The Calculated Juliet

While Juliet seems very childish and immature at the establishment of the story, she is presently exposed as a very calculated and witty woman. While she promises to her mother that she will try to love him, Juliet obeys just enough not to anger her. Juliet is also very thoughtful and deliberate when Romeo comes to see her after the party. She does not allow her love for him to blind sight her from the possibility that he may not follow through on his marriage proposal. She thinks the situation through very carefully, and advises him and gives him the chance to do so also. At the close of this tragic love story, the readers find Juliet awakening to find Romeo dead. When she too, takes her life, it is not out of weakness, but out of the strength of her love. Her suicide requires much more bravery than Romeo’s. While he swallowed poison, she ended her life by plunging a dagger into her heart. Throughout the trials of this story, Juliet proves herself equal to each through her cunning and calculated mind.