Juliet Capulet

"Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow."

- Act 3, Scene 5

Juliet Capulet is the main protagonist in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. She is the daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet, the cousin of Tybalt, and the love interest/wife of Romeo Montague.

Not knowing a lot about romance from the beginning, she soon changes when she falls in love and marries Romeo, in hopes that their marriage would end their families' feud but it tragically goes wrong.

Juliet is ranked as one of Shakespeare's most greatest female characters, alongside Ophelia and Lady Macbeth, but also one of his most tragic.

Description
At age 13, Juliet Capulet is the only daughter of the Capulet's, one of Verona's most respected noble families, and already destined for love and marriage. When the play begins, she is unaware of the fact that she is soon eligible to marry Count Paris. After meeting Romeo Montague, the son of her family's mortal enemy, she immediately forgets about the stereotypes of her family's traditions of marrying and instead falls deeply in love with him instead. But with her forbidden romance comes consequences to her family that nearly left her thinking of two things: stay loyal to the Capulet's or running off with Romeo and be forever disgraced.

Her relationship with Romeo has her change from a girl into a woman, and it offers her a glimpse into adulthood. She was the one who proposes to Romeo and even asks herself why he had to be related to her family's opposers, even hoping he could be someone different. Despite her unexpected growth, however, her choices and quick marriage may have caused her to mature forcefully. But either way, her actions and traits make her among Shakespeare's most memorable and powerful heroines.

After falling in love with Romeo, she is wanting to cast her parents and nursemaid out of her life, just so she can be with the man she loves. She may have been distraught to hear the news of Romeo killing Tybalt, but after she marries him, she knew there is no going back and is willing to stay close to him. And when he dies, she decides to die with him rather than live another loyal but strict life with the Capulets.

Meeting Romeo
On the night of the Capulet’s annual masquerade feast, Juliet is summoned by her mother Lady Capulet and her personal caregiver the Nurse, who are wanting to talk to her privately. The women discuss about Juliet not being 14 years old yet and the Nurse ends up reminiscing a monologue of her deceased husband and daughter, as well as recalling Juliet’s infancy and a sexual joke of her “falling back”. Lady Capulet and Juliet quiet her. The Nurse tells the girl she was a beautiful infant when she nursed her and her wishes would come true if her surrogate child was married.

Juliet is asked by her mother if she is interested in marriage, and replies she isn’t, saying “It is an honor that I dream not of.” Lady Capulet advises her that she should start thinking about it now, stating that many young girls in Verona like Juliet have already gotten married and had children of their own; just like how Lady Capulet was around Juliet’s age when she gave birth to her. Juliet is then told that Count Paris is wanting to marry her, with the Nurse commenting on his charming appearance. Lady Capulet tells her that Paris will be at the feast tonight and she should examine him to see if she would admire him as her future husband. Juliet says she would look at him closely, but won’t guarantee she’ll look at him too deeply. The Capulet servant Peter arrives and announces the party is in full swing. Lady Capulet urges Juliet to go to Paris, with the Nurse telling her to find a man who would make her happy.

Juliet is with her father Lord Capulet as he welcomes the guests and the feast begins. While enjoying the party, Juliet catches sight of a teenage boy, who secretly snuck into the feast wearing a mask. He holds her hand, referring to it as a holy shrine and wanting to kiss it. Juliet calls him a saint and he shows devotion by holding her hand, claiming that pilgrims touch the hands of statued saints and a holy palmers’ hand to hand is a kiss. The boy asks her if pilgrims and saints have lips, and Juliet replies that they do for them to pray with. He convinces her to kiss him to grant his prayer, while Juliet says saints don’t move unless they would grant prayers. He says they won’t move when he makes his prayer and kisses her, claiming afterwards his sin was taken by her from his lips, and Juliet asks him if hers have the sin. The young man insists she is acting sweet and the couple kiss again, with her saying to him he kisses like he knows how to.

The Nurse calls for Juliet and she moves away from him. As the party starts to disperse, Juliet asks her Nurse who was the young man she just kissed, and the Nurse at first refers him to two different gentlemen at the feast until she confirms she doesn’t know his name and would go find out herself. As the Nurse leaves, Juliet fears that if he is married, her grave would be her wedding bed, since she would rather die before getting married.

The Nurse comes back and reveals his name is Romeo Montague, the son of her father’s enemy. Juliet is distraught by quoting, “My only love sprung from my only hate!” She had met him early without knowing his name and discovered his identity too late. She finds love cruel for making her fall in love with the person she is supposed to call her enemy. When the Nurse asks her what she’s saying, Juliet responds she is just reciting a rhyme she learned from someone during the party.

Later that night, Juliet stands at her balcony and looks up at the starry sky. She sighs and talks to herself aloud why Romeo has to be who he is. She says that if he would refuse his family name, she would give herself to him, or if he simply sweared that he loved her, she would no longer be a Capulet, just so they can be together. She laments on the Montague name, since Romeo would still be himself if he gave up his surname, and wishes he would trade it and be called something else.

At that moment, Romeo responds to her. She is stunned to see him there and asks how did he come out of his hiding spot. He says that he dislikes his name since it is how her enemy is called, and would tear it up on written paper. She asks him if he is Romeo Montague and he replies that he isn’t either of them if she hates them. She also asks him how he got in through the orchard walls and warns him her kinsmen would kill him if they find him. He claims he climbed over the walls with “love’s light wings” and his love for her would make him immune to his enemies.

She again warns him of the danger he is about to put himself in of being killed, and he says that he would rather die by her family than be without her. She admits she would do anything to prevent her kinsmen from seeing him, with Romeo responding he will hide himself in the darkness and they would find him if she doesn’t love him.

Juliet asks him who made him come below her bedroom window, and Romeo says love had led him to her and showed him the way. She claims she would have been embarrassed for what she had said earlier that he heard and would deny it. She tells him if he truly does love her, knowing he’ll say “yes” and she would believe in him; but if he swears his love he could be lying, and believes “Jove laughs at lovers who lie to each other”. She begs Romeo to pronounce his word if he does love her, and if he finds it too easy to win her heart, she would be difficult to come by. She is so fond of him that he would think her light, and would prove herself to be more faithful as she should have known he was listening to her speak out for him and her love shouldn’t be taken too seriously.

Romeo starts to swear his love by the moon, but urges him not to as the moon is always changing and doesn’t want him to be changeable. He asks her what she should swear by, and Juliet replies that he shouldn’t swear at all; if he has to, he would do it to himself and she would believe him. He starts to swear again, but cuts him off. While she is delighted to see him there, they haven’t done a lot of thinking as she thinks it is happening too fast like lightning. She attempts to bid him goodnight, referring to their love as a flower bud in the summer that would bloom the next time they meet and hopes he’ll enjoy the same peace she has. Romeo claims that she is leaving him unsatisfied, and when Juliet asks him what satisfaction he could have tonight, he replies he wants his exchanges of love from her. She tells him she already pledged her love for him and wishes she could take it back and give it to him again. As Romeo asks her why, she says she would be kind enough to give it to him, and the more she loves him, the more of their love she’ll have.

Her Nurse calls her. She tells Romeo she has to go inside but would be right back. She leaves the balcony and returns to tell him that if he really wants to marry her, he would send his word to her tomorrow, and she would have a messenger report the time and place of their wedding to him, and she would leave her fortunes at him to follow him everywhere. The Nurse calls her again, and as she is about to tell Romeo of his honourable intentions, she responds to the call and says she would be there shortly. Before going back inside, she begs Romeo not to follow her unless his intentions are honourable and would still send the messenger tomorrow. She says good night but calls out to him when she comes back out onto the balcony. She wished she could make Romeo her falconer’s call and bring him back to her, since she is confined inside her family’s house. She also wants to “break into Echo’s cave and make her repeat Romeo’s name”.

Romeo responds to her call and she asks him what time she should send the messenger the next day, and he suggests nine o’clock. She laments how time would drag on like twenty years are passing and forgot why she called him back. Romeo would stay with her until she remembers, but she‘ll forget about it and only think of the romantic scene she had with him; even if Romeo was still with her. It will be morning soon, and she urges Romeo to leave, although she would want him to “stay like a child lets his pet bird go but yanks it back with a string”. Romeo wishes he could be her bird, and Juliet admits it as well but would kill him with too much cherishing. She bids him goodnight, commenting it is emotional to say it until the next day, and goes inside.

Marrying Romeo
The next morning, Juliet has the Nurse and servant Peter sent to receive word from Romeo about his intentions last night. She is later in the courtyard, pacing anxiously and awaiting for her Nurse's return. She is concerned if the Nurse hasn't found Romeo and comments on how fast messages of love should be. It is now noon and her nursemaid still hasn't returned. She wishes that the Nurse was young enough to be quicker, as well as being worried that her old age is slowing her down.

The Nurse and Peter come back and Juliet greets her, asking her of any news about Romeo and dismisses Peter. She notices the Nurse looks sad and asks her what happened, even if the news is good or bad. The Nurse says she is tired and needs to be left alone to rest, and Juliet wishes the Nurse has her bones and news of Romeo. The Nurse is annoyed by Juliet's impatience and needs to catch her breath. Juliet tells her it is just an excuse for delaying the news and again demands to know any details about Romeo. The Nurse says to Juliet she has made a foolish decision and describes what Romeo looks like, but Juliet already knows about this and wants to know about their marriage. The Nurse complains of her head and back aching, cursing Juliet for sending her out. Juliet comforts her by rubbing her back.

Juliet calms down and apologies, asking again about Romeo. The Nurse jokes of Juliet's love and asks her where her mother is. Juliet says she is inside and rebukes her sense of humour. The Nurse calms her down for her impatience, even telling her she needs to handle the messages herself. After Juliet asks about Romeo again, the Nurse finally tells her if she has permission to go to confession, and Juliet says she does. The Nurse then urges her to hurry to Friar Lawrence's chamber where her groom is waiting, and would go find a rope ladder for Romeo to use to climb to Juliet's room at night; even reminding her that she would soon be responsible for doing duties as a wife. Blushing with excitement, Juliet thanks her and hurries off.

She arrives at Friar Lawrence's cell, where she embraces Romeo and meets the friar. Friar Lawrence says Romeo will thank her for both of them and she'll offer her gratitude. Romeo asks her how happy she is to imagine their future life together, and she replies that she has everything on her mind and her love is making her wealthy. The friar urges them they must hurry and make their vows. The couple follow Friar Lawrence out of the chamber and are married.

Wedding Night
Later that day, Juliet is in her room waiting for the Nurse while being highly anticipated for her wedding night. She demands nightfall to come so Romeo can "leap into her arms" and they can perform their "amorous rites" of love, and beauty is possible for lovers to make love in darkness. She wants the evening to come like a widow in black, when she and her husband would cast off their "stainless maidenhoods". She even predicts when she dies, the constellations would cut Romeo's face into stars, then they would arrange themselves in his shape and the whole world would fall in love with the night. She hasn't possessed her "mansion of a love" that she bought and finds the day growing so tedious that she feels like an "impatient child", and wanting to put on her "new robes".

The Nurse comes in with the rope ladder and Juliet asks her of any news and if it's Romeo's ladder, and the Nurse replies it is. She asks about Romeo and notices the Nurse is upset. In a saddened tone, the Nurse mournfully laments "He's dead! He's dead! He's dead!". Juliet is curious if Heaven is being envious, and the Nurse replies that Romeo is envious instead of Heaven. The girl assumes that Romeo has killed himself, and if he did, she would resolve to end her own life, too. The Nurse doesn't answer her and recalls the bloody corpse she had seen lying on the street, fainting at the sight of it. Juliet becomes distraught, lamenting that she wants her heart to break, her eyes go blind, and have her body laid next to Romeo.

The Nurse then reveals that it is Tybalt who is dead. Juliet thinks that Tybalt died after he killed Romeo, her dearest cousin and husband. Her Nurse says that Romeo has been banished as punishment for killing Tybalt. Shocked, Juliet asks her if her husband did kill her cousin, and the Nurse replies he did, cursing the day that Tybalt was murdered. Juliet is horrified of the man she loves being a traitorous tyrant, and would hate him despite him being charming, and turning out to be the opposite. She curses nature for placing the soul of a criminal into a man's perfect body, even saying "That deceit should dwell in such a gorgeous place!"

The Nurse, agreeing with her, states that all men are wicked liars and wishes Romeo to be shamed. Juliet chides her for speaking ill of her husband, saying he doesn’t deserve shame and he only deserves to have honour. She blames herself for the way she was angry at him. When asked by the Nurse if she has anything good to say about Romeo, Juliet claims that she wouldn’t think of him as a villainous traitor, and asks him why he killed Tybalt. She decides that Romeo would have been killed by Tybalt first, and admits she is overjoyed her husband is still alive but grief-stricken her cousin is dead. She finds the news of Romeo’s banishment something that is like death to her.

Juliet asks the Nurse where her parents are, and replies that they are grieving over Tybalt’s body. Juliet states she would not cry over his murder but Romeo’s banishment instead after her parents ease their grief. She wants the rope ladder herself as it was meant to bring Romeo into her bedchamber and she would die maiden-widowed; and with the rope she would die in her wedding bed and let death take her maidenhead instead of Romeo. The Nurse calms her as she will find Romeo and bring him back to her from Friar Lawrence’s chamber, assuring her that he will be with her tonight. Juliet gives the Nurse her ring and urges her to hurry and bring Romeo to her and be with him one last time.

Romeo appears in Juliet’s room awhile later and they spent their wedding night in bed. As dawn approaches, the couple walk out onto the balcony together. Juliet asks him if he’s leaving already as it is not daybreak yet, insisting the chirps they hear is the nightingale instead of the morning lark. Romeo says that it is the lark as morning is coming, hinting at the light brightening from the clouds, and he must leave if he wants to live. Juliet says it is not light; it is just the meteor falling from the sun to guide his way and tells him to stay for a little longer. Romeo admits he would want to stay with her and it doesn’t matter if he is captured and killed, if that is the way she wants. As the sun begins to rise, Juliet finally gives in and urges him to hurry for his life, stating that the morning lark is singing harshly and believes that the lark “loathed toad change eyes”. With the lark singing, the Prince’s men are now looking for Romeo and Juliet again urges him to go as the morning brightens. Romeo laments that the more sunlight they see, the more painful it is for them to part.

The Nurse comes in and warns her Lady Capulet is coming. Juliet senses it is time for him to leave, and Romeo bids her farewell. After a final affectionate kiss, Romeo lowers himself from the balcony. Juliet calls down to him anxiously, saying she needs to hear from him every day and worries it would be years before they would see each other again. Romeo says he won’t miss a chance to write to her, and Juliet asks if they would meet again one day. He assures her that he knows in his heart they will be reunited, with Juliet worried that he looks like he is “dead at the bottom of a tomb”. Romeo tells her not to worry and after a final goodbye, he leaves. After he is gone, Juliet hopes that fate would be lucky enough to bring Romeo back to her.

The Friar’s Plan
Lady Capulet calls to her daughter, and Juliet wonders if it’s her mother and is confused why she wants to talk to her so early. Lady Capulet comes in and asks her how she is feeling, and Juliet says she is miserable. Lady Capulet thinks she would grief over Tybalt’s death forever and tells her to get over it. Juliet can’t help but weep, and her mother says she would feel nothing. Lady Capulet reminds her she shouldn’t be sad that Tybalt is dead, but that his killer is alive and free. Juliet asks who she is talking about, and replies it is the “villain” Romeo. Juliet says quietly to herself that Romeo is no villain, and while putting on an act, she tells her mother she wishes for Romeo’s demise as well; but in actuality, she keeps her loyalty to Romeo and hopes God would be forgiving to him.

When Lady Capulet explains that is why Romeo is still alive, Juliet wishes she could avenge her cousin’s death herself. Lady Capulet explains there is already a plan of revenge, as she has sent a man to Mantua where Romeo is exiled and is instructed to give him a poisoned drink that will kill him, and hopes Juliet will be satisfied. Juliet declares she never will be until she sees Romeo dead herself, and is wanting to mix the poison herself. She is irritated whenever anyone says his name and didn’t go after him.

Lady Capulet then informs her she has some good news to tell her, and Juliet wants to know. Her mother explains that her father has arranged a date for her to be happy and get over her grief, and Juliet is curious what day it is. Lady Capulet announces to her that on Thursday morning, she will be married to Count Paris at Saint Peter’s Church. Juliet refuses the fact that she is about to be married to a man she doesn’t even know, and begs her to tell her father she won’t be getting married yet; even stating she would rather be married to her enemy Romeo than Paris. Lady Capulet hears Lord Capulet coming and Juliet will have to tell him herself of her choice.

Lord Capulet and the Nurse come in. He sees that Juliet is still sad and she needs to calm herself down before her grief overwhelms her. Lord Capulet asks his wife if she has told their daughter of their decision. She replies she refuses to accept the offer and wishes she would be dead for being disobedient. Lord Capulet is confused of why his daughter isn’t grateful of the worthy match arranged for her. Juliet argues that she is grateful he had made a suitable match, but she hates to be proud of being married to a man like Paris. Lord Capulet gets angry at her and demands she be wed on Thursday or else he will drag her to the church himself. As Lady Capulet tries to restrain her husband, Juliet begs for him to listen to her. He refuses and threatens her to be married on the expected day, otherwise he will disown her and make her an outcast in his home. Juliet stands up and Lord Capulet admits he is about to strike her, cursing the day she was born and insults her.

The Nurse comes to Juliet’s defence and berates Lord Capulet for the way he is scolding her, and he demands she be kept silent. Lady Capulet warns him he is losing his temper. Lord Capulet laments on how he has worked so hard to find a handsome, respectable gentleman to marry Juliet but is outraged at the fact that Juliet will not accept his hand in marriage. He reminds Juliet if she still doesn’t agree to be married on Thursday, she will be disowned, thrown out of the house and never be accepted as his daughter again. He then storms out.

Juliet begs her mother to not throw her out and pleads her to delay the wedding; otherwise she would have her wedding bed built inside the Capulet tomb, as she would rather die than marry Paris. Lady Capulet, having enough of Juliet’s disobedience and ungratefulness, leaves her. Juliet then turns to the Nurse and begs her if there can be a way to stop her predicament. Romeo is still out there without her and having already made their marriage vows. She asks the Nurse for any advice of what can be done now. The Nurse says that Romeo is banished and will never return; if he does come back, he would need to do it with stealth. Since it’s just way it is, the Nurse decides that Juliet should marry Paris instead, as she finds him a charming gentleman and much better than Romeo. She thinks Juliet will be more happy in this second marriage than her first; and even if it doesn’t work out, she would no longer be married to Romeo, since he is already as good as dead.

Shocked at the Nurse’s betrayal, Juliet asks her if she really means it, and replies she is. Juliet then pretendedly praises her for her encouragement and asks her to tell Lady Capulet she is going to confession to absolve herself from her heated argument with her father. The Nurse agrees and as soon as she leaves, Juliet curses at her, calling her a “wicked fiend” for speaking ill of her husband after praising him so many times. She now regrets trusting the Nurse and will never go to her for advice or share her secrets with her again. She decides the friar is now her only hope and will kill herself if he doesn’t help her, too. She leaves the house and goes to his chamber.

Paris is with Friar Laurence when Juliet arrives at the chamber and ignores Paris complimenting her as his wife, commenting that may be true when she is married to him, and Paris says that day will be Thursday. He asks her if she has come for confession and Juliet replies she is to make her love confession to the friar. Paris reminds her to also confess of his love to her, and Juliet responds she would do it if he is not with her. He sees that she had been crying from the look on her face, and Juliet says her face is already bad enough before she wept. She had already knew the truth of her appearance, as she pretends to hide her affections from Paris. Afterwards, Juliet cuts off the conversation and asks Friar Laurence if he has time for her to talk to him alone or come back later in the evening. He replies that he is available for her now and asks Paris to leave. Paris, looking forward to be married on Thursday, kisses Juliet and bids her farewell.

Right after Paris is gone, Juliet begs Friar Laurence to hear her out and put a stop to the upcoming wedding. He tells her he understands how she feels but he doesn’t know if he can help her situation. The wedding has been planned and there is nothing he can do about it. Juliet then pulls out a knife and threatens if she has to be Paris’ wife, she will kill herself. She demands him to give her some advice or else she would resolve her problem with death. He quickly consoles her and says there is still some hope left, but they must act quickly. If Juliet has made up her mind to kill herself, it could be something useful to solve the situation and he will provide a solution. Juliet laments that he would allow her to jump from a tower, walk down a slum, be seated around poisonous snakes, be chained up with bears, hide inside a morgue full of bodies or climb down into a grave and lie with a man’s body. She would do any of those choices in order for her to be with her true love again.

Friar Laurence tells her to go home and agree to the marriage. On Wednesday, the day before the wedding, she must make sure she is alone in the evening and the Nurse must not sleep with her in her bedroom. He shows her a vial and instructs her when she is in bed, she will drink the potion that is drugged. Her pulse and breathing will immediately stop, her skin would turn pale and her eyes would close. She would appear dead for 42 hours before she wakes up. On the morning of the wedding, her parents and groom would find her dead. She would be placed into a coffin and taken to the Capulet tomb. When all of this is happening, he will send a message to Romeo explaining what is happening, and he will come back to Verona for her. The friar and Romeo will watch over Juliet and as soon as she awakens, Romeo will take her off to Mantua for them to live together. He is confident that the plan would get Juliet out of her predicament, unless she loses her nerve and isn’t brave enough to go with it.

Juliet agrees with the idea and wants the vial right away. The friar gives it to her, tells her to be on her way and wishes her good luck. He would also send another friar quickly to Mantua with a letter for Romeo. Juliet hopes that love would give her strength for the challenge to be a success, bids the friar goodbye and hurries home.

By the time she arrives back at the house, the wedding preparations were going underway. Lord Capulet asks her where she has been, and she replies that she was at confession to be forgiven and taught to be obedient. She gets down on her knees and pleas her father for his forgiveness and would let him rule over her for the rest of her life. Lord Capulet tells her to go find Paris and inform what is happening, and decides to move the wedding the next morning. Juliet says she has met Paris at Friar Laurence’s cell, where she flirted with him and cheerfully promised herself to him. Lord Capulet is delighted when he hears this and praises the friar. Juliet asks the Nurse to come to her closet and help her pick out for some clothes and jewellery she would wear tomorrow. Lady Capulet says the wedding isn’t until Thursday but Lord Capulet urges the Nurse and Juliet to go and informs his wife of the new change of plans.

After picking out her clothes Juliet asks the Nurse to leave her alone in her bedroom tonight as she needs to pray and atone herself for her big day. Lady Capulet comes in and asks her if she needs any help. Juliet replies she has already arranged her bridal clothes and she needs to be left alone; even requesting the Nurse spend the night with her instead. Lady Capulet tells her to get some rest before she and the Nurse leave. After they are gone, Juliet bids them goodbye, unsure if she would see them again. She feels nervous at first and attempts to call out for the Nurse, but knew she must take part in the challenge herself.

She takes out the vial, but starts having thoughts. She wonders if its effects won’t work, she would be married tomorrow just as planned. She considers using a knife as backup if nothing happens. She is worried that the friar made the potion himself as a way to kill Juliet, disgraced of her being married to Romeo and would have done it as a way to cover up his role in the whole affair; she hopes it can’t be poison, since she always trusted Friar Lawrence. She is also afraid of waking up inside a dark, creepy tomb and would wake up before Romeo comes for her; she questions herself if she would either suffocate from the stale tomb air or wake up be surrounded by the bodies of her family, especially Tybalt who was just entombed. She recalls how tombs are supposed to be haunted by spirits, as she would find herself smelling the awful odours and hearing screams. If she is awakened early, she imagines she would go mad with fear and kill herself.

She envisions seeing Tybalt’s ghost searching Romeo for vengeance. She tells Tybalt to stop following Romeo, makes a toast to her husband and drinks the potion. She falls back onto the bed, surrounded by her bed curtains, and the potion immediately takes effect.

The next morning, the Nurse pulls back the curtains and attempts to wake up Juliet, thinking she’s fast asleep. But she does not move and the Nurse can immediately tell she is dead. She calls for Lady Capulet who also discovers her daughter lifeless. She cries for help and Lord Capulet rushes in, demanding to Juliet come out as Paris has just arrived. The women tell him Juliet is dead and Capulet examines her, feeling her cold skin and stiff joint. The Capulet’s and Nurse grieve, and Friar Lawrence comes in with Paris, asking if Juliet is ready. Capulet informs Paris of Juliet’s sudden passing and laments death has robbed him. The Capulets, Paris and the Nurse curse the day they discovered Juliet dead, while Friar Lawrence assures them Juliet is now in a better place, where she will live eternally and it is no use of her being married for years. He tells them to dress Juliet in her best clothes and take her to the church.

Lord Capulet laments that the wedding he has planned for so long will instead have to be a funeral. Friar Lawrence tells everyone they must prepare and lay Juliet to rest. Her body is adorned with her wedding flowers and her family entomb her inside the family vault. After Friar Lawrence’s message fails to be sent to Romeo, with news only announcing her death, Romeo illegally buys a vial of poison and goes back to Verona. Paris lays flowers in front of Juliet’s grave when he hides after his page informs him someone is coming. Romeo appears and breaks open the tomb, when Paris confronts him and fights him, while the page hurries to fetch the watch. Romeo kills Paris, and before he dies, Paris asks Romeo to lay him next to Juliet. Romeo drags his body inside and gazes at Juliet’s body, reflecting on her lovely appearance. He kisses her, drinks his poison, and after a final kiss, he dies.

Death
Friar Lawrence arrives at the tomb after finding out from Romeo’s servant Balthasar that his master entered in it and didn’t come out. The friar goes into the tomb alone, where he finds Romeo’s and Paris’ bodies and shortly afterwards, Juliet stirs and wakes up. She sees him and asks him where is Romeo, knowing she is already here according to the plan. They hear noises outside, and the friar urges her to leave immediately; as a greater power has caused their plan to be backfired, and reveals Romeo and Paris are dead and in the tomb with her. He begs her to come with him and he will find her a place as a nun as the watch is coming.

Juliet demands him to get out and refuses to go with him. The friar leaves without her, and she finds a vial on Romeo’s body, seeing that it was poison but he had drank it all and none left for her. She attempts to kiss him to ingest some poisoned drops from his warm lips, and then she hears the watchmen and Paris’ page enter the tomb. Acting quick, she finds Romeo’s dagger and fatally stabs herself with it.

The watchmen find the bodies, and the Prince, Montague’s and Capulet’s are summoned at the scene. Lord and Lady Capulet discover their daughter’s body, and after Friar Lawrence reveals the truth, Montague and Capulet decide to end their feud and honour their children with golden statues.

Personality/Appearance
Juliet is a young and beautiful girl, who can be easily attracted by other men such as Paris and Romeo, who note on how her fair elegance brightens her under the full moon. In her early years with the Capulet's, she is an innocent, naïve young girl who knows very little about love and is obedient to her parents and Nurse's rules. At most times, she would rather keep to herself than be more active, such as not participating in her family's feud and still manage to make a stunning appearance at the Capulet's masquerade party. She is also kind, especially to her Nurse. She is often sympathetic to her nursemaid's fatigue and even praising her with pet names such as "good nurse" and "honey nurse".

After she meets Romeo, she matures into a more independent, brave and strong woman. She loves him immediately and was even the one who had asked to marry by sending him a messenger to bring back his honourable word. Unlike Romeo, who is more obsessive and foolish, Juliet had an unexpected growth into a more mature adult and puts her innocence youth behind her, despite barely being 14 years old. She develops inner strength as she is determined to cast her parents out of her life and be with the man she loves. Juliet even displays bravery and wit when she pretends to avenge Romeo for killing her cousin Tybalt and refuses to accept her family's offer to have her marry Paris. In addition, she even has the courage to take part in Friar Lawrence's plan to have her reunited with Romeo. For a moment, she had thoughts of her fate in the choices she would make, such as her about to take the potion, but ends up going along with it as the only way to achieve her goal. She is also passionate when she sees Romeo for the first time and even sensibly speaking her love for him aloud on her balcony. Despite her being distraught at the fact that she is in love with her family's opposer and being cautious about it, she eventually gives in into being Romeo's wife and being trustworthy to their secret.

Despite her abrupt maturity, Juliet can act childish and impulsive. She is stubborn when she doesn't give any thoughts on her upcoming wedding to Paris, as noted by her father, and the more she loves Romeo, the more rebellious she gets. She constantly has thoughts of suicide when she is unable to be with her husband and when she went to Friar Lawrence for some counselling to stop her predicament from marrying Paris. Both Juliet and Romeo have rushed their plans too quickly to get married without them barely knowing each other and prefer to keep it secretive than telling the truth to their parents.

Romeo Montague
Juliet’s love interest and later her husband. She immediately falls deeply in love with him after she meets him at her family's annual feast. She is shocked at first when she discovers that he is a Montague, a sworn enemy to her parents; and while standing at her balcony, she laments on why he had to be a Montague and wishes he could be someone different. After they exchange their vows of love, Juliet and Romeo arrange to be secretly married and hope their union can bring peace to both of their families. She loves him so much that she would rather spend the rest of her life with him than be with the Capulet's.

The Nurse
Juliet's nursemaid and caregiver. Nursed by her as an infant, Juliet looks up to her as a second parent. She also entrusted her to help her into marrying Romeo and then bringing him to her bedchambers for them to consummate their marriage. But after the Nurse tells Juliet she should forget about Romeo after his banishment, Juliet ends up regretting trusting her and sees her as a disloyal traitor.

Paris
A nobleman who the Capulet’s arranged to marry Juliet. As the play begins, Juliet doesn't seem to be interested in wanting to be Paris' wife and wouldn't look at him too deeply. After the death of her cousin Tybalt, she is to marry Paris immediately, but manages to get out of the plan by drinking a potion that would make her appear dead and placed in the family tomb.

Lady Capulet
Juliet's mother. She interacts the most with her and someone else she looked up to until her marriage to Romeo.

Lord Capulet
Juliet's father. Juliet stands up to him of not wanting to wed Paris and is she threatened by her father that he would disown her if she refuses.

Friar Lawrence
The Franciscan monk who helps Romeo and Juliet marry. When she is forced into an unwanted marriage to Paris, Juliet goes to the friar for help and has her take part in a plan he has come up with. She sees him again inside the crypt but refuses to leave with him while the watch is approaching.