1.) She is strong in obedience and lacks in experience in the world, outlining herself as inexperienced and in many ways dependent on her parents and nurse.
2.)She has not given marriage a second thought but she does want to do what her mother asks. It is high time that Juliet go the route Lady Capulet went in her youth, and be married to a rich and powerful gentleman like her father.
3.) Juliet, on the other hand, has no interest in becoming a wife and the mother of Paris's children: "(Marriage) is an honour that I dream not of" (I.iii.68). Even her father at first considers her too young to settle down. This may be a reflection on his feelings about his own wife, who might have been happier waiting a few years before marrying him.
4.)Romeo's very presence seems to propel her toward maturity however, and her decisions are made quickly but thoughtfully from that point forward.
5.) She was born on "Lammas Eve at night" (August 1), so Juliet's birthday is July 31 (1.3.19). Her birthday is "a fortnight hence", putting the action of the play in mid-July (1.3.17).
6.)As a child, she was cared for by her nurse, who is now her confidante, or Juliet's caretaker.
7.) Juliet Capulet wasn't always Juliet Capulet. The heroine's name was Giulietta in some earlier versions. It had become Juliet by the time Arthur Brooke wrote his narrative poem.
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