Juliet suffers from much anxiety in the play. First, at the beginning of the balcony scene, Romeo overhears her talking aloud about loving him. When she realizes he is there, she becomes anxious that, knowing her heart, he is pretending to love her so that he can take advantage of her. He has to reassure her this is not true.
Later, after Juliet sends her nurse to meet with Romeo about their plans to secretly marry, Juliet is very anxious to know what the nurse has found out—an anxiety the nurse milks for all it is worth by keeping Juliet in suspense.
After Romeo kills Tybalt and is banished, Romeo and Juliet spend their wedding night together. In the morning, as she hears the lark sing, Juliet is very anxious that Romeo leave before he is discovered and killed.
When her father then decides she must marry Paris, Juliet becomes very anxious. She is already married to Romeo, so this would be bigamy. Also, she doesn't want to marry Paris. At the same time, she is afraid to tell her father she secretly married a Montague. In her high state of anxiety, she agrees to a risky plan to feign death.
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