Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare - Analysis of Juliet's Soliloquy Act 4 Scene 3

William Shakespeare uses many different techniques to show Juliet's fears. The scene starts with Juliet telling the nurse and lady Capulet to leave her alone. Her statement, "God knows when we shall meet again," foreshadows disaster, implying that she may die. Juliet then starts questioning herself about taking the potion. Her speech takes us through her mixed and passionate emotions that make up her thoughts before drinking the potion. "I have a faint cold fear …

…the previous. her insecurity towards whether or not she should drink the potion gradually builds up to the point where her fears are so intense that she almost goes insane. Her traumatising experience is shared with the audience, whom also undergoes sympathy towards her. Her emotions continuously conflict each other as you can see in her speech. In the end, with a final cry to Romeo, she overcomes all her fears and drinks the potion.