Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet Act 3 Scene 2

Juliet expresses feelings of anguish, frustration and relief in her small speech in Act 3 Scene 2. Shakespeare portrays Juliet’s feeling in a number of different ways, through her language, different techniques and structure allowing u to infer quite a few things about Juliet without a reference to other parts of the play.
Juliet expresses the feeling of anguish, which is portrayed in numerous different ways. A quotation that supports this is, ‘villain cousin would have kill’d my husband’. ‘Villain’ is someone who commits evil deeds and is the main bad guy, whose actions influence the story. ‘Villain cousin’ suggests that she is willing to abandon her family and dismiss or insult them for Romeo. It suggests anger as she feels the need to insult her first cousin and how she doesn’t weep about Tybalt dying but is
She completely dismisses his death as she worries about Romeo’s wellbeing. There are not only feelings of anger at her own blood nearly killing her husband but disgust at being associated. It shows how important Romeo to her and she puts him above everyone else, even her own parents. ‘Mistaking offer up to joy’, this was said to the Nurse. ‘Mistaking…to joy’, it suggests that she mistakes a sad event for a joyful one. Anger is emphasised as she was made to believe that Romeo was dead but ‘Your tributary drops, belong to woe’ further emphasises her dismissal at Tybalt’s death and how the Nurse cries tears of sadness but Juliet now cries tears of happiness. Perhaps there is anger towards the nurse that Juliet had to waste tears over false information. It might also be interpreted as happiness towards her