Juliet is the 14 year old daughter of Capulet. She is innocent, naive, and at first comes across as being very blase about love (although this is a false impression). She has a special relationship with her nurse but is more distant with her parents. After Juliet has fallen in love with Romeo we learn a lot more about her character; her passion; her need to be loved and the desperate measures she will go to …
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…'banished', Hath slain ten thousand Tybalts (3.2, 113-114). Throughout the play Juliet's character is continually portrayed as being innocent, affectionate, naïve and all-consumed by love. Shakespeare uses a number of language techniques such as rhyme, prose similes, metaphors and oxymoron to convey these characteristics in her. She could appear precocious to audiences today - being only 14 and being so emotional, yet Juliet is just a true romantic who values love above all.