... between the two sides of Juliet's character as she rapidly changes from being a care free child to a "star crossed lover". In Act 2 Scene 2 where Romeo and Julie meet, she begins by toying with Romeo as a child would but soon becomes involved in the situation and realises the intensity of her feelings and what she would sacrifice for her love. She soon becomes more practical and then realises the complications of their love. She says "I have no joy in this contract tonight, it is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden". However, after their first meeting she automatically knows that he is the man she will marry and is ready to give up everything for him. She says, "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be ...

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