# Juliet — Poetry character guide

> Juliet in Poetry by T. S. Eliot.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0034-ii-a-game-of-chess

## Who they are

Shakespeare's tragic heroine, alluded to in The Waste Land and other poems.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_psychological_

Juliet is a literary figure invoked by the narrator to evoke romantic longing and tragic love, set against modern disillusionment.

## In the story

### [Portrait of a Lady](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/chapters/portrait-of-a-lady)

Referenced in the opening scene as 'an atmosphere of Juliet’s tomb,' evoking romantic tragedy and the pressure of unspoken words.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/chapters/i)

Referenced metaphorically in 'an atmosphere of Juliet’s tomb,' evoking a sense of tragic, unspoken intimacy.

### [Juvenilia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/chapters/juvenilia)

Juliet appears in 'Nocturne' as a figure in a parodied romantic scene.

### [Nocturne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/chapters/nocturne)

Portrayed as a passive figure in a staged romantic scene, swooning after being stabbed by a servant.

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