Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Sneaky Juliet

Juliet has a secret eating away at her. A secret that if anyone finds out it could cause major disruption. The secret is that she went against her father's will for love. She married Romeo despite the perpetuate family feud. Juliet finds a way to not lie to people but doesn't tell the truth. "I will confess to you that i love him." (Act IV scene i line 10) This is spoken to Paris when he is convinced that it is he who he loves. In just that line by saying the key word him, she is not stating exactly who it is that she loves. By saying that she is saying in a clever way that she is in love with Romeo. She sneaks around earlier in the play just to see her love and she has a brilliant mind that she uses to her advantage. This sneaky character fooled everyone in multiple ways. Another example is when she takes the potion from the Friar. She fools everyone into thinking that she is dead. Her plan backfired on her because the potion was too sneaky and fooled Romeo as well. Juliet's life that is shown in the play is all about how she sneaks around and fools people; there would be a completely different story if she was not such a sneaky person.

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