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How does Shakespeare show Juliet's maturity.  

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How does Shakespeare show Juliet's maturity In Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Juliet matures very rapidly. In the start of the play Juliet is introduced as a young, innocent girl, but ends up as a woman in love with an opinion of her own, and is emotionally mature. Juliet goes through several stages of being a child, being in love, becoming a wife, being deceived and being a widow in a short space of time. In the beginning Juliet is shown to be an innocent and naïve, almost a child, 'she is not yet fourteen' years of age. She is open-minded and joins in when she is being teased. She is also willing to listen and respect the advice of her parents and nurse; 'I'll look to like, if looking liking move'. This shows that Juliet at this point is obedient and is not emotionally aware and doesn't know what real love is...

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