How is Juliet presented by Shakespeare in this extract (from Act 4 Scene 3) and to what extent does this reflect her character in the rest of the play?
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How is Juliet presented by Shakespeare in this extract (from Act 4 Scene 3) and to what extent does this reflect her character in the rest of the play? Shakespeare begins the scene, Act Four, Scene Three, in Juliet's bedroom, where Juliet appears calm. She seems to talk to her nurse very easily but is more formal with her mother, when the latter arrives in her room to ask if she needs help with preparations for her wedding day. Juliet manages to get rid of her mother by pretending that she is prepared and reassuring her mother that all is well and she just wants to be alone. Her mother realizes this and leaves with the nurse. Then we start to see a very different Juliet. She has been through many different emotions since the start of the play and our first introduction to her as a...

