Romeo and Juliet- Juliet:Character development

Juliet,when we first meet her, is a 13 year old girl on the borderline of childhood and maturity. Over the course of the days to foll she develops into an intelligent, sharp witted woman because of the harships she has to face. When we first meet Juliet, she is portrayed as a submissive, obedient girl. When her mother asks her about her feelings on marriage she obediently replies 'I'll look to like....But no more …

…This is not just a show of feminine weakness because of her grief about Romeos suicide but takes a lot of strength as she actually stabs herself in the heart with a dagger. 'O happy dagger, This is thy sheath, there rust and let me die' (Act 5 sc 3) Juliets character is a strong portrayal of a journey from childhood to womanhood in a tragic tale of the battle between love and the pressures of society.