At the beginning of the play Juliet feels that romantic love is not important and that she is too young for it. When he talks to his mother about marrying Paris, he says, “It is an honor I do not dream of” (Shakespeare 1. 3. 66). Proving that Juliet has never really thought about love and marriage, which makes her not ready. This contrasts with her mother and father, who have already planned to marry her to Paris. Then he says to his mother: “I will seem to like myself, if I seem to like myself more; but no deeper will I harm my eye. Then your consent gives it the strength to make it fly" (1,3,97-99). Juliet is explaining that the only reason she will watch boys now is because her mother wants it. She also states that she will not look too hard for a boy and only when speaking to her true love, Romeo, does she say: “Do you love me? I know you will say "Yes"; and I will take your word. Yet if you swear, it may turn out to be false. They say that Jupiter laughs at lovers' perjuries" (2, 2, 90-95). Juliet is asking Romeo if he really loves her, so his heart is broken not by her loving him, but by him not loving her back. This is the change from not thinking about love to becoming very passionate about love. Juliet gets married the next day to Romeo and that evening she says: “Come, sweet night; come, loving black-browed night; give me my Romeo; and when I die, take it and cut it into little stars, and it will make the face of the sky so beautiful that all the world will fall in love with the night” (3.2.20-24). Juliet says this because she is waiting for Romeo to come visit her to celebrate their wedding night and she wants the night to come faster, so it will come faster. It also shows how desperately Juliet wants to be with Romeo, showing a strong love for him. At first Juliet doesn't care about romantic love, but when she meets Romeo, she starts wanting to have everything to do with
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