’m frightened.”

In Juliet’s most vulnerable moment as a woman in distress she breathlessly utters words which foreshadow the plays grievous ending. Juliet’s message contains a subtle warning which indicates the outcome of her parents licentious and ignorance towards the unwanted and forced marriage will be the fatal consequence of death. This moment is crucial as the audience understands the arousing of this issue and the reason to which Juliet chose this precarious path.

Juliet was found with a dagger to her stomach. The two had taken the lives of one another.

The main character of the novel, Juliet Ashton is a courageous woman. In a male dominated world, Ashton respects and stands up for herself: “Eventually, I said something to the effect that I could never marry a man whose idea of bliss was to strike out at little balls and little birds” (25). Juliet is both sarcastic and realistic, but she knows herself and what she deserves. Mark Reynolds, her suitor, pushes her into being braver than she already is. Juliet stands up against Mark's persuasion and stubborn attitude: “I've known you two months. It's not long enough for me to be certain that we should spend the rest of our lives together, even if you are” (131). Even if no one else does, Juliet values her own opinions and makes her own choices. Juliet's decision to ignore Mark and travel to Guernsey

Seeing Juliet had been like a sucker punch that woke him right up. At first he’d thought it was a hallucination created by this place to torture him further, but the fear on her face was so tangible he knew it couldn’t be a product of his imagination. But Juliet would never so much as harm a fly, and she’d always been so obedient to the church and her parents. What

In the novel I am Juliet, the author Jackie French made use of the four main characteristics of a historical narrative, but added some exceptions to keep the reader engaged and to set this historical narrative apart from the others. Jackie French uses her research into both Elizabethan England and Renaissance Italy to create historically accurate settings, events and perspectives. She also utilises an extra perspective at the beginning and end of the novel to ‘frame’ the main part of the text. Some characters and events were created by the author to assist in the development of the plot and further engage the reader. The main storyline in the novel, Juliet’s storyline is written in chronological order but the beginning and end with the Elizabethan actor, Rob Goughe is set in a completely different time. Jackie French uses exceptions to the conventions of its genre to make a more developed and engaging novel.