R and J Quotes And Analysis
My child is yet a stranger in the world she hath not yet seen the change of fourteen years
Shakespeare emphasises how juliet is stuck in a period between adulthood and childhood. capulet describes her as a 'Stranger' yet discusses her forthcoming marriage to paris.
this alludes to how juliet is constantly caught between opposing forces, juliet is only 13 whihc was still an uncommon age to get married in shakespeares time.
Nurse: thou wilt fall backwards when thou hast more wit will thou not jule
Shakespeare illustrates how patriarchal Verona is as the nurse and her husband had discussed juliet reaching sexual maturity even when she wear a child
this highlights even as a child juliet was seen as a object to be married off
the use of the rhetorical question is ironic as juliet is not being given a choice it rather cements the inevibillity of juliets circumstance