'Romeo and Juliet': exploring ideas of sex and forgiveness in Act 3, Scene 2
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I can explain how Juliet’s language around sex and forgiveness relate to ideas of female agency.
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Female sexual desire was frowned upon in Elizabethan England.
Juliet’s language around sex implies that she anticipates pleasure and wants to take an active role.
However, Juliet’s comparison to a child at the end of her speech about sex may undermine her agency.
After finding out Romeo killed Tybalt, Juliet’s initial reaction is one of anger.
We may see Juliet's forgiveness as her exerting agency or bowing to societal pressure to forgive her husband.
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