JULIET

daughter of the Capulets, and one of the two star-crossed lovers in Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Juliet's musing on the balcony O 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 a Capulet. is overheard by Romeo and sets in motion one of the most famous love stories in Western literature. Claudio's beloved in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. The premarital sexual activity of Juliet and Claudio and Juliet's consequent pregnancy set in motion the events of the play.