lesson on Romeo and Juliet characters

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4. JULIET
• JULIET IS ONLY 13/14 BUT HER ACTIONS REFLECT A WOMAN WHO IS WISE BEYOND HER YEARS-
JULIET – HOW DO WE SEE THIS IN HER ACTIONS? GIVE YOUR OWN EXAMPLE
• JULIET WAS ARRANGED TO MARRY PARIS BUT ENDS UP MARRYING ROMEO.
• JULIET’S WHOLEHEARTED LOVE FOR ROMEO ARE INDICATIONS OF HER INNOCENCE AND PURITY
• JULIET REFLECTS BRAVERY WHEN SHE REFUSES TO MARRY PARIS AND DRINKING THE POTION TO
REMAIN FAITHFUL TO ROMEO. IT ALSO SHOWS JULIET AS SOMEONE WHO IS STRONG MINDED.
• JULIET'S DETERMINATION AND REFUSAL OF BENDING TO HER FATHERS AND FAMILIES WILL SHOWS
HER AS A STRONG-WILLED
• JULIET'S CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE PLAY DEMONSTRATES HER GROWING MATURITY AND
REFLECTS A CHANGE FROM YOUTH TO AGE GIVE YOUR OWN EXAMPLE FOR WHEN WE CAN SEE IT

5. JULIET CONTINUED
• CHARACTERS LIKE NURSE AND ROMEO'S VIEW OF JULIET REFLECTS JULIET AS A -------------
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8. MERCUTIO
• A LOYAL FRIEND TO ROMEO
• REFLECTS A YOUTHFUL CHARACTER BECAUSE OF HIS ENERGY AND ACTIONS- HE DOES NOT HOLD
BACK AND WE CAN SEE THIS THROUGH HIS QUARRELSOME NATURE WHEN HE INSISTS------
• HE IS BAWDY- INDECENT IN A HUMOUROUS OR FUNNY WAY ESPECIALLY TOWARDS WOMEN
• MERCUTIO IS PROUD 9HOW DO WE SEE THIS, GIVE YOUR OWN EXAMPLE
• HAS A TIGHT GRASP ON REALITY THAT REFLECT A MAN WHO MAY HOLD WISDOM AND NOT BE AS
YOUTHFUL AND SILLY AS ONE WOULD THINK

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