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Juliet's changing is mainly showed in Act IV, Scene I and Scene III, which are scenes that Friar Lawrence gives her advices about Romeo's banishment and how to stop the marriage between her and Paris which her father forces her to get married. Even though she is seeking help from Friar, she acts so tough and brave, and she is leading and influencing the conversation. For example, "And with this knife I’ll help it presently. (shows him a knife) God joined my heart and Romeo’s, thou our hands." (4.1.55-58). As we can see, Juliet chooses to kill herself if she has to marry to Paris because she loves Romeo so much, and she is forcing Friar to give her a good solution which is not staying at home and waiting. To be honest, I would not suicide for someone I only met two days ago, and this needs not only love, but also requires courage to do it. At the end of the conversation, Friar gives Juliet a potion which can create a fake death of her, so she can escapes the wedding and gets back with Romeo. Even though, Juliet says all the concerns that she has, she still drink the potion for Romeo which shows how brave Juliet’s character is now. “What if it be a poison which the Friar Subtly hath ministered to have me dead, Lest in this marriage he should be dishonored Because he married me before to Romeo? I fear it is. And yet methinks it should not, For he hath still been tried a holy man. How if, when I am laid into the tomb, I wake before the time that Romeo Come to redeem me? Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here’s drink. I drink to thee” (Shakspere Act VI Scene III). This are lines which Juliet says when she is preparing to drink the potion, and these lines clear shows that Juliet worries about if she will be dead or Romeo will not be able to fin her, but she still drinks the potion because she loves Romeo, and her last words say that she drinks it for Romeo. Juliet is acting extremely brave and active than she ever does which make her character become more influential.

My Juliet character in these two scenes was much more brave and active than the Act II Scene II Juliet. In these two scenes, I built a manly Juliet because I wanted to show how she becomes to a character who reacts so quick and brave. First of all, I show that I would rather die than marry to Paris by saying “O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris, From off the battlements of yonder tower;” (Shakspere Act VI Scene I Line 79). Also, when I was saying this line I held the knif up to my neck which seemed I would kill myself in any seconds. However, when Friar gave me the idea of his potion which can avoid death I put the knif down, then I take the potion from Friar Lawrence whithout any concern, and I believed in the power of love. “Love give me strength, and strength shall help afford” (Shakspere Act VI Scene I Line 129). This line directly told that how much I believed in the power of love would help me to get through this. In the next monologue which which I drunk the potion, I choosed kneeling than standing because I wanted to show that I was depressed and hopeless. After I took out the potion, I also put the knif next to me to show I was wondering that should I suicide or drink the potion. However, after I noticed how much I love Romeo, I drank the potion immediately. Through all these blocking and lines, I have represent a manly Juliet who is full of courage and love.