Juliet from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," and Ophelia from Shakespeare's "Hamlet," are both portrayed as naive and childlike, which ultimately brings about their downfall. ... However, once she meets Romeo she begins to make her own decisions, which happen to be all the wrong ones. ... She puts everything on the line just to be with him, which proves just how childish and immature she is. ... "When such criticism explores Juliet, it is often influenced by her young age of fourteen, reading her as little more than a child - naive, immature, inexperienced.....

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