How does your impression of Juliet changed ( from act 1 to balcony scene )

At the
beginning of Shakespeares playdoes not appear, so we get to meetfirst, and then when we meet
Juliet, we meet her as she responds to Romeo. We are told that she is still quite young, and
also seems to be very quiet, demure and respectful towards her family.and . Her character at
first appears to be passive, obedient, gentle and innocent. However all is changed when she
meets Romeo where she  shows she is not as shy as our first impressions suggest. In their
dialogue, Juliet is as vocal as Romeo and has a similar gently assertive style, and they even
kiss not once but twice.

Having obviously fallen in love, Shakespeare makes
sure we, the audience, understand this about her by having Juliet tell us about her love for
Romeo, despite her knowing his family are enemies of her family. Further on, she announces her
love Romeo again, the dramaticbeing present in her not knowing he can hear.

Juliets thoughts are profound and analytical which shows her intelligence, and that her
love of Romeo must be sincere. When Juliet realises Romeo is around, her thoughts are
immediately worries for him, his security and safety are important to her, so already she has
changed and grown up - she is starting to take on the role of responsibility for others. She has
 him say he does love her, yet Juliet still  seems very sensible and down to earth about it, not
exacting any evidence or  proof, showing she has a trusting nature -  his word is good enough
for her.

The we see her grow more independent, and she displays her new
assertiveness by suggesting marriage. Then Juliet announces she will follow her Romeo
'throughout the world'. She is single-minded and determined, never doubting her new husband,
even when she hears aboutand the fight and finds out he killed her cousin. She is even prepared
to take her own life for him,  bravely undertaking the Friar's cunning scheme,  disobeying her
own family and risking everything, showing she has a mind of her own. She finds Romeo dead next
to her and eventually we see her loyalty and devotion when she decides she cant live without
him. She has changed a lot since the beginning of the play, but theis that she still had a lot
of growing up to do - they both had. That was not the answer and the dilemma could have been
sorted in so many different ways.