Concept
Juliet
Overview
fictional character in William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"
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In the original texts
Passages from public-domain books where Juliet is discussed.
JULIET. O God! I have an ill-divining soul! Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. Either my eyesight fails, or thou look’st pale. ROMEO. And trust me, love, in my eye so do you.
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
names the idea; a chapter is titled for it; the book is about it; opens on it
The next morning, very early, Romeo went to Friar Laurence, a priest, and, telling him all the story, begged him to marry him to Juliet without delay. And this, after some talk, the priest consented to do. So when Juliet sent her old nurse to Romeo that day to know what he purposed to do, the old woman took back a message that all was well, and all things ready for the marriage of Juliet and Romeo on the next…
E. Nesbit, Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
names the idea; a chapter is titled for it; opens on it
JULIET. It is, it is! Hie hence, be gone, away. It is the lark that sings so out of tune, Straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps. Some say the lark makes sweet division; This doth not so, for she divideth us.
William Shakespeare, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
names the idea; a chapter is titled for it; opens on it
Throughout he is the same worthy and noble man of deep emotions. In the same way the character of Juliet is unfolded throughout the range of her relations to father, mother, nurse, the Count Paris, and father Lawrence. And, despite of this, she is as deeply immersed[362] in her one preoccupation as she is in every one of these situations, and her entire character is transpierced with and carried away by the one…
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, The Philosophy of Fine Art, volume 1
states what it is; names the idea; opens on it
Their conversation was interrupted by Juliet’s nurse, who came to summon Juliet to her mother, and then Romeo learnt for the first time that the young girl who had so enchanted him was the daughter of the house, a Capulet, the child of his foe. And a few minutes later, Juliet, also making eager inquiry about the young guest in the guise of a pilgrim, heard that his name was Romeo, a Montague, the only son of the…
Mary Macleod, The Shakespeare Story-Book
names the idea; opens on it
Philosophers who discussed Juliet
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- William Shakespeare
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- Republic of Venice
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Place in the tradition
Part of Robert C. Solomon.