On a
surface level,loses her sexual innocence. At the beginning of the play, she was a virgin who had
never even thought of marriage. Now, after Juliet has met and married , the two have consummated
their relationship, hence their waking up together after the wedding night. However, Juliet also
loses her innocent reliance upon her family and even her society.
Once Romeo
has run off to find refuge in Mantua until he and Juliet can at last live together as husband
and wife openly, Juliet finds herself speaking with her parents about a possible marriage to
Count . Juliet refuses to marry Paris, obviously because she is already married to Romeo, but
her parents view this as mere ingratitude and grow angry, even threatening to throw Juliet out
of the house if she does not comply.
Then, when the Nurse suggests Juliet
just marry Paris since, in the eyes of Verona's society, Romeo is as good as dead anyway, Juliet
is asked to forsake the values she grew up with (as well as her...
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